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Friday 31 October 2014

INDIAN CORN . . . . . . watercolour



 The Last Corn Shock

by Glenn Ward Dresbach   1889-1968

I remember how we stood 
In the field, while far away 
Blue hazes drifted on from hill to hill 
And curled like smoke from many a sunset wood, 
And the loaded wagon creaked while standing still . . . 
I heard my father say, 
" The last corn shock can stay. " 


We had seen a pheasant there 
In the sun; he went inside 
As if he claimed the shock, as if he meant 
To show us, with the field so nearly bare, 
We had no right to take his rustic tent. 
And so we circled wide 
For home, and let him hide. 



The first wild ducks flashed by 
Where the pasture brook could hold 
The sunset at the curve, and drifting floss 
Escaped the wind and clung. The shocks were dry 
And rustled on the wagon. Far across 
The field, against the cold, 
The last shock turned to gold.




Sunday 26 October 2014

AUTUMN HUES watercolour . . . . . . . "Gathering Leaves" by Robert Frost


October is my birth month. A time of
year that fills me up with colours, sounds, 
aromas and harvest. Mid-month my loved ones
join with me in a birthday celebration, giving
thanks for  having been blessed
 with another joy-filled year.

Gathering Leaves

Spades take up leaves
No better than spoons,
And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.

I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.

But the mountains I raise
Elude my embrace,
Flowing over my arms
And into my face.

I may load and unload
Again and again
Till I fill the whole shed,
And what have I then?

Next to nothing for weight,
And since they grew duller
From contact with earth,
Next to nothing for color.

Next to nothing for use.
But a crop is a crop,
And who's to say where
The harvest shall stop?

by
Robert Frost

Saturday 25 October 2014

TRADITIONAL FALL CANDY watercolour


Candy Corn has been popular
since the 1880's!
I love its creamy, waxy consistency
and fun fall colours.


Friday 10 October 2014

YELLOWSTONE SKETCHES


My husband and I had a wonderful
lazy afternoon sitting on the upper 
outdoor deck of the Old Faithful Inn.
We enjoyed a dish of delicious ice cream
as we sketched, people watched
 and soaked in the late
summer sun.




We were treated with a close up view of 
this beautiful silver tipped grizzly.
It is the second time I've been blessed 
in seeing a grizzly at Yellowstone after
having visited 7 times.
 I was thrilled that my grandsons were
treated to this guy on their very 1st
trip to the park


Our little cabin at the North end of the lake
in the heart of Yellowstone's grizzly country!


We enjoyed numerous Bison or Buffalo. 
Herds often crossed in front of the
 van or walked along side. Beautiful
enormous beasts.