I love snapping photos when the water is like glass, where the reflections are sharp and dramatic. It’s especially cool with fog hovering in the air. This year we had the foggiest trip to the island (Monhegan), thankfully the seas weren’t rough in the fog. I have heard stories…
The return trip was a bit rough, but at least you could see the coastline. The ability to see land and have my Sea Bands on did the trick, thank goodness!
This is Fred. Fred squinting in the bright sunshine waiting for me to take a photo, then the HURRY UP look, the I HAVE TO CLOSE MY EYES LOOK (put your sunglasses on Fred!) and the ahhhh, the sunglasses feel good look!
This is an older photo, I love his sunglasses now, he looks like a movie star – gotta try to get that shot! This photo was taken on Monhegan Island (Maine) – wish we were there now…
IT’S FRIDAY! Get out and enjoy!
Photos this week – Have a great day and I’ll catch you back here tomorrow!
Loopsi Doodle – I learned the word from a friend, Carol Bass – a fabulous artist and person. I had posted one of my doodles on social media and she said it’s a Loopsy Doodle. I love that name! I have many of these, usually done while on the phone or mindlessly chatting.
Often times I start with the pen down and don’t lift it until I’m done. I see a break in this one, do you spot it? These are so fun, try it next time you’re on the phone!
Is there anything better than a sunset? Truly, we have to stop making dinner reservations during this time! I think next year we will eat pizza and take photos of the sunset! Ha ha… I run outside and snap a few as quick as I can. It’s difficult to stop, the light and colors change so quickly, illuminating yet another area in a more dramatic way then the first however many photos! I love this one with the cottage light on – adds so much charm.
This is Monhegan. Beautiful, charming and peaceful…
Catch you back here tomorrow!
I love how these lobster traps are stacked near the brewery on Monhegan. I realize they’re there for a reason and not just to look good, but… they form a wall of the coolest kind.
Monhegan, and even Maine in general is a lot like that. Items used for form and function and not necessarily to “look good”, but they do!
Clearly this is not a photo of me. It’s Charlie, our JRT. He’s out of sorts here, normally his entire body is on his bed. Funny beast. We all have our days I suppose.
In an effort to type the minimal amount this week (hand not happy), I will be posting images this week – back to normal next week, I hope!
Enjoy your week and I’ll catch you back here tomorrow!
I love these wild palms that pop up in Charleston. They usually pop up where you don’t want them (front yard, butted up to a walkway), but on occasion they pop in the right place. This palm provides great shade as well. As it grows you have to cut the branches so that you can walk underneath it (near a walkway). The price is right, haha…
St. Michael’s Church steeple is pretty remarkable, isn’t it? Definitely an icon in our beautiful city. The well cared for palms line the street and the flag flies proudly. This is Charleston, SC!
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Painting by Jessica Fields
Jessica Fields. Fabulous paintings – great texture with a palette knife. Each is so interesting to me. I love the layers of color! Be sure to peruse the links below. Many on Jessica’s website are sold – don’t miss Instagram! Fabulous! You can definitely tell that painting puts her in her happy place!
See more of Jessica’s work via these links:
Read a bit about Jessica, (from her website):
Jessica Leitko Fields (that’s me) is a working painter, collage gluer and general maker living in Greenville, SC.
I’m originally from, lets say, Houston, because who remembers anything from before they were five anyway. And there I garnered a love for all things flat and stripey. Add a dose of a Louisiana farm on my mother’s side and all those fields start to make sense. Then I married a Fields! Like a joke. I liked them so much I married them.
I went to school at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design where I learned to love paint and color and texture and to really really hate snow.
I’m typically a teacher by trade with a special fondness for art history and history in general which will crop up in my titles from time to time.
This is my happy place.
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This is the Ralston Creek house plan by Flatfish Island Designs. This plan is 1,590 square feet with 3 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms. Sharp and charming – what a combination! Love this front porch, and that window in the dormer – it melts my heart!
A great main floor plan with an open kitchen, living, dining space – along with three sets of French doors bringing the outdoors in and giving you a lot of natural light! The master bedroom is downstairs with two sets of closets, a very nice and appreciated amenity… one can never have too many closets. Sweet front porch as well – which is part of the charm of this home.
Upstairs are two additional bedrooms, each with their own bathrooms, a nice private space!
Flatfish Island Designs has wonderful plans – feel free to take a peek at them!
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Nick Runge. This man creates such interesting, thought provoking paintings. He can clearly paint a portrait, but it’s the abstract qualities in the painting that shift it from a normal painting to a WOW painting. Love these blues – this is brilliant and captures your attention! Abstracted realism indeed!
See more of Nick’s work via these links:
Website | Facebook | Instagram
Read a bit about Nick:
Born in 1985, artist Nick Runge grew up in Colorado. Coming from a creative family of professional artists, he was always interested in drawing and imagining ideas visually. Starting in 2004, he began thinking about art as a career and got the chance to begin small jobs in and out of the comic book industry. After 2006, he worked as an illustrator for various comic companies such as IDW, Dark Horse, and many others. While primarily making a living as a cover artist, he began painting more seriously and started exploring the world of film art and traditionally painted projects, doing various official and private commissions. These days he has stepped away from commercial properties, focusing exclusively on fine art and personal work using oils and watercolor.
As a portrait/figurative painter, Nick works from life as well as photography, describing his art as something close to “abstracted realism”, with an objective of expressing as much of the realistic human element of life as possible through a limited and often simplified approach to his rendering or brushwork, giving an illusion of realism while, at the same time, breaking shapes and form down enough to have a close balance with abstraction.
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This flavorful chicken chili recipe originated from Cooking Light magazine. I’ve been a subscriber of CL for decades, it’s a great magazine full of healthy recipes that actually taste fabulous! This is a favorite recipe – I don’t think I’ll be making beef chili ever again!
We like our soups and chili’s on the brothier side – so I added more chicken broth and less flour (matter of fact I used so little that you could just leave it out entirely). I also forgot to drain the green chiles – it was pretty spicy, but so excellent – not sure that I would change it next time! A happy mistake!
I was leary of cold radishes and fresh avocado on top of hot chili – seemed a bit odd. It’s so wonderful, especially the crunch from the radishes!! I will be (and have been) making this recipe often!
Click HERE to print my version of the Cooking Light recipe for Quick Green Chicken Chili as shown below:
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Charlie – he loves the sun, even when it’s hotter than H-E-!-! outside! I snapped this photo of Charlie and was trying to capture the fern but not the house so I tilted my phone slightly and the result was a black background WHICH I LOVE – it looks so mysterious. Not sure I could duplicate, but hey, I’ll take it!
Happy Columbus Day! If you have today off, ENJOY!
Tomorrow’s feature is a FABULOUS, life changing recipe! Woohoo! I love to find something new!
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The day before Irma visited Charleston we went out and snapped some photos. The clouds were wild and tumultuous – the tide was high and it was wildly windy. Still there was a sliver of sunlight on the water as a bird elegantly flew across the image.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Photos this week – Have a great day and I’ll catch you back here tomorrow!
I took this photo several years ago when my sister, mom and I had a long weekend on Mackinac Island. What a treasure! We had such an amazing time. We ate, walked, biked and had so much fun at night talking and up early and out on the porch with a coffee in hand.
I have a cool mom. She has such a great attitude on life.
Happy Birthday Mom! We wish you the healthiest and happiest birthday ever! You are too cool! xo, us
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