outside activities

On warm days I ride my bike to the river. There is a little beach where people go to get into the water.  The ducks and geese also like it there because people feed them. As you can see they are quite tame and swim among the people. It is fun to be with them in the water as I float around and they are only a couple of feet from me.
 Last Sunday downtown, streets near where I live were closed to cars.There were activities to watch and many people were walking and riding their bikes. The dancers did a zombie dance that was great. I enjoy seeing so many people of all ages, and races. I like the outfits they wear. There are a lot of street people, they sleep along the river, and on benches.Many have a pet dog, a bike and their belongings in knapsacks and plastic bags. It makes me sad to see them.

bike path along the river

first they go one way

and then they go the other

zombie dance

trees and flowers on the sidewalks

Back in Eugene

 Went to the Saturday market this morning. Ate a fresh fig, very ripe and sweet. My own garden grew into a mass of big plants all tangled into each other. All in a months time, as you can see in the photos.  
More about the  trip back east in my next blog. It was one month of packed events, from MA to ME and back to MA., trips to the islands in ME and visiting relatives south of Boston, potlucks and dinners out,  being with friends I won't see for another year.

one month ago

pole beans

tomato plant

basil, kale tomato
below, different views of my room

back wall window, my bed

a few of my favorite possessions, the morris chair, wicker chair and rug
books and paints behind chair, paper and paintings in draws

It is a very small space

storage behind curtain

last nights view from the 14th floor

last rays of sunlight

Show time

Here I am in the Newburyport Art Association hanging the show. Even though many years have gone by since I had a show here it seems like yesterday to me. Time is a funny thing. The mind is always in the now but the body proves the passage of time. My friend Alice did all the preparation, a great job with the publicity, articles in every paper,  describing my involvement  from the time the art association building was purchased back in the seventies. Doug and Alice hung the paintings. It always takes a while  to arrange them. The abstracts in one section  are paintings from the sacred geometry series of which I did fifty paintings. The other paintings are scenes of Maine and a few of Amesbury where Doug lives. The show is one week and ends Sunday July 3rd. There is a reception Thursday  June 30,  from 5 to 8. With all the publicity I am expecting a good crowd and hopefully people I haven't seen for many years. It will be interesting to see people that bough my paintings when I lived in Newburyport long ago. 

I have been posting my adventures of the move from Maine to Eugene OR for those that are interested, my way of keeping in touch in this age of technology.

Covering the Tunnel

Chris took me to the farm to watch the workers put plastic over the hoop tunnel. A dark cloud rolled in when they started and then the wind and rain came. The pictures tell the story. They couldn't get it over  and then the wind got under it and it sailed over to the next hoop tunnel. The shower pasted and the sun came out. The next try they got it covered with no problems.