The Last Weekend of June 2024


Otter Creek Falls, Vergennes, Vermont

 Another landscape added to my paintings' queue.

 Have a Fun Summer Weekend!

Bake something spicy
Browse camp shirts online
Read a funny book
Think about 2025
Create a sculpture from a soda bottle
Write a letter to your front door
Research image versus truth 
Sing to your computer
Recite and record a poem

A comment from moi:
Society is saturated with embracing image. What we see, in reality or photographs, how we process the truth, 
need not be swayed with our romance with beauty.
An old man can have more truth and beauty in him, 
than any liar ever will.
 

Day 180 of Week 26 June 2024

Mushroom, Strawberry & Zucchini Tart

 What are y'all up to this weekend?

Last week I made the tart using phyllo dough: Saute the chopped veggies, parsley and strawberry; filled in 2 layers with slice tomato on top; and bake in a 400ºF oven until phyllo dough is brown. I like my phyllo dough crispy. Careful, it can be quite hot.

The next tart will be with Gruyere cheese and black olives. The strawberries are a nice burst of sweet flavor. (That I can actually taste.) I am keen on bringing back some of my sense of taste and smell by having spicy foods.

Applying gesso to blank canvases has been fun. Otherwise, I've done much of nothing, but putter and water plants.

I have tried to have this background more on the being side than pink. On this laptop's monitor, it leans heavily to pink no matter what code I try.