It's been so beautiful outside that I have been working with watercolor paints in my back yard. It's a little risky with the leaves and other debris that lands on the paper. But it's worth it to me. I love feeling the sun on my legs and I work and the change in light patterns makes work come alive.
And besides this little guy I actually finished today (here is a quick video if you are interested):
And here are the yellow lilies I blogged about last week...
Just had dinner at my parent's farmhouse in Wisconsin. Started with bacon-wrapped dates.
Then we had a spinach and fruit salad with toppings like goat cheese crumbles and sunflower seeds. Following salad was an old-fashioned meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and green beans.
I didn't take a photo of it. But there was a delicious chocolate icebox cake for dessert. Everything was comfort food and so tasty on a cold February Wisconsin evening. Hope you all had a great weekend.
I purchased some beautiful yellow lilies the other day and am so excited that they are now in full bloom.
Because now they are ready to paint!
I plan to paint both in watercolor and oil paint. I can't wait to see how the paintings turn out. I'll keep you posted.
Who says you can't can in the winter? Today I made a delicious citrus vanilla bean marmalade from a Ball Canning Best of magazine/cookbook I had purchased in late summer 2016 at the grocer's. I thought I was all through canning after the last tomato was off the vine. But the winter has made me a little stir crazy and the abundance of fresh citrus, all of it grown directly here in the USA right now, had me feeling the canning bells ringing. So today I made this recipe. My favorite part -- and the reason I was so attracted to it -- was the three citrus and then the added vanilla bean pods. Marmalade can be very bitter....
