Excursion to the Skagit Valley

 Looking down from the bridge at Deception Pass

look who's on the rock down there

Lunch in La Conner:  Fried oyster sandwich and calamari with green parsley oil aioli

Quirky Edison, pop. 211    everyone seems to be either an artist or a foodie

The light!

Canning Day!

 Amy, the expert guiding the operation:  pickling green beens from Jacqueline and Sasha's garden

I made this rustic tart from wild blackberries Jacqueline and I gathered from near the house: superb!

Orcas Blue Moon: dinner with friends

Breakfast at Doe Bay

Orcas Island breakfast:  french toast with blueberry and lavender coulis,   house cured gravlax with latkes, farm eggs with garden greens!

Angel in my garden

Elisabeth and Louisa's Adventure: Plein air painting in Portland

ADVENTURE:   Five full days of a plein air oil painting workshop taught by Portland painter, Thomas Kitts.
OUR LODGING:  a vintage Chris Craft berthed in a nearby marina.

my first oil painting

 Gamblin Oils
making burnt sienna

                                            

temperature in the car with all windows open and driving!

our pillar candles transformed

 

 

a critique by Thomas

A single bloom