Watercolor Wednesday: Sister Love

By Leo Boucher. All rights reserved.

My sister had a birthday recently, and when I called her I rued the fact that I have been outside of Minnesota for so many decades – and thus not able to take her to lunch on her birthday. It’s times like these when I feel the distance most keenly. At least technology is so much better than twenty years ago when I first moved to the UK, for without cost I can text or call her – an amazing thought compared with times past.

Here’s a picture my dad painted, which I love, which we have hanging in our home. It’s Beth carrying water to build a sandcastle with my kids while we were all in Florida together one year. I found it difficult to photograph, for my dad painted it on the back of the piece of glass, which makes for such interesting color and texture but reflections too.

What days of the year do you find poignant?