Rain Barrel

Finally found a rain barrel that works (at least in theory) and isn't godawful ugly.

Left over from last year and on sale at Home Depot

Nice Morning

Still chilly with a little fog, but it should be a good day. I've been painting for a couple of hours and that may be influencing my mood, but something usually does.

Little Blue Tables

I made these for our new "guest" room. We've never had a guest room. We've seldom needed one. We don't really have a lot of over night guests. It was Isabel's room and it will be nicer for her when she comes home.

Top-Felt Slippers

Just got these today and so far I love them. They are made in Brooklyn by a small company called

Top-Felt.

Check them out.

Doing the Other Thing I Do

I make pipe racks. My cousin Mark and I started making them 6 or 7 years ago. It's fun and we make enough money to pay for our new pipes and favorite tobaccos (yes, we have both smoked pipes for about 30 yrs.). It's a nice break from painting. Painting all the time would be hard. Too hard.

Ready to paint

Ready to ship to California, Missouri and South Carolina

Jasper Johns and Isabel

Isabel at the Jasper Johns Retrospective in San Francisco.