February!

A few days ago I realized that I had succumbed to my yearly February sense of doom.  It doesn't matter that I am reading some fascinating books and have a stack of 10 more waiting [I do love books and have recently found some new authors and titles.]  I've just finished Stitches and am now reading Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith, both by Anne Lamott.  Very human but one can only chuckle and be encouraged to move forward when you read her perceptions of life.  However, I am also struggling through Auschwitz and After by Charlotte Delbo.... a difficult read but timely.

The doom persists.  It doesn't matter that I have all I need and live in abundance and warmth - especially on this our [hopefully] last heavy snow of the season.... what a white day we have had!  But it has settled and the clouds must have gone because looking out into the blackness from my second story studio window I see a star!  Or perhaps it is simply a weather satellite.... or one of those other machines which spy on us.  Oh well.

This week I tackled some landscapes.  I prepared five canvases, 16 x 20" each and have, I think, completed two.  No, I am not a plain air painter - yet! Perhaps never will be.  I prefer to struggle in comfort in my workroom.  While several paintings will be winter scenes the two I have completed are not.  Hope you enjoy.

Looking forward to the sunshine, which is promised by the weather man, in the coming week... although I will be spending 2 days, I suspect in a room without windows, at an Elections Canada training session....  But I am hopeful and I am thankful that this February has been one of my better ones.

Riverbend - along the Yellowhead Highway

Prairie Summer Day