Nov 19, 2015 | 2015 |
November 2015 The day before New Year’s Eve, Frank and I decided to stop by a shelter run by a Tica Veterinarian, Dra. Milena to look at dogs that needed rescue. It had been in my mind for awhile thinking that Seurat would enjoy a pal. We’d tried a few...
Jul 29, 2015 | 2015 |
July 2015 Turning off the water, I glanced up to the square window above the sink and just stopped to take a longer look in the morning almost light. I had been thinking about Frank and how I missed him. My eyes traced the patterns and edges of the tangled masses of...
Jun 21, 2015 | 2015 |
June, 2015 It was time to shore up the eroding slope in front of my house – and extend my front yard. High on the mountain, the Prince of Peace watched over the valley On Tuesday, June 2 our ‘Prince of Peace’ statue that stood high on a rock at the northern...
Jun 3, 2015 | 2015 |
June, 2015 One of my favorite subjects to paint in Costa Rica are the blue leaves that line the highway along the southern Pacific coastline. Whenever someone says to me that I must get tired of painting green in Costa Rica, I think about these leaves – where I...
Apr 19, 2015 | 2015 |
I arrived in Costa Rica in 2008, addicted. Unlike addiction to heroin or cocaine, my addiction was socially acceptable and even proudly proclaimed. I was part of up to 70% of north Americans who are addicted to sugar. I have beat my addiction – but mostly because I...
Mar 15, 2015 | 2015 |
March, 2015 I had the exhilarating pleasure of hosting a group of three women who previously were unknown to me or each other for a five day Painting Intensive at my place! Such a great time! On the third day they wanted to learn how to paint a white object –...
Feb 13, 2015 | 2015 |
February, 2015 It was the end of February, and just a couple of weeks from the anniversary date I was both looking forward to as well as dreading – the year anniversary of Frank’s death that happened so suddenly on March 10 2014. On this particular day I was following...
