A quite nice thing happened today. My painting Sandhill Song was chosen in the wildlife category by a group of my peers to be one of several images to promote the upcoming Women Artists of the West Show in Chicago. The show will open next November. The cranes were painted from photo reference taken right from the studio window of the cranes we have in our field each year. I watch them a lot with and without my spotting scope. They provide quite a lot of enjoyment every summer and have our field and slough staked out as their territory, raising one or two babies (called colts). They are my neighbors. I love to see and hear them. They come right around the house and yard. The dogs never bother them. In fact the resident cranes should be appearing within the next few weeks. I'll keep you posted on that.
It was nearly 40 degrees today, so that's the warmest since winter set in. Calm and sunny. Joe had to dig a trench through Big Kahuna. Iit had gotten so big he was having trouble getting his snowmachine in and out of the garage. I know he must have been nearly tipping the machine over before he dug the drift down some. He has also been running right over my big wild rose bush. That's never been necessary before.
Pinedale's dog musher in the Iditarod, Matt, moved from from 54th place to 32nd out of 82 racers yesterday. Our area has a big dog sled race that goes for about a week in early February. It used to run pretty close to our house and I would ride the snowmachine up to watch the dog sleds go by in Irish Canyon. Buster used to go with me, riding on the snowmachine seat and was perfectly behaved . He was quite interested in what those dogs were doing.
Today I finally got my bills all paid and all the paperwork that had been sitting in untidy piles and stacks all filed away. I read the last three weekly papers. I even worked for a while before dinner on the new pastel still life that I had started at the Mixed Media meeting. A little housecleaning and fixing salmon, pasta alfredo and green beans for dinner pretty much rounded out the day. And I won a game of 2 suit Spider. It was a good day.
2 comments:
Sounds like a perfectly lovely day! I like the sand cranes and hope they do well in the show! And you even have pre-show exposure! I did not know they were neighbors. You have the neatest company. Colts. That is another thing I didn't know. Your musher really moved up on the pack. Go Matt!
Can you attach your camera to the spotting scope? That would be a helpful tool! That Big Kahuna is really something from the photos. Quite a job for Joe to tackle.
Plus you painted!! Alright! Good for you. I really enjoyed the tone in your post today.
Time for me to get to bed now though. (I keep saying that!) G'nite, Judy
Lynn, I LOVE your cranes! Congratulations!
They are one of my favorite parts of life in this part of the country, and it sounds ridiculous, but I cry every fall when I hear them leaving. My Dad's been in some big estuaries in NM where they winter - I'd like to follow them some day.
On another note, Lynn, if Joe needs some help with the "Kahuna" I know Buck would be happy to give him a hand. (You know, he's the only person I've ever known that LIKES to shovel - that Buckshot.) Don't hesitate - slip me an email if you think he could use it...
Cristy
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