I see this scene often, either while running or walking Maggie. The property is on the market and I wish someone would buy it and bring in some cows. Nice black ones. Or spotted ones. There are other dairies in this area so why not? Maybe the parcel is too large or the barns too outdated. The geese love it though. Year after year they return to their spot with the pond, as geese will. Once I had a job in Chicago chasing geese with a border collie, trying to make them feel insecure enough to move away from the golf course or the botanic garden. "Goosing" would be frowned upon here. These ochre colored buildings are especially beautiful and unusual in shape and color, even for this barnish valley. These are the same barns that appear in "Winter Barns with Geese." The barns may be the same but the weather has changed. The wind is kicking up, the trees and the flowers in the foreground are being tossed. One of the geese is edgy. It's starting to rain.

Prints of this watercolor and gouache painting are available in my Etsy shop.
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This is a new painting, watercolor & gouache, that gives a nod to the ever wonderful crow and to a pattern that I designed a while back. I've been thinking for a while about incorporating my patterns into some of my paintings. I'm never sure how things will work and I have already destroyed one painting that I did with a pattern -- an utter disaster. The blue birds were promising but somehow the rest got away from me. That's okay. I've had many casualties and I may resurrect the blue birds someday. Anyway, the pattern I referenced in Fritillarias & Crow is shown below.

This painting measures 11 x 14 inches. Ta-da! Twice as large as my usual work. The painting itself and prints of the image are available in my Etsy shop.

Happy Thanksgiving to all who are celebrating today. I'll spend mine with my family, doing all the things we usually do: taking a hike, playing some games, eating a little too much, watching a movie.

A little gift for all of you -- a code for 20% off any purchase in my shop.
It's good until December 1st.
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