Breathing Room

Yesterday I cleaned my studio and rehung my new drawings so they have some space between them. They are very different from each other, so I'm not sure that I will call this trio of drawings a triptych after all! They will be shown together, so I guess I'd call them part of a series... I guess this is a matter of semantics...

I've titled the series Primers, and I'm still working on them. The Artist Studio building where I have my space will be participating in First Friday Artwalk Open Studios tomorrow night, so they will be on view. If you are in the area, c'mon downtown!

P.S. I am realllly frustrated with the spacing issue I'm having with my posts here on Blogger. I need to consult an expert!!

May Magic

I hung my hummingbird feeder yesterday, then looked up and saw this...

A hummingbird cloud! Typically I don't see a hummingbird at my feeder until Mother's Day, but I always hang the feeder early just in case.

I went inside to eat my lunch and to my delight, there was Mr. Man! He always arrives first. Three females - his hummie harem - will be close on his heels. (Do hummingbirds have heels??)

Magic!!!

Most Eggscellent!

We have six new residents here on Miller Mountain! Just arrived yesterday - three big beautiful Ameraucanas (they lay those gorgeous blue/green eggs!) and three Black Sex Links (that sounds kinky, doesn't it?)! They are all enjoying their new abode and have already produced the promised four eggs a day. Job well done, ladies! My husband has wanted laying hens for years - he had a coop started in our old barn that burned down nine years ago - so he is quite happy to have this dream realized! I wrote The Coop on a piece of birch bark with some of the charcoal from that fire - there are still piles of it around the barn foundation. And the rooster on the front of the coop survived the fire - it was part of the weathervane! So here's to eggs and new life and the merry merry month of May!

Imaging Imogen

Judy Dater
Imogen Cunningham and Twinka

Henry Swift
Portrait of Imogen Cunningham

Imogen Cunningham

Self-portrait, 1932

Imogen Cunningham

Self-portrait, 1974

Imogen Cunningham

Self-portrait, 1974

Another artist to add to my Who I Want to be When I Grow Up list...

(My apologies about the spacing - I edit it, and then when I publish the post, it's all wacked. Does this happen to anyone else? How do you fix it??)

Remembering Dear Old Dad

George Simmons
Singing Self Times Four (my title for his self-portrait, made before digital cameras :^)

My Dad died thirteen years ago today. How he would have enjoyed Photoshop, and Julien Neel! I grew up hearing this tune...

Checking In

The medium I've grown to like best is leisure and doing nothing. ~ Morris Graves
photo by Imogen Cunningham

I hermitted away most of last week due to a stomach flu. I'm much better and will give a report from the studio soon!

Happy Earth Day!

My grandson Wyeth, running to go find a good marshmallow stick.

Happy Weekend, All!