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Watercolor Wednesday: The beauty of imitation
So much of life comes through imitation. A child learns to speak over many months of listening and eventually responding. Those of us who are writers learn to write by copying our favorite authors at first. Eventually, through enough words on the page, we find our own voice. So too, I believe but do not…
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Watercolor Wednesday: The Transfiguration of Jesus
Over the summer, I sat down with my dad and grilled him about some of his paintings. I’m so glad I did, for I love knowing what’s behind creative ventures. I didn’t give this painting much thought before I knew what it symbolized. It’s my dad’s take on the transfiguration of Jesus (see Matthew 17:1-8),…
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Weekly Watercolor: The colors of fall
I can’t seem to get warm today; it’s definitely autumnal weather here in London this week, with the lashings of rain and cooler temperatures. I noticed on social media how a friend in Suffolk was delighted that she could now turn on the heat, for she loves autumn. I used to, but now I sigh…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Fall colors
Saturday was the last day of summer in London. Bright sunshine warmed us, and I savored it as much as I could. With the new week on Sunday came the autumnal weather – rain, dreariness, and a definite change in the air. I do mourn the loss of summer as I gear up for more…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Bridges
I’m still holding onto the last days of summer, with the wonderfully unseasonably warm weather we had yesterday in London. I nearly got burned while working outside! And so for today’s Watercolor Wednesday I give you this delightful painting that my dad created from a photograph I took while on a walk in Southampton (below).…
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Watercolor Wednesday: A Tuesday in September
Eighteen years ago, my husband and I were on holiday in Florida. I hadn’t realized that September was hurricane season, so I was channel surfing inside, watching reruns of ER. As I flipped a channel, I saw what seemed to be out of a horror film – one of the World Trade Centers crashing to…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Fun at the Fair
We arrived home today from a wonderful time in Minnesota, seeing family and friends. And I went to the Minnesota State Fair a record three times! Somehow I managed not to eat too much fried food on a stick, but did indulge in the olives with cream cheese, battered and deep fried with a ranch…
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Watercolor Wednesday: A bridge in Bruges
Bruges is a picturesque city in Belgium, which my parents visited one year when they came to see us in London. I like this painting of a bridge with the horse and carriage going over it, but my dad, in true painterly fashion, has painted over this scene with his “Eternity” painting that I featured…
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Watercolor Wednesday: Light in the darkness
The North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota is a special place. It forms the bottom part of the righthand triangle of the state’s outline and is a place for getting out in beautiful nature to camp, swim, rest, relax. My dad’s painting depicts a lighthouse on the shore – a place of safety that…
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Five Minute Friday: Seasons of hospitality
My heart warmed when I saw that today’s prompt for Five-Minute Friday was “hospitality.” I’ve written a few posts on the topic in the past, which you can find here. Being an American in London, I’ve been able to host many a traveler passing through our wonderful capital city. Until some things happened in my…
