Brimfield

Hi My friends!
Yes today as soon as I finish up at work I am off to the Brimfield Flea Market!!

The town of Brimfield, Massachusetts, home of the Brimfield Flea Markets is located in central Massachusetts just west of the intersection of Rte 84 and the Massachusetts turnpike ( Rte.90). Some say that the Brimfield Flea Markets are located at the crossroads of New England. State police estimate that over 50,000 people attend the Brimfield Flea Markets each week they are held.  The exhibitors who set up booths number in the thousands with May and September being the strongest of the Brimfield Flea Markets.

I am looking for small items to put in my cool  box of little compartments.  I think it was once a drawer used to store stamps and letters in for printmaking.

I will return with some pictures of my afternoon  and of course some items that I purchase

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All for now have a great day!!!

Its My Party and I'll Cry if I Want To!!

Hey there my friends!
Yes... it is my Birthday!!!
But unlike the song there are no tears today!!

I had a great dinner with some dear friends last night

We went to the local Barbecue place.

I can't believe we didn't take any photos of the evening! (?)

But we all had a grand time!

Today(after work) I'm off to see my dear friend Judith in Albany!

The weather has been perfect -absolutely perfect these past few days!  Actually getting quite warm in fact!!

I have a potted rose plant I am baby-ing in hopes to put it out on my deck for the summer.

Well thats all for today!
I will be back with some shots of my student art show!
Have a great day all!!
:O)Hugs
Mary

The Daffodils Have Finally Bloomed!!

Yeahhh!! It must finally be spring!
The daffodils are in bloom!

I am thrilled to see more flowers in bloom everyday 
and the trees are even budding YIPEEE! 
Man it was a rough winter!!

But back to Florida- Here are some more shots of the beautiful homes along the inter coastal water way…

…And 

How about Jackie Collins (author) Yaught

                      Book Ends …Clever huh

That's all for now

Have a great day!

Vacation Time!

How much do I enjoy April Vacation?

Let me tell you …

Especially after the very long and snowy winter we had

going to Florida was an amazing treat!!!

We flew from Albany straight to Ft. Lauderdale.

Even with the daily showers and thunderstorms it was FANTASTIC!!!!

Here I am on the deck of our room..

I was thrilled to wake up each morning and 

gaze out into the ocean!

I will mention a few of the high lights of our visit.

                      Even with the rain clouds we found our excursion on the Water Taxi to be most enjoyable!!

We drooled over the many spectacular yachts (ships) and homes along the intercoastal way.

For example 

This is Steven Spielberg's yacht…

And this is the lovely home owned by the Pillsbury family.

More photos to come

All for today!

:O) Mary

Hump Day!

We are playing with watercolors still

I zoomed in to this rose and then painted what was there...

Then today I finished it

Augh... so sorry its a lousy photo!

My card reader quit on me!

The project for my students was to

end up with an abstract painting similar to a Georgia O'Keefe

Happy Wednesday everybody!!

HERE IS A BETTER PICTURE…

A Sunny Monday!

Hello there my sweet friends!!
It is a beautiful spring morning here in New England.
So many Mondays in January, February and March 
were dark and gloomy snowy days.  This makes today a real treat!
I always say I will cherish every day in the month of April.

The sun was coming in and lit up my fern I have in the gallery

There are so many pretty shades of green

In my last post I mentioned doing a still life of Jacks and marbles

Here are some of my students work

Having fun with black and white tones

All for today!

Have a great one!!

A day in the life of an art teacher!

Hi there my sweet friends!
I come in early every morning so as to get a good jump on my day.

First ...to set up a still life for my Drawing and Painting class.

They will be working with colored pencils on this study 

of "Childs Play".

I want to try this still life in my watercolors.

Next prepare handouts for students to read on Georgia O'Keefe.

We have a film on her life we will finish watching first .

My Museum Art Class will be then taking photographs of a flower and magnify it (zoom into it) and paint what

 they see in pastels and watercolors.

Meanwhile I see that the 3D class

sculptures are drying and will be ready to put on the finishing touches soon!

And now just writing this small post I have run out of time and need to get busy teaching!

Thank you for stopping by!

Come back again soon and remember I love your comments!!!