42/52. twenty twenty
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2020”
Lilian
we had the most wonderful weekend out and about together
both saturday and sunday
the weather couldn’t have been more perfect on both days!
covid19
41/52. twenty twenty
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2020”
Lilian
it’s getting harder to keep this 52 project going with only being with Lilian every other week but i am trying my best to keep going
it’s important to me
and maybe some day it will be important to her too
this was our last picture together before we were apart for two weeks (it was painful)
she was in west virginia with William visiting family and i went to los angeles to visit Connie
thankfully we are together now for two weeks
40/52. twenty twenty
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2020”
Lilian
reading her “book” on a rainy afternoon
she’s only been gone for two days and i miss her like crazy already
ten more days until i see her face again
and fourteen more days until she comes to stay with me again
time cannot go by fast enough…
happy monday friends
around here
it’s the end of the week with my pod
which sadly also means that it’s the end of my week with Lilian
this is hard and something i don’t think i will ever really settle into
not having her with me all the time…
who would have thought
it’s not something i ever wanted
this time around we will actually be apart for two weeks
it will be the longest we will be apart since the day she was born
my heart hurts just as i type this
two weeks…
morning snuggles even on school days. i’d like to say we make the most of our time together
last year on our way to lake placid from vermont. what a great trip that was!
coffee tastes better with her around
pink flowers always brighten my day
and speaking of pink
autumn inspired meals
tomatoes from our voluntary plant in our front yard
i continue on going on walks and taking in the last of summer colors
i continue on doing a lot of drawing and stitching
we had some dark rainy days
but for the most part we have had glorious early autumn days
ARTsy wednesday
i have returned to stitching
this time on thick watercolor paper
there is something about stitching that is very therapeutic to me
even more so than oils, acrylics or watercolors
i have been busy creating 6″x9″ little stitched pieces of art just about every day
one thing has to be said about this pandemic year, i have created more art this year than i have any other year
happy ARTsy wednesday friends
i’m not crying you’re crying (sold)
sunshine on a cloudy day
tuesday’s best
indian ocean
when you find me
i love you
indigo
moss
sunset red
orange
black
yellow (sold)
cobalt
pretty in pink
never saw you (sold)
contemplation
39/52. twenty twenty
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2020”
Lilian
all dressed up on the way to a lunch date with me before heading to a sleepover with her school pod friends
so happy to have her back with me
ARTsy wednesday
on the weeks when i have the school pod here, while the girls are busy with school work upstairs in the “school room”, i try to keep myself busy downstairs
while they are here, i am here in the house as well
from 8am until 3pm
most of the time i keep myself busy by making rainbow makers and restocking my etsy shop however, lately i have been busy creating smaller art pieces
i am trying to find ways to be financially independent once again
something i always was but have not been for the past 11 years
slowly but surely, right?
happy ARTsy wednesday friends
misundersstood (sold)
self reflection
my favorite color is purple
skinny love (sold)
not so blue blue
orange crush
disconnected (sold)
everything is not as it seems (sold)
give me a reason
all dressed up nowhere to go
blue (sold)
38/52. twenty twenty
“a portrait of my daughter, once a week, every week, in 2020”
Lilian
remote learning doesn’t mean staying in your pajamas around here
just like last school year, Lilian continues to make her bed and get herself dressed for her school day every morning
she also continues to get all of her work done and take pride in it
around here
i used to look forward to fridays
now i only look forward to the fridays she will return home to me
today she leaves to go stay with William for a week
we had a good busy week though
learning pod, ballet, walks, home cooked meals, skin wars, rupaul’s drag race…
looking forward to next friday
happy weekend friends
the weather is changing. and so is the light
it’s all about the eggs lately
we baked a double layer blue and pink funfetti cake just for fun
my two hibiscus trees have been blooming all day every day this week
lunch al fresco
ballet. every monday, wednesday and saturday morning
ARTsy wednesday
the weeks when Lilian is away at William’s, are my hardest weeks
so i have been trying to keep busy and trying to find myself through art again
portraits in oil pastels is how it all began in the mid nineties
there’s a certain freedom to them that i don’t feel with oils or acrylics
these are all done on large wallpaper samples
some of them have titles
some of them do not
happy ARTsy wednesday
(sold)
fast car (sold)
there’s no truth in hiding
they don’t love you like i love you
Albert
before there was you there was me
time is contagious. everybody is getting old
