Last Wednesday

The Set-Up, aka, the still life one is supposed to paint

This is such a glamorous painting space. Yes, this is what art classrooms across the country look like! I attempted to paint this last week. The colors are again a complementary juxtaposition -- this time of purple versus yellow. I struggled and struggled. 

Brought my canvas home, having thought it looked pretty good, and then realized that it stunk. Worked on it some more, made it stink less. Sometimes, paintings come so easily and other times they are like giving birth to a big-headed baby.

I will post tomorrow what the painting looks like now. It has had to travel through the tunnel of ugly in the meantime.

Your Imaginary Friend,

Patsie

Zip Lining in Costa Rica

Dear Imaginary Friends,

I have been away so that I could create new adventure memories to share with you. But in the meantime, I look back to one of my more exciting times in the past, when my daughter Virginia and I went zip lining through the tree canopy of the mountains in Costa Rica. Virginia is shown here wearing aqua pants, and mine are purple.

I know, what am I doing wearing purple pants? Well, I figured that if I fell off the zip line, died, and bled all over the place, who would care that I had on purple pants? Plus the blood would not show as badly.

Your thoughtful dresser,

Patsie