Last week with unusually beautiful sunny weather for this time of year, and after a long time passing where I've hardly touched a paint brush, I went out walking in the neighborhood with my painting kit and did these. They are all 4x6 inches watercolors.
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View across the Salmon River from the Smokehouse porch,
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another view from the Smokehouse porch,
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the Salmon River bridge... I had drawn this in pencil in 2006, forgotten and found in a pile of paper. It took me a while to find the spot where I sat then in the grass and brush last week to paint,
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the cottonwoods are so beautiful this time of year. These are next to our neighbor Don's house,
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and so are these.
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Down at the beach, not in the neighborhood.
Its more like normal now with a steady light rain, but I'm determined to keep doing doing these little paintings regularly and post them here again. So, I'm hereby reviving this blog.... again.