First Watercolor

I don't know what got into me.
I don't know a thing about watercolors, but I love them.
But today I stopped at Michaels and bought:
A beginners set of watercolor paint (six colors)
A beginners set of paintbrushes
A tablet of Strathmore water color paper
A little plastic thing that you can put the paint in
And an extra tube of blue, a different shade, because I like blue.

Someday I hope I paint something to justify the purchase. But I came home and tried to paint picture.

It's not frameable but I'm not disappointed for a first attempt.

One part of me would like to take a class but another part of me always wants to do things on my own. Somehow it seems less significant if someone teaches me. Which I know is silly. But anyway, here's my picture for the day, in more ways than one.

Valentine's past

It was time to throw out my roses, though they still had so much color left in them.

Harbingers of spring

Today I looked out my window and saw both a rabbit and a robin, the traditional harbingers of spring. Poor guys, they are in for a nasty shock tomorrow if we get the two to four inches of snow predicted.

Spilled out

I want to be...

My corner

I was sitting here in my corner taking a quick look at the computer while waiting for my dh and realized I hadn't taken a picture today, so I got up, walked away from my chair and took a picture of where I had just been sitting. This is my corner of the bedroom. I spend a good bit of time sitting here either reading or working (playing?) on the computer.

My downtown

Tonight, after dropping off dd #4 at softball practice, I decided to go downtown and take some pictures. For the very first time I felt delight in 'my downtown'. I've always felt like it was a neat place, but never like it had any connection to me. So it was a sort of neat moment. But really, think about it. Think about going as deep into a downtown area as you possibly could. In most cities the sight wouldn't be pretty, I don't think. It might be active, it might have human interest, it might have grand architecture, but I down there are many places that in the heart of 'downtown' you would find the natural beauty that I have. I had so many pictures I wanted to share...of the boats, of Main Street, of the moon, but I chose this one. Tnis little guy flew away, but I was glad I caught him while he was resting.

Yesterday's and today's pictures

Yesterday I went to Trader Joe's and they had the most amazing little roses, and for only 3.99 a bunch. I've never seen anything like these before. I remember when I went to school in England, I saw roses growing in people's gardens that looked so fake, due to their coloring. I think all I had seen up to that time was red, pink and white. Maybe I saw an exotic 'yellow' once in a while. Anyway, I thought these were really unusual.
Leaving our neighborhood tonight, my dh and one of my dd's sighted this bird. I thought he could be a good companion for Mary's vultures! The light was getting little dim, so he's not really crisp, but still you can see him.