tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19130362405599720182024-02-06T22:06:34.219-08:00Monhegan SojournPart Family Adventure, Part Observations on the Blustery and Gorgeous Outpost of Monhegan Island, ME, USA in the First Half of 2010, and a Big Portion of ART!Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-48903920870046511072010-09-27T09:05:00.000-07:002010-09-27T09:31:48.787-07:00Frank's MONHEGAN Exhibit: This Saturday!<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b>This</b> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';font-size:large;">Saturday, October 2nd 2010, from 12-5pm </span></span>New Haven's <a href="http://www.cwos.org/">Citywide Open Studios</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> continues and will include Westville studios </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:large;"><br /></span></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eGFP3QjRrVZ47SOEcVopPrOIT1ps7x4Mjd2dbAi7BIT2gMvEqWk3c7AyY2ytDxi6TEErb_PHTxfnFQqLmkBW7e0QxQ8hVitqVOr9wlqiA4gEjYpjj-vUMaobniHRtOqs6A6B1vDCRVOP/s1600/P2070305.jpg"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CR1aPhbWJVDlXgjV_sZFYOwfofP8HayMBmR9nW_qcSwoIvdV2u_xMNSn8GxJJkyG6MPDwqXf7BdO7cpVeZepA6obroDkOBQlKFSgUOeQ8qFYMmULl0z1YlH77qlZ3SFrT3s34fdcZ_IH/s1600/P7145846.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0CR1aPhbWJVDlXgjV_sZFYOwfofP8HayMBmR9nW_qcSwoIvdV2u_xMNSn8GxJJkyG6MPDwqXf7BdO7cpVeZepA6obroDkOBQlKFSgUOeQ8qFYMmULl0z1YlH77qlZ3SFrT3s34fdcZ_IH/s400/P7145846.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521630483133801730" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Come see Frank's paintings from our Monhegan Sojourn. We are really excited to show everyone what kept Frank busy for almost 7 months, thru winter, spring and summer on that endlessly inspirational island.</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">For your GPS, we are at 418 West Rock Avenue, New Haven, CT 06515. you can call us too at 203-389-5865</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">See you this Saturday, Oct 2nd!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eGFP3QjRrVZ47SOEcVopPrOIT1ps7x4Mjd2dbAi7BIT2gMvEqWk3c7AyY2ytDxi6TEErb_PHTxfnFQqLmkBW7e0QxQ8hVitqVOr9wlqiA4gEjYpjj-vUMaobniHRtOqs6A6B1vDCRVOP/s400/P2070305.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5521630486393260882" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 303px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-15042916524552884452010-09-08T19:43:00.001-07:002010-09-09T20:35:46.362-07:00A Tour of Frank's SOLD paintings from Monhegan and OPEN Studios event!<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Frank started what will become a rather large body of work, though the parameters of that "body" of work are constantly changing, as one painting is begun, finished or scraped down, another painting sells. His client list has swelled, as we were thrilled to find some of his work is being purchased by serious Monhegan art collectors. Below, a photographic tour of what has SOLD so far....</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">NOTE the DATE: ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 2ND, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAN MEET US IN NEW HAVEN, WE WILL BE SHOWING FRANK'S MONHEGAN PAINTINGS IN OUR STUDIO, AS PART OF THE 2010 </span></span></span><a href="http://www.cwos.org/index.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">CITY-WIDE OPEN STUDIOS</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">EVENT</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">.