Snow Day

Flower Arrangement, watercolor

 This was a flower arrangement I started in Cancun, but never finished; the sun came out. Today there was no sun in Michigan, just snow. Lots of it. Ellis went out, but came back in. He had nothing so pressing that he had to sweat behind the wheel maneuvering the car on icy roads in the bitter cold.  He declared  a "snow day."  I photographed it from the comfort of the kitchen where I finished what I started during a warm Mexican rain shower. 

Snow day, quiet day, silence drifts, just two for warmth in front of a fire.

We'll Have Pancakes Instead

 Bell Peppers  and a Bermuda Onion on A Dick Blick Catalogue, Watercolor Alla Prima

I had no intention of starting a conversation concerning socialized medicine versus the free enterprise system, or the cost of medical care. My little paragraph yesterday was simply a little story about shit happening in a waiting room full of  people who had been up all night shitting.

Today was a carefree day. I have no stories to tell. I didn't feel like painting or doing anything seriously, so I got my bell peppers and a Bermuda onion out of the fridge and did a wet into wet painting with watercolors. The peppers and onion were to be roasted for supper, but we'll have pancakes instead.