Journal entry from August 11
The meadow beside me is green and lush. A scattering of milkweed is blooming. It is vibrant and orange. During my wander I find a small piece of blue and white pottery. I believe it was part of a beautiful plate where someone once enjoyed their meals. Swallowtail butterflies are fluttering around me. I hear the sounds of frogs, crickets, a hawk and the distant highway. Two herons are in the stream. I've never seen a pair of herons before. I gather tomatoes, cucumbers, holy basil and borage flowers from the garden. The borage flowers were my breakfast. I love having blue flowers be part of my being. . .
As I sit here typing I feel the coolness in the air, it's amazing how fast things can change. When I wrote this journal entry just a few weeks ago it was sunny and warm, now it is chilly and grey.
But I love the changing seasons and the turning of the wheel.
This painting "Summer's Goodbye" is from part of a new series I'm doing of tiny dreamscapes painted on 5x5 panels. Here is the full painting and a close up.
Beautiful work, Happy PPF, Hugs, Valerie
Posted by: Valerie-Jael | October 02, 2015 at 12:19 AM
Truly, a lovely farewell *and* welcome. :)
Posted by: rose | October 02, 2015 at 07:24 AM
Lovely painting and your story brought me right to that place. Well done. Have a happy weekend.
Nicole/Beadwright
Posted by: Nicole/Beadwright | October 02, 2015 at 09:53 AM
Valerie, Rose and Nicole, thanks so much for your thoughts!
Posted by: Julie Engelhardt | October 02, 2015 at 10:48 AM
Hi Julie,
Once more I was with you on your summer walk Your words are so vivid and I can picture a very special place. Your paintings are lovely.
Thank you for your kind words today. I really appreciate them. This has been a challenging year but it is words like yours that truly help on the difficult days. The anniversary of Greg's death is next Friday which is really hard to believe. He was a very creative person who loved to work with wood. He taught me a lot about nature which is a great comfort to me each day. Again,thank you Julie. Your words came at the exactly the right time today.
Posted by: Ginny | October 02, 2015 at 05:27 PM
it is lovely and captures the end of the season beautifully...xx
Posted by: Tracey Fletcher King | October 02, 2015 at 05:38 PM
Summer's goodbye is beautiful. The colors are bright and glistening. Fall is truly upon us and it is only 52° F now.
Posted by: Faye | October 02, 2015 at 05:46 PM
Gorgeous work. Looks almost like an underwater-world....
Posted by: denthe | October 02, 2015 at 06:37 PM
Ginny, thank you and I also learned that nature is always there to comfort us. xo
Tracey, thank you
Faye, thank you, yes Fall is in the air.
Denthe, thank you
Posted by: Julie Engelhardt | October 02, 2015 at 06:50 PM
You captured the farewell of summer. Love all the colors
Posted by: Gina | October 03, 2015 at 11:22 AM
Gina, thanks for your kind words.
Posted by: Julie Engelhardt | October 03, 2015 at 01:19 PM
Oh these are so lovely! You have such a wonderful connection with colors.
Posted by: Lisa Isabella Russo | October 22, 2015 at 05:32 PM