Please disregard the earlier email. I am not sure why it sent out last months’ newsletter but here is the new one.
First crocuses of the year saying, “Springs is almost here.”
Hey folks,
How are you all hanging in there? I know so much has changed in the last few days. This morning our house is quiet as I plan for a homeschool day with the children. This is not usual, but Friday we got a call that school was cancelled for the next few weeks. Having the children home is awesome!! They are some of the greatest people I know and I am glad to be around them! Anyway, part of the itinerary is painting! I’d be interested in knowing what are you doing today? Not only will we be doing school book work but we will also plant 20 pounds of potatoes. Usually we only do 10, but this year I decided to plant blue potatoes along with the red norlands. The blues we have planted in years past and they do really well in our soil.
Cutting up blue potatoes for planting. I did have a little helper in this.
Thank you all for coming out to the art show. I really appreciate it! It was great to meet each one you! Here are some of the drawings and paintings I have been working on since then.
Got to sit in the sunshine with some of my favorite peeps painting.
Our resident artist, David, drawing a crocus.
The kiss.
A sketch for a larger painting.
Hope you enjoyed this newsletter amid this pandemic. Hope it brought you some peace and joy. Remember our brains can only dwell on one thing at a time. Take the time out today to do something special, plant something in dirt, start reading a new book or finish an old one or draw. You may say you cannot draw but just get a piece of paper and a pencil and observe. That is all drawing is, is observing that which is before you. Take care until next month.
With Love,
Holly
PS I leave you with the lovely quote below from a great folk band. It is about music but can easily be translated to art.
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Sacred music, when it’s beautiful, can give us a glimpse into the divine mystery that words can’t quite access. Folk music does something similar. It takes us on a journey into the depths of the human heart. It gives us a window into joys, sorrows, hopes and sufferings of the human experience.
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