Birthday Wishes

I was introduced to the work of Dutch artist Sebastiaan Bremer by the inimitable Chelsea over at frolic!. These images fill me with joy and seem an appropriate way of saying Happy Birthday to my sister, Kate. Happy, happy, happy day!

Thank.You.

It was the moment before they ducked their glowing faces into the gleaming white car and waved goodbye. I stood barefoot on the paved road, my camera resting on some forgotten table or chair, just smiling and smiling. A thousand thanks go to Betsy, for her gorgeous touch!

An Evening to Remember

The wedding fete is over, but the memory of my sister, dressed in white, walking across a lawn full of flowers, remains foremost in my mind. We are happy to be recuperating in a little rented beach house on Cedar Lane in Manzanita, surrounded by hydrangeas (thank you, Kate) and a quantity of blank canvas panels. I plan to spend the next six days reading, writing, and painting while the girls collect seashells and dip their toes into the gloriously frigid waters of the Pacific ocean.