The Good Life

Living the Good Life

This year, 2021, was another rather wild ride but we are still here. I'm hoping that 2022 will improve for everyone.

 

Online Classes

value study

I received a grant from Columbia Basin Trust back in 2018 to attend a workshop with an artist whose technique I wanted to study. Unfortunately, a week before the class date, the workshop was cancelled.

color study

I spent the next year or so trying to find that workshop offered again or one with similar technique. Then Covid-19 arrived.

color study

I do like attending workshops in person. There is always that synergy of creative people hanging out together and good contacts and friendship are formed. However, due to the restraints that are with us now, I am learning to appreciate online courses. I am working my way through the workshops. I am painting the same images multiple times to learn how to handle the paint and brushes. I have goals to keep me busy while the world moves beyond the pandemic.

Thank you, Columbia Basin Trust for making this possible.

 

A gentle spirit rests

 

Marking the passing of an era.

A true Labrador retriever, she loved her food.

A great companion.

Thanks for the love and the adventures.

Karin Jurick

 

I am saddened to discover that the artist, Karin Jurick, has passed away. I so enjoyed her work.

Garden Notes 3

 

 I am making notes so that I am prepared for the garden next year.

Apricots and cherries ripen in July. Be prepared next year and buy your lids, pectin and jars in June.

I have received the most bang for the buck from the pansies I bought back in April. But don't bother buying coleus until the end of May...some died and none of them grew an iota until the weather warmed up.

Poppies arrive quite late, don't give up on them and don't pull them thinking they are weeds.

Garden notes 2

 Lilacs are in full bloom. Hostas are up. Rhubarb is up. Poppies I did not think made it are beginning to appear (be patient)

Note to self:  Don't buy coleus until mid-May

It dropped down to 2C last night!

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