Tornado Warning. Got to Hurry....

Crazy weather off and on.  Hopefully the power won't go off before I finish this post.

This is what it looked like this morning.  Little Wonder was not too excited about going outside.

We started off the day as usual....

and by 9:45 we were out in the Studio for class.

First they finished up their fish paintings and then

we did a little wet on wet painting....a simple land or seascape.   (At this point, I am trying to get them to be very loose...letting the colors just run into each other). This time they had to do a simple drawing of the sunflowers or zinnias.  They had to let them dry before putting on the next layer

so we went on to the third project. This time they had to do a simple drawing of the sunflowers or zinnias on tracing paper.

Once that was done, they were transferred to watercolor paper and they will start painting them next class.

Anita was in my prior workshops and is doing projects of her choice.  She is into painting street scenes from Brockport and is now working on a log home.

Little Wonder could not get enough of his new best buddy.

Gary trimmed up the willow tree this afternoon while I made a quick trip to Wegmans.

We discovered that our raspberries are finally coming in strong.

He had a 5pm appointment in the village and on the way home, picked up dinner at Min Yangs.  We were going to go out, but I did not want to leave LW home alone in case the weather goes crazy.

I made sure he got outside before the heavy rain started.

I am getting warnings on my phone about every 10 minutes.  Currently it is about lightning.

It's now 7:15 and I need to get this posted

Night all.

 

Limbo

Not much activity today.  At least the sun came out....extremely muggy.  Two guys are coming for estimates on our roof in the next couple of days. Yay.....can't wait $$$$$$$.  Glad it's just the part over the kitchen.

This morning I made another big batch of bean salad.  Gary went to yoga and out to lunch with his pals.

Spent more time in the Studio working on examples for class tomorrow.

We will finish the fish paintings and then work on a simple landscape.  They need to get comfortable using more water and I don't want them to use brush strokes as if they were painting a house.

After that, we will work on simple drawings of the flowers I put out there.  First on tracing paper and then transferred to watercolor paper,

Gary finished the ceiling in the Studio and there were no bees in sight.  Then he cut a bunch of branches off the walnut tree.  After that he deserved a treat....

so we had dessert first.   It's a good thing that was a small nectarine pie.

Little Wonder and I did next to zero all afternoon.

Another instant replay for dinner,

Looks like we could have a beautiful sunset tonight, but I don't have the energy to get in the car and chase it.

Check out the siding Scott put up on the house.  I love it.  He has been working his butt off.  Outside on the sunny days and inside when it's raining.

Night all.

 

Enough Rain For the Roof to Leak

Another blah day. An inch and a half of rain.   Perfect morning to go out to the Studio to work on some stuff for Wednesday.  I needed an umbrella to get there.  Picked some flowers for my students to paint.

Little Wonder was with me and we listened to some good tunes.

Gary came out to repair a hole in the ceiling where the bees were stashed last week.

After lunch I went to Wegmans and took along my big umbrella....my feet got soaked,

Needed a couple of things for dinner...like celery and carrots.

Had some nectarines that were ready to eat, so I baked a pie shell and

then added some fresh nectarines mixed with a glaze that I had cooked.

Gary heard a dripping sound and discovered two leaks in the loft/storage area above our kitchen.  Just what we need.  There's a chance of rain everyday for a week.

We had a late dinner as the guy who takes care of our reverse osmosis system arrived a little before 5.  At least all the filters are now changed.and everything is in good shape.  Even tho we have town water, we chose to keep this system as it is the best water I have tasted.

So dinner.  A tomato salad.....

and my old standby....the cauliflower/cheesie casserole.

Steph sent me this photo today....she works at a school in Kansas City with kids who have disabilities and today this is what they were doing in art class.  She participates and did the drawing on the right.   "Patterns and shading." Love seeing her artistic side!

Night all.