Down to the wire
It has been a busy week, art-wise, and looks to continue that way. Unfortunately, that means a lot of work for me that I just might not survive! Case in…
Tara Choate Due dates
Happy July 4th! I spent my day trying to catch up on the myriad painting deadlines that are bearing down on me with their relentless demands. Lavender Festival (July 7-9)…
Manual labor
This weekend has been about manual labor. Saturday I had a plan. And six hours later, the plan had become this. For any readers not friends with me on Facebook,…
Blogging is cool and smells like lavender
As a people, Oregonians are equipped to deal with rain, not heat. When it gets hot, we melt. We melt especially painfully when it goes from raining to 100+ degrees…
Among the roses
Today I got up and hit the ground walking at a fast pace. Key got a nice “weekend walk” and then I loaded up the car to be at Bush’s…
Not a real blog post
This is not a real blog post for the following reasons: I have painted, but all my paintings are either at an uninteresting stage or are stealth projects. Better luck…
The camping gear escaped
For the last few years it’s been on my goal list to go camping, but with one thing and the next, summer has come to an end without the camping…
I did focus
A second successful day of painting. It must be some sort of record! While I got in church, the library, and two trips to the dog park, today I focused…
I can focus
Ah…. a three-day weekend. It’s warm, it’s sunny, it’s lovely. So, obviously… I’m in my studio. Since my last post made it evident I needed to get busy and do…