Another fresh painting this weekend.....

Sharing it here with you as I look for minor changes to make before putting it on ETSY for sale to the discriminating art lover!

The daylily is from out front garden and the little wooden bird figure was from my last trip to a flea market. I love how he poses so perfectly in my still life!

The Delft pieces are from Holland, Michigan (small pitcher) and the Netherlands (tiny house vase). In spite of using real objects I paint for joy and whimsy! [for instance adding the beets which were not on the table, LOL!] Have a wonderful Sunday!

The postman just came.......

I was delighted to receive a box from Julie!

In a brown parcel with lovely Victorian flower children stickers, I found some accordian folded "scrap" books, and more! I have scanned some of it here.

You can see a handmade necklace with a charm which is a robin's nest. The beads on the necklace are "robin" colors....red-breast red and robin's egg blue. The artist, included the legend of the robin with the lovely jewelry! [Contact Julie for info on her hometown artist, Lila(!), of Dog Day Designs in Bismarck, ND]

I'm off to have a great day wearing my treasure, with a robin to guide "new growth and new beginnings"!

(Later....well it is a "new beginning" of sorts....the foot doctor is having me stay off my inflammed -tedonitis, we think- foot for a few days...so I won't be going to "in" to work for a week or so....more time to play..."Oh no!"...I can get caught up on my "Finding Water" study! except no walks or Artist Dates on my feet!)