What Happened?

Saw this light pole on Polaris Parkway and thought it was really funny....
'Did you see that? Somebody hit me!"

Painting of the Week - Blue Leaf Rose

Experiment with a neutral background and an unexpected color palette.

Widowed..... No, single

I have been a widow for 3 yrs today. When do I quit using the term 'widow'? Maybe today would be good. Just 'single' now.

Snowed In

And plowed out:

Painting of the Week - Black and White Study

Our task last night was to paint in shades of grey, which is more difficult than it sounds. I was happy with the result. Because I was working on paper larger than my desk color scanner, the first image is a merge of two color scans using Photoshop. The bottom two images are from my work network copier/scanner which scans only in a black and white, in different resolution. All are very interesting when viewed online. (As always, click on pictures for a bigger view.)