Rainy Days and Mondays

It is so wonderful seeing water gushing out our down spout!


(Can't help but wonder what the neighbors think ... "what on earth
is she doing in the pouring rain, crouched down and making a picture?")  ☺


They don't know us very well or know we are bloggers.



The splashing rain on our patio table was most welcomed!

We were so water/rain deprived when we lived in Texas.  We read now the restrictions are back in force in Plano.   Clint says it affected him
in a psychological way, a negative way.


I will never complain again about rain messing up my hair!



It is a rainy day and a Monday.  As I have written in the captions in the above pictures, I am happy about the much needed rain on this Monday.  The Carpenter song, "Rainy Days and Mondays," has always been a favorite of mine.  One of my paintings (permanent collection) in The Knoxville Museum of Art is entitled "Rainy Days and Mondays".  There are no photos of it. :~/  The painting is of a woman looking out a window, I love the "window theme" in paintings.  I digress.  Someday Clint and I are going to the museum and inquire about it.

This morning Clint and I were saddened to learn one of the bloggers we follow, who follows our blogs, received some bad news.  She had cancer a few years ago and it has returned.  Her two recent biopsies have come back positive. She is such a courageous and brave woman to begin with, she sought The American Dream and is living it on her farm.  She appreciates what so many take for granted. She has the love and prayers of so many supporters.


I'm still sorting through things in my studio/office, getting it ready to be able to paint the walls my special "Serenity Blue" color.  Today I made an attempt to create some atmosphere in the chaotic room. 

I can't believe I found this book at Big Lots!  This box contained
a woman's journal with inspiring diary passages and 30+ paintings.
Also in the box is a CD that I have been playing today.


The  music is to "set the mood for contemplation, reading and writing."   It contains
works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy, Satie and MacDowell.


Several of the paintings from this book have already
been posted on my blog.



Books, books and more books.  It is painful to have to part
with a beloved book.  I  pared down the books before we moved.
I am hoping the bookcase I'm getting will hold them all!







Another love of mine ... vintage prints.  Here are a few.  On the bottom
left is a signed Wallace Nutting hand tinted photograph.


The cupid in the oval frame is not a reproduction,
it is an actual signed photograph.





A scented candle as part of my attempt to
add a sense of serenity to this disorderly room.



A few months ago I was telling Clint I had read "Remembrance of Things
Past" by Marcel Proust was considered by many to be the most
boring book ever written.



Clint asked me why would I hang on to a book  that
 was considered the most boring in the world?  Good question.  I also think
my answer is pretty good, too.  ☺

It makes me feel good.  I just like knowing the book is around, I like the box and
the design on the box.  I like looking at the box.  There is an appreciation
for the effort that was made writing this book.

I like it simply because if for no other reason, it looks good!