An inauspicious start
Well, my 2017 is certainly off to a lurching, rather upsetting start. Pneumonia On December 31 I took the dogs for a walk and noticed my lungs felt tight and…
Tara Choate 2017 Goal List
Painting Keep painting Write more exclusively about art in my blog Attend critique group Investigate Salem group Enter both WSO shows April (actually already done! But unsuccessfully…) October Participate in…
2016 Goal List – Review
On this last day of 2016, I spent the day on a bit of a birding quest, trying to find the last five birds to complete my goal of 150…
How’s the blogging going – 2016 version
The end of 2016 marks the end of my third year blogging. A year ago, I posted about my second year of blog progress compared to my first. So, in…
Occasionally it’s just a cold way to paint
Last night I got ally my paint and paper ready for another round of ice painting. I was so happy with Friday night’s work that I had some ideas for…
How to have fun in the cold
Well, folks, Oregon has decided to do it’s leap year impersonation of Alaska. Wednesday we got about four inches of snow (enough to pretty much crash the state) and since…
Adventures in misidentification
This morning I braved the ever-changing winter weather to go birding with the Salem Audubon Society out at Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. With today’s birding, I’m at 145 Oregon species…
Still working on it
As I said in A Bold Goal, I am still working on finishing paintings and have some more to show off. Based on the feedback from Done?, I decide to…
Done?
I’m needing an opinion, folks. Today, I decided to tackle “Confidence” last seen here. I didn’t update you all about the stage where her skirt was red (with polka dots)…