slowly, but surely

well, we are moved in.  or, let me say that all of our belongings are now at our new address.  putting everything away is another story...and i'm working on that....slowly, but surely.  so, hopefully i'll have pictures of my newly organized studio to share with you soon.  i've missed being creative, so i'm highly motivated to get back into the swing of things! 

life happens

 these boxes have become a fairly familiar accessory in our house over the past few years, and we've certainly gotten our use out of them.  and this week we'll be relying on these "old standbys" to help us transport all of our life's treasures (and junk) to another place to live.  actually, we'll be staying in the same town and we'll even be in the same neighborhood.  our landlord has decided not to renew our lease, so we'll be moving everything we own...two doors away. thankfully, we were able to rent a house that our neighbors were moving out of, and it's two house numbers away.  i keep telling myself that it's only two houses over, so it won't be bad. however...moving is still moving.  it really doesn't matter how far away you're moving to, you still have to manually move everything that you own to a new location.  do i sound tired already?  well, the good news is that our house is being built and should be ready next june.  and then we'll move all of our treasures to that house...well, at least the treasures that we have left after i take half of this stuff to goodwill because i'm tired of moving it!  :)   i'll be back in a few days from a new location... 

swirly girly

pollyanna's garden continues to grow....here is flower number six in the series.  with all of this horrible weather from tropical storm fay over the past couple of days, it was wonderful to be able to hide in my studio for a while and paint something happy and colorful.  i can still hear the wind howling outside, and the rain continues to beat on the windows, but this swirly girly reminds me that better days are ahead.

harley-kin

i didn't realize that pollyanna had such a green thumb!  harley-kin is the fifth in my pollyanna's garden series, and if i had to choose favorites, she would be towards the top of my list.  i really love her quirky nature, and i've always been partial to blue-purple flowers in the garden.  and, i'm still having fun painting these little darlins...

heart-2-heart

finally, here is the first flower in my pollyanna's garden series. you may have seen this flower in a previous blog post, titled "joie de vivre".  that original watercolor was actually created for walther's sweet aunt nellie, who recently turned 85 years old.  i enjoyed working on her gift so much that i decided to paint another one...and, well, the seeds for pollyanna's garden were planted!  thank you for indulging me in posting all of these happy little paintings...they put a smile on my face, and i'm hoping that the same is true for you!