</span></span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">And below, the</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">SOLD</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">tour begins:</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6666;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNMCGCS0Shbx04DhKa9USLGtBaJZo9ssS-3PTGN56WGJ7Zgh1q5vSIHaIJPmRJ9KVwvd7zzQzYq2W-lXtms4gi4Tuca-2ptX4ZtN2Dl5pgETPIHIdZxzs2Kt7vjub-Q_2xJdPTH1IlAle/s1600/P3072570.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUNMCGCS0Shbx04DhKa9USLGtBaJZo9ssS-3PTGN56WGJ7Zgh1q5vSIHaIJPmRJ9KVwvd7zzQzYq2W-lXtms4gi4Tuca-2ptX4ZtN2Dl5pgETPIHIdZxzs2Kt7vjub-Q_2xJdPTH1IlAle/s400/P3072570.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515118818141125106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 289px; " /></a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Blue Snow 14 x 18" oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-Yb8PZXU-ETdhJru5GxgnRDLBrQeji2cD0DM-Phlj7vieTlag5g2TpDtfQ6H5ad-Bi4oQiB86ESgHSFBfhoA8Hl6PGo2xADPBxP3egA1L2KEsE5k-L2zxCYtlJhv9Jq4HToMl7i0YkcE/s1600/P5265196.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf-Yb8PZXU-ETdhJru5GxgnRDLBrQeji2cD0DM-Phlj7vieTlag5g2TpDtfQ6H5ad-Bi4oQiB86ESgHSFBfhoA8Hl6PGo2xADPBxP3egA1L2KEsE5k-L2zxCYtlJhv9Jq4HToMl7i0YkcE/s400/P5265196.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515105767740744018" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Oil Tank 6 x 8" </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZOYAsZS0BVff15J659sZAa3A_KU_3fpl5JLRBjeC3wig6qgqS_-LsHung67_VURcV7ILHWn03DRZB27aswpgQ8GSW2H-VBLPOwQwO570rJf6_z4vetD4i5IXzoR2li4FqNPTbVSlmLSAl/s400/P2070294.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515118824967426322" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px; " /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Big Surf 36 x 48" </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvBsp1_15aNgqM0HLHqJ5CxgyKEyt9_L4ELX8K-UGdC134yOHhtf-B3khLfX_Ydx5NJrGnJhdCh4RXQMtmhNRAkE3E_IofmTJIsbyyz_79-db4MjOsPfRhV8aJXXs0X8lAp17Cggs2xOg/s400/P4264011.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515106750358468082" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Partridge House 6 x 8" </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdaY1CI4RN0aXne8gc6NoiFTxaSOOyLHoAUX7A3GhmnPBtPXxLzMLBgzgS_dTljD4odi2rmPlkgEbBLBviJX5h7O3Tjfvb16m4tDyFho3cWQddJW_3RFa7wmriM_ZYD3tyGUjFIyLgsUB/s1600/P6225673.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdaY1CI4RN0aXne8gc6NoiFTxaSOOyLHoAUX7A3GhmnPBtPXxLzMLBgzgS_dTljD4odi2rmPlkgEbBLBviJX5h7O3Tjfvb16m4tDyFho3cWQddJW_3RFa7wmriM_ZYD3tyGUjFIyLgsUB/s400/P6225673.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515105757000311586" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 292px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Fish Beach 6 x 8" </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';color:#FF0000;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQgk7sgXCtdnCPUHRIyTBsGn-DNQ7P4MCNInRjiqsQQ-u-lHXHRPDg3gXRkLMEFe1J8wFIGH6fJwF4yHj97C33lnmdNJtvkECszyQM1z9Eoz5xPzO36tkBSlwXnyZ9jMg655BUiSw8Xm31/s400/P4264017.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515107615783312018" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px; " /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Main Street 6 x 8" </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MFUXjQhLq6Wlo-q34lfoc4rwTHO5cbQTyqmO3LRbJ48zfiVqybw3VN0NUucWBiteyoU7Cum8p-AxbJoI27EQGLAGgtT5vEgQpvBu2s9rbaABouMEQ1lefr08mhJ8P_yx06xVqV5Ne6C0/s1600/P1189271.jpg"></a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MFUXjQhLq6Wlo-q34lfoc4rwTHO5cbQTyqmO3LRbJ48zfiVqybw3VN0NUucWBiteyoU7Cum8p-AxbJoI27EQGLAGgtT5vEgQpvBu2s9rbaABouMEQ1lefr08mhJ8P_yx06xVqV5Ne6C0/s1600/P1189271.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5MFUXjQhLq6Wlo-q34lfoc4rwTHO5cbQTyqmO3LRbJ48zfiVqybw3VN0NUucWBiteyoU7Cum8p-AxbJoI27EQGLAGgtT5vEgQpvBu2s9rbaABouMEQ1lefr08mhJ8P_yx06xVqV5Ne6C0/s400/P1189271.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515107666968357346" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Rocks and Water 11 x 14" oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><br /></span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqqoumfpycHjUY9aKL03X9wJ7Ih7dXAcOrPSKZL6WY-H0JcyqCNK1Bh15rz27AI2-7OZ30uOB9g1hmyt0UV2sHj06t_v3qEyHi7pGaajhvMuNXVFHTFrGMCdD4LnZfR4gTzvJPMjU0uUa/s1600/P1300083.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqqoumfpycHjUY9aKL03X9wJ7Ih7dXAcOrPSKZL6WY-H0JcyqCNK1Bh15rz27AI2-7OZ30uOB9g1hmyt0UV2sHj06t_v3qEyHi7pGaajhvMuNXVFHTFrGMCdD4LnZfR4gTzvJPMjU0uUa/s400/P1300083.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515107646119717282" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 295px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Wharf in Winter 11 x 14" </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipY_xmje7XWnBzp8vqzX1U_oNPXOBFv5ljMt6aKgVGD9DFR6kRPR1Ca97bSUuDy_anBDn6o4C5sz157LH9wP99PGgdr3HZiV-YyG3u1HKPcQMlpFb6nE_c7RHrHKdstRA1PKjrv7EdAiOA/s1600/P4264048.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipY_xmje7XWnBzp8vqzX1U_oNPXOBFv5ljMt6aKgVGD9DFR6kRPR1Ca97bSUuDy_anBDn6o4C5sz157LH9wP99PGgdr3HZiV-YyG3u1HKPcQMlpFb6nE_c7RHrHKdstRA1PKjrv7EdAiOA/s400/P4264048.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515105734176217810" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Winter Surf 18 x 24" </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefQ88PEqeMLtB9I0aSmXAfJSVjwJfTWVsdccvWjJ_ef2TzJZlkxiAujsMzCfB0UIRYbC5PKQR06emA0XtNVpsB1JVYZ173bGHd0rKNLnT1C5FUoigAOehGlyqt3wTw7ww8nbAoJPsMqnK/s400/P5265202.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515106737555085314" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Coast Guard Station 11 x 14" </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4rOqqH8eMhicYP-mdS888I6h0-ORhycefJ3DzldEEKuVdB9devE5wuu8bQSuYIpOKcVpf0ioAWf6W9sa8culsd6IJVrn8N2q3HF9uVktWI492kfPFaKaFPqabGi9wjSVjxJ8XX91s0f6/s1600/P7020004.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span></a></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibip7rvbJJSlV60FaNEW4VpSNZxylxbUFjNUKOZVk0Nowb8FS5Zrk3hwb6tr1SBdKhw2MvsvtXyRmKnjVH_eZgXLNp9c0CNGDsdqrVhuM3reifl4JGmyYpP5VT0TTDR6B4hmdVvwnSce0I/s1600/P4274069.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibip7rvbJJSlV60FaNEW4VpSNZxylxbUFjNUKOZVk0Nowb8FS5Zrk3hwb6tr1SBdKhw2MvsvtXyRmKnjVH_eZgXLNp9c0CNGDsdqrVhuM3reifl4JGmyYpP5VT0TTDR6B4hmdVvwnSce0I/s400/P4274069.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515107627806855810" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Sunset 6 x 8" oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><br /></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QvCvDR3w4LKoUycAYyQXDP9JMctsoO-f6GnYmtIjbFwnH6sulJ7a-NfddQURN1FIYBLX-Mf0l92moF-Lf0662D6mRirpDIiKobvzuMsZh2DvhGN8FI6gD6qyE97W0ZIuRbqTLGCeLOic/s1600/P5265214.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 261px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QvCvDR3w4LKoUycAYyQXDP9JMctsoO-f6GnYmtIjbFwnH6sulJ7a-NfddQURN1FIYBLX-Mf0l92moF-Lf0662D6mRirpDIiKobvzuMsZh2DvhGN8FI6gD6qyE97W0ZIuRbqTLGCeLOic/s400/P5265214.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515106757910942786" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Monhegan Marsh 24 x 38" oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnvBsp1_15aNgqM0HLHqJ5CxgyKEyt9_L4ELX8K-UGdC134yOHhtf-B3khLfX_Ydx5NJrGnJhdCh4RXQMtmhNRAkE3E_IofmTJIsbyyz_79-db4MjOsPfRhV8aJXXs0X8lAp17Cggs2xOg/s1600/P4264011.jpg"></a></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlU4X1eyd5lOIDDiXU1Hm9wU3OSdUQie3m9aQ5SkidZzB0ZPzQrTNhGIiSbHpmfMW8L_xj9UYxkwgx3eT6YPYlCnKkoUcmpeyjfLicrtKNj8y1Uy2oPMssdTCkrQ7ajYVP1GBULGM63v-U/s1600/P5265205.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlU4X1eyd5lOIDDiXU1Hm9wU3OSdUQie3m9aQ5SkidZzB0ZPzQrTNhGIiSbHpmfMW8L_xj9UYxkwgx3eT6YPYlCnKkoUcmpeyjfLicrtKNj8y1Uy2oPMssdTCkrQ7ajYVP1GBULGM63v-U/s400/P5265205.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515106742177433538" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Blue Seas 11 x 14" oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><br /></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgefQ88PEqeMLtB9I0aSmXAfJSVjwJfTWVsdccvWjJ_ef2TzJZlkxiAujsMzCfB0UIRYbC5PKQR06emA0XtNVpsB1JVYZ173bGHd0rKNLnT1C5FUoigAOehGlyqt3wTw7ww8nbAoJPsMqnK/s1600/P5265202.jpg"></a></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipQIb8Mxx4Flbbh6QzWbrDK1l13JTEV164-ued1cFMKHBiWWLX4po50Q_fhRkONbDoE7TzzFHV8VR1ncI6IPNm1DoETEd4Gd4Ib8ilFMnbAdRBGrm382eIqiOqSPNYorYTwQhNVQDfNmbl/s1600/P5265198.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; 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"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4rOqqH8eMhicYP-mdS888I6h0-ORhycefJ3DzldEEKuVdB9devE5wuu8bQSuYIpOKcVpf0ioAWf6W9sa8culsd6IJVrn8N2q3HF9uVktWI492kfPFaKaFPqabGi9wjSVjxJ8XX91s0f6/s400/P7020004.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515107672057968178" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Springtime 12 x 16"</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjNIsLmQD-PEUxLsDiFVnAYTxQCHEO4H8wq-FyG68rDUaWJkAUENFn_mRcoJN5Ic5wvwtgBr6dhny32ggnNHIMaX-qsf7Eq7QZy3HRO7jQYqVz3RpOq0-XTo20TdNSinS-QS6KxSq4Jng/s1600/P5265186.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjNIsLmQD-PEUxLsDiFVnAYTxQCHEO4H8wq-FyG68rDUaWJkAUENFn_mRcoJN5Ic5wvwtgBr6dhny32ggnNHIMaX-qsf7Eq7QZy3HRO7jQYqVz3RpOq0-XTo20TdNSinS-QS6KxSq4Jng/s400/P5265186.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515105749736551090" style="text-align: left; display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">King of Manana 6 x 8" </span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span> </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">IF you are able, please visit us on OCTOBER 2nd, in NEW HAVEN! 203-389-5865</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">our studio/home address: 418 West Rock Avenue •New Haven, CT 06515</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-66965577064868013622010-08-14T11:49:00.000-07:002010-08-14T13:33:08.481-07:00in Closing....<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">We ended our island sojourn with trepidation as uprooting was intensely bittersweet.... </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ80mkPN_KlKIThxz9nQa1dQaJ66ZyIaDPvSsDIfmKlXc9WIONXiY2VMeiEbXMRv2IbyLIj-2t5HICcs_yEZCZMj0s0WCRz9Ppf2lwQ_6Z-d7-z8dTgBnG3bX0_BLtN_hxJ0v9HxgwYSY7/s1600/P6280008.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ80mkPN_KlKIThxz9nQa1dQaJ66ZyIaDPvSsDIfmKlXc9WIONXiY2VMeiEbXMRv2IbyLIj-2t5HICcs_yEZCZMj0s0WCRz9Ppf2lwQ_6Z-d7-z8dTgBnG3bX0_BLtN_hxJ0v9HxgwYSY7/s400/P6280008.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505363830688197010" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Riding to the ferry, for the last time, with his pine tree from the woods peeking out from the top of his pack. To be planted in CT.</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCYHOxDPXgKUCgahqtzcHJ09jV3jRAimaBGbNGEqNjxkvezhtytoU4_16tH7kvcamlsgSVB7REzP661qodo5vr51Y5s21-NLXvXwvQTE0wyloKlzD7ccp4uYkKiB6xuKGHGaOmJDRKH3t/s1600/P6280011.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCYHOxDPXgKUCgahqtzcHJ09jV3jRAimaBGbNGEqNjxkvezhtytoU4_16tH7kvcamlsgSVB7REzP661qodo5vr51Y5s21-NLXvXwvQTE0wyloKlzD7ccp4uYkKiB6xuKGHGaOmJDRKH3t/s400/P6280011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505363823369190274" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Too much stuff...thank God for the Bracy truck.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qyxts4D1jY3odrZc2rpkjEsFweXAjvAXAu6swvN48t8Shl4XPRshvdJDPhZO9lKE86phyphenhyphenVfvIwuQ9ZPLF9p78tDhyphenhypheng8c6QD67xwa62JEFo_SNpGFPMyK3BxDENX53B2o07_fuznraOaB