But really there is nothing I like so much as hanging around at home not doing very much.
Here is a detail of the painting R. just finished. The pink cloud is very summery and the pool image seasonal too.
Somehow bits of paper which happen as byproducts of paintings seem to have an accidental charm of their own.
Great excitement yesterday as the new countertop arrived. We have never had a stone one before and will, no doubt, look at it for hours. It reminds me of the beach at Essouira when the tide pulls water through darker sand. The zinnias have little speckles in them.
As well as zinnias, the green market at Union Square had all the red fruits one could dream of - peaches, apples, plums, raspberries. The late afternoon sun sneaks in sideways...........