Finally!!!!!!!!! It's the 29th of August and its "Decent" outside! Very pleasant day in the shade and even in the sun...I hope we outlasted the heat.
Its been a bugger...slightly over a quarter inch for the entire month of August and most of the plants in the prairie pasture are going dormant or look like they wish they had. Everything will be fine, its just a "brown out" type of a scene with the golden rods and sunflowers doing the majority of the lifting of colors. One good side to it is we haven't had to mow the acreage since the first week of July! Oh - the other good side of it is we have not suffered through Durecho wind storms nor hurricanes or forest fires and we're still healthy! A person must always count their blessings and be grateful...I say this sincerely.
We have had some spectacular evening skies around here the past month. As storms developed in the region, they always split around us - leaving us dry but with awesome views of their majesty! It was frustrating but as I said, we've been very fortunate.
Things have been unusually brisk here at the studio, cannot explain it other than just saying I'd better get busy this winter as my walls are getting bare! My participation in the 2020 Birds in Art international exhibit in Wausau, WI comes up in a couple weeks! Although this will be the first time I haven't gone to see the opening in person when I've been included - everything's changed with Covid...it will still be an outstanding showing of Bird Artists the world over! I just sent a small piece for an auction the Woodson Art Museum is having for Birds in Art...they do a "post card" auction of small 4X6" originals and I contributed a small color pencil drawing "Distant Thunder - Red-tail" for the auction...I'll at least be there in spirit 😊
Bring on September I say...and I beg your sincere pardon if it sours on us all as this summer seems to have. Hope we at least finally beat the heat!
