"What's the matter with that pot?"
I looked out from our second floor balcony down to the pool area at the large pots of palms. This is a familiar view - we have visited this resort before and have seen these pots in past years. This year however, something was askew. One of those pots had a bulge on one side.
Later on I got a closer view and discovered a large gash in the pot! It seemed to be held together only at the top and the bottom. I could see lots of roots and dirt just waiting... I am wondering if/when the whole thing will fall apart. It's pretty close to the pool...please don't let all that dirt go there!
"Painting peppers with a friend"
I enjoyed spending an afternoon sketching/painting with a friend. She had talked about some colorful peppers that she had in her fridge. So we decided to paint them. At first I dumped them all out - it was a little overwhelming, so we tried to simplify and just arrange a few.
I sketched them quickly and then got out my watercolor paints. Not my best painting, but a fun memory of the laughter we shared when we tried to find the best artistic arrangement.
Gerri worked on her painting, got a little distracted and then started eating the peppers! She bit into them and put the stems down on the table. Then we both began eating and voila, there was another painting!
I sketched a few of the pepper pieces...
and then got out my watercolor paints again.
About this time, Gerri was having fun with her liquid acrylics - making a very abstract painting with brilliant color. She urged me to try them. I hardly ever use acrylics, but it would be fun to try...
This is what I came up with... yeah, another pepper
A delightful afternoon - no signed masterpieces, but wonderful memories!
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