Art In Autumn

Middlebury River
Acrylic detail

Last year I posted about the painting process, from a photograph, for the larger painting above, Middlebury River. 

This year I will do the same. Starting next Wednesday, 1 October 2025, I will begin the new series with posting the winning photo sketched. I am searching photo folders for a few images to consider. There are more pictures of fall than the other three seasons combined. 

A canvas is on my easel at the ready. 

Foliage & Apple Pie

Wordle in 3 for two (2) days** in a row makes me smile 😄. Yet, life, creating, blogging are all going slowish but not slower. 🥴

I heard on the news that the stress of the drought on trees can cause the foliage to turn colors sooner as well drop leaves sooner. That means now is the time to scout out locations to take photographs. Slow cannot rule when the leaf peeping   is upon us!

Going local is a goal this year. There are places in town that have a wonderful autumn vibe that I want to take pictures of. I can’t walk long or far with my bad knee, but I can walk far enough. 

Another goal is not to miss pick your own apples time. I have dreams of making a real Dutch Apple Pie. Vanilla ice cream and apple pie is a great American desert that has a quaint New England vibe. Change it up to be Dutch Apple Pie and vanilla ice cream, that raises pie vibe. 

* 24 September 2025

 Wordle in 3 for 3 days in a row!

* 9/25/2025 

Wordle in 3 for 4th day in a row

The Seasonal Transition

Hello to Autumn! 

Each year when the ambient temperatures cool and frost appears, there is a sense of prepare for winter.

The little shovel and scrapers go into the vehicle. Deicer spray in the closet. A mat is put down for wet boots. Gloves are moved up to the small drawer by the door. 

Soup weather brain lights brighten. Hot chocolate mugs are lined up. The crockpot silently sits on the counter.

There may be hot weather before the trees are all bare, but pumpkin hunting and hot soup season is here.