i love autumn!

it has been a very beautiful weekend. i had
the whole day off yesterday and spent the early
afternoon in the woods with my dog sunny. i have a
favorite spot that is extra special because i have
to cross two fallen trees (one is high up over the creek)
to reach it. there is a steep hill by the creek with
tree roots growing out of the side of the hill to make
a little "chair." i sat there for a while watching my wild
dog run around while the leaves fell all around. then
i spotted a nice sunny patch across the creek and made
my way over and took a nice little nap in a nest of
leaves. sunny thought that was great and kept jumping
over me--dripping creek water all over me!

later in the day fred and i walked through the rose garden
at Reynolda Gardens *see photo. i like this photo because
it looks like the rose was talking to me (maybe it was !)
and because it shows off my beautiful new earrings my
friend mitsuyo made. http://kanokano.net

im posting some new paintings from this week. i was losing
sun while trying to photograph them so the colors are a bit
weird. the tiny ones are really small (about an inch or 2).