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Signs of Spring
The last of the ice on the lake broke up yesterday and it's finally warm enough to paint without freezing! We took our first plein air...
nmsgwatercolors
Mar 191 min read
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Phew!
This is a library - generations of cherished books. It is a poor substitute for my parents' warm home, with its bright sea light and...
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Mar 171 min read
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Tiny Cards
I am making tiny cards for my sister for Christmas. I make these most years. I cut up watercolour paper into little gift cards, paint...
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Dec 23, 20241 min read
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Rescuing a Library and a Garden
I have spent a miserable fall breaking up my mother's house. We moved her garden to the best location we had, but who knows how much of...
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Nov 21, 20242 min read
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Waiting out Eduardo
Hurricane Eduardo, happily, passed well out to sea for us, but we couldn't be entirely sure about that, and even well out to sea, we were...
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Sep 4, 20241 min read
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And Yet More Heaven!
Still sailing amongst the Maine islands! Still painting them! We spent the remnants of Hurricane Eduardo in Northeast Harbor, on Mt....
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Aug 30, 20241 min read
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More Heaven
We are slowly poking our way up the coast of Maine, painting as we go. We keep finding idyllic little islands to take the dinghy to. Just...
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Aug 15, 20241 min read
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Weathering Debby
The remnants of hurricane Debby came with enough uncertainty, wind, and sea that we decided we'd be more comfortable on a mooring instead...
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Aug 10, 20241 min read
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Heaven
This is my favourite place in the universe and the high point of my year is visiting here every summer. We took picnic lunches ashore,...
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Aug 10, 20241 min read
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Hmm... Now what?
We're loading the boat for the August cruise to Maine and I've filled all the lockers and this is leftover. Now what? I reall do want...
nmsgwatercolors
Aug 2, 20241 min read
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Breaking Up Houses
This is awful. I spent spring and the first bit of summer painting, preferably from our dock or the canoe. My mum died in April and...
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Jul 28, 20241 min read
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Painting from the Canoe
I have almost no signal up at camp, so no photos, unfortunately. We tend not to take our phones in the canoe, anyway, more in the...
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Jul 5, 20241 min read
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