Gertie is dressed for Halloween...getting cool here...it was 59 degrees this AM...first morning here in the 50's...I hope for more real soon!! Not a good abider of Summer months...isn't this sad that the only picture I have to put up today is of a plaster goose that I dress for the seasons? Maybe BD should reconsider her decision????

This displays the colors...the bathroom motif is of Kokopeli, a Southwestern Mythological figure, and the colors of the painting blend perfectly well with the Kokopeli colors on the shower curtain...as well, the blue of the towels work very well in this room (I am not becoming an interior decorator...fear not. I still think of art as an Elvis picture on 6'x6' velvet I once proudly owned and displayed...until my first marriage). I am of the opinion that it works best as it is, sans a frame...I have been looked upon as uncouth, uneducated and virtually unwashed by my lack of artistic knowledge and perception in the past, but I just like this picture as it is, no frame, with all the thoughtfulness Anne put into it uncorralled and free to bathe me in comfort and peace and calm as I view it...I find myself walking into the bathroom from time to time to just look at it...

This is another shot of it...it is on canvas, painted by BD's youngest, Anne. She, and all of her siblings, are extremely talented and creative, expressing their thoughts and visions through paintings, writings, and sketches. This is a beautiful painting Anne made for the house...but the question is, does it need a frame???

The Guest Bathroom is kind of narrow, but plenty of room in the shower! The point of this and the next 2 postings is to get your opinion of the picture hanging on the wall to the left...

One more of the sunset...when we moved in this past June, the sun set over the trees on the right margin of this picture...in 2 1/2 months it has moved all the way across the ridgeline and quite a ways to the left...interesting...

BD absolutely loves to sit on the front or back porch...I think her preference is the back porch...rockers there too!!

Brian and Kim came over and we cooked some burgers and hot dogs on the Weber...then outside to watch the sunset...you can see the swing we bought for the front porch...BD enjoys the benches on the front porch...

Another beautiful sunset...sorry for being away from the blog for so long...times have been busy...I will, though, try to be better from here on out...