August is Popsicles

Forget cake.
Forget candy.
Forget sodapop.
August is popsicles. Cherry, orange, raspberry, lemon and lime...
Give me grape. When I was little, the ice cream man would ring his bell and we'd go flying outside to pick our choice of the colored ice on 2 sticks. One bite of a grape popsicle to this day brings me back to those carefree summers of bare feet, shorts, games and fireflies.

8"x10" Pastel  [SOLD-Texas]

Summer Day at West Beach

Stripes of blue.
A stripe of green.
Striped chairs.
Striped umbrellas.
A sip of Red Stripe.
No pinstripes.
Summer day at West Beach.

Watercolor, 8x10, $150.

NE Coast

Up the coast.
Windswept dunes.
Protect Rosa rugosas.
Leading the way
To Cottages- no longer small.

Pastel, 8x10
SOLD Nevada

2 China Cups

Two people
Share one sweet.
Each with a cup–
as strong as lead;
delicate as eggshells.
Will break if misused–
but hold liquid hot as fire,
and last for a lifetime.
20 years at least.
A chip or two.
But solid.

Pastel, 5x7, $100.

One of each flower

The little ones wanted to pick... "one of every single flower in the gardens, Nanna." "Just one," I agreed.
Into a red bowl on the 4th of July table went one of each flower:
1 pink petunia
1 purple petunia
1 heliotrope
1 chamomile
1 buttercup
1 daisy
1 red rose
1 pink rose
1 wild rose
1 lavender sprig
1 honeysuckle
1 rhododendron blossom
I think they cheated.

Pastel, 5x7, $135.

Sparkling Sails

The rain went away for a minute.The sky inked blue.The sails unfurled.
The sea sparkled.
Pastel, 8 x 10

Rain, Rain go away

Rain, Rain go away,
Come again another day.
Sail away?
No way.
[Vineyard Sound]

Pastel, 8"x10", $150.

Margarita Time

The solstice.
Margarita time.
One shot tequila.
2 parts summer.


Pastel, 5x7, $100.

Perfect Day

Azure sky.
Marshmallow clouds.
Glassine water.
Soothing sand.
Perfection.

Pastel on Wallis paper,
7.5 x 9.5, $150.

Bow to May

May-Mother Earth month:

May.
You brought flowers, flowers, flowers.
Take a bow.

Pastel, 7.5 x 9.5
$145. [SOLD Ohio]