Travels ~ and Photo Editing

Just returned from an 8 day RV trip to Colorado..

One of our favorite areas - Gunnison Country.

It has high desert mixed with alpine environs and small town quaintness - it hasn't changed much in 30 - 40 years, except for the population being a little larger.  The people are nice and genuinely friendly (a place where you would want to raise kids!) - laid back - no BIG CITY influences.  There are more tourists these days, but that is because Gunnison and the surrounding areas have such a large offering of outdoor recreation activities. What draws us to this area?

Where There's Rain, There's Alot of Water

Duh...last time I posted on my blog about this - was in 2011.  

We had about 3 1/2 inches of rain overnight on that occasion. 

Yesterday and last night, we had over 5 inches of rain.  

To a usually dry place, which is in a drought, this is so out of the ordinary 

and often brings some added tasks after the fact - 

on clean up and mending things. 

 Here is the little trickle of a creek at it's best,

 after a rain like this.

Just replaced some ceiling tiles in the studio last weekend,

that gather some roof leaking from time to time,

DH said those NEW tiles are ruined and

one is about to come down..so out to

the studio to remedy that one 

and prepare for more 

as there is more rain in the forecast for

the next three days.

From rags to riches...

a wheat field on the road above us

in elevation has not been planted 

with wheat yet, We now have

lots of the enriched field earth

in our waterway!

A Watercolor Painting of a Cat

While hubsters and I work in the studio this weekend, I am doing

reorganizing, discardia and painting -

As READ online...

on an email I get from a book company, the title was "When Vodka and Watercolor Mix.." At first I thought - 'yep - that would certainly loosen up your brushstrokes', but upon reading the article -

Under Construction..

Under construction ~ figuratively speaking.

This is the idea I had to put this one

together.  They are 6" x 6"

oils painted on wood.

"Art is NOT a Far Off Place...

it lives inside you. "  Author Unknown

That is a quote that helped me restart my painting again.

More "Time Out" -

I have reached that last bit of interruption of 'summer painting', I think.