Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Chivin'


12 x 23 cm
Bombus lapidarius; Red tailed bumblebee

Friday, May 20, 2011

Dog Treats

19,5 x 27,5 cm
Made with star dust.  Also called Weizen Vollkornmehl.  Flour.

Monday, May 16, 2011

Empty Bottle

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This is to celebrate that John finished taking his pills.  I use the term "taking his pills" loosely.  I was using the "a spoonful of cream cheese helps the medicine go down" principle which worked well.  But the vet said it was much better to take them without food and said sometimes the animals actually like the pills.  She gave one to John and he ate it. 
That was the last one he took willingly, and he got more resistent as we went.  Four times a day.  Sometimes I told him he was a good dog, and he jumped around, being happy that he was a good dog. Then I would see the pill on the floor. 
I was as determined as he was.  It came to me prying open his clenched teeth, put the pill as far back on his tongue as possible, hold his mouth shut, and tip his head back a little until I thought he swallowed the pill.  One would think he would just swallow and get it done.  He often did.  But one night as I was going to bed, I saw something white on the floor.  It was one of John's pills.  He must have managed to get it out of his mouth and carry it around in his fur, until it dropped to the floor.
He took most of his pills.

Monday, April 11, 2011

The Purple Thing

14 x 19 cm
I don't know what it is.  A woman and I were discussing them in the store, but we didn't figure it out.  I bought one, she didn't.  I suppose I bought it because it's purple, and because it reminds me of the resurrection plants we had when I was a kid.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Royalty

19,5 x 27,5 cm
Gordon named this painting.  Thankyou Gordon :-)

Friday, March 18, 2011

Heaven and Earth

24 x 18 cm
Victor.  By Swan Valley, where you can get square ice cream cones.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Vanillezucker

17,5 cm square
  After using the tiny seeds from the vanilla bean, cut up the bean and put it in a container with sugar.  The sugar soaks up the oil and transforms into Vanillezucker.

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Ode To Kluntje

33,5 x 18,5 cm
I came to Europe in my high school days, and saw marzipan for the first time.  When I moved here later, and wanted to take something special back to my children and grandchildren, I thought marzipan would be a good idea.  For me it was a treat, as well as a way to share my earlier trip.  No one liked it. 
However, they discovered the stash of Kluntje I had taken with me for my tea.  Big sugar crystals.  Big hit.  So now I take boxes of it every time I go.  I don't know if Kluntje is the best thing about Ostfriesland, but it's one of the wonderful things about Ostfriesland.

Thursday, February 24, 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Friday, February 18, 2011

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Tea Tin Teaser

18,5 x 19,5 cm
My daughter says she doesn't like fruit paintings, or fruit, but she loves elephants.

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Klar zur Wende

9 x 11,5 cm


We wanted to practice sailing before we went to Hungary, so we went to a small lake in Germany a couple of times. Roland taught me the German terms, one being "Klar zur Wende". The captain says it when he wants people to change sides to shift the weight. Sometimes it has to happen in seconds. He says Klar zur Wende, I make sure the ropes are clear, etc. and answer Klar zur Wende.  When he says "Ree!"  I (or both of us) change sides. The wind can change very suddenly, and we have to be careful the boom doesn't hit us in the head.

The last time I heard the words Klar zur Wende on a boat, was a couple of seconds before we were dunked into a Hungarian lake.

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