After a long, but beautiful, bus ride along the Adriatic Coast on Monday we are back in Split. It is quite different from Dubrovnik, not as many iconic tourist sights other than the Diocletian Palace, which is well worth the trip. Yet there is a lot I like about it here, specifically the Riva Promenade….
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We are off tomorrow
We have been home for just a month, tomorrow we head out for a seven week excursion. My art-toolkit.com pallets are freshly topped off – the standard size one with watercolor, the mini with gouache. Just three months ago we were in the PNW, now we are Italy and Croatia with stops along the way….
Following Van Gogh to Saint Remy
Just as Van Gogh went from Arles to Saint Remy, so did we. He spent much of his time there at an asylum at the Monastery Saint-Paul-de-Mausole. We met up with our friends from Mukilteo in Saint Rémy, one of their favorite places – for good reason. We walked the 1km road from Saint Remy…
Off to the south of France
After a few weeks at home we are off again, this time to the south of France. The weather was wet for a few days then it got quite hot. My new studio and paints got a bit of a work out. Jimmy Buffett died on the first of September, quite a shock to me…
Road Trip to Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Spring in the air reminds us that we are blessed to be living in a 230 year-old cottage in a beautiful country. Our little community is surrounded by pastures and hay fields which have supported farmers for at least that many years. This fence is just down the road a bit from us. I did…
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