Other Things

The more you have, the more occupied you are. The less you have, the more free you are. Mother Teresa

We had a wonderful afternoon/evening with Dana and Anne on Deer Isle....

...another incredibly beautiful place. 

I just love the coast of Maine!

And now we're home. 

I was thrilled to see the bloodroot still blooming like crazy....and so many yellow daylilies! And there are more coming!

I took a very limited amount of art supplies with me: A travel watercolor set I inherited from Connie, some new pens from Becky and Emily...and a few of my own along with a pencil, my favorite eraser, a couple Gudrun catalogs, and a small bottle of glue. I also took a small sketchbook, my watercolor journal, and my joy journal ....formerly known as my junk journal. 

I forgot a pair of scissors...but thank goodness there was a pair at the house. 

Here are just a few of the other things played with at the kitchen table at the Cranberry Island church parsonage.

I spent time collaging using snippets from the catalogs I brought with me.

These thumbnails were all about swirls...swoops...and curves....intended to get me into the swing of things for my class.

Some friends of ours have a place on the island and Jim is one of the local Indivisible organizers for events including the No Kings Protests in Portland. His wife Sam is a poet and artist...and they are both such a delight.

I learned it was Jim's birthday while we were on the island (thanks Marian) so when we visited with him and Sam on their porch I took him a birthday card I made with watercolor and catalog collage.

I also did some painting....

...including the first page in my JOY JOURNAL. The page was originally drawn with a fine line black pen around one of my favorite stencils. I may add a little more texture to the flowers.

I love this well loved travel watercolor set I inherited from Connie.

It's still good as new (as far as I can tell) and I love seeing her handwriting above the colors.

I doodled and painted this simple wildflower page in my watercolor journal....

absolutely inspired by Tammy Garcia of Daisy Yellow.

There are other things.....but I'm calling this post a wrap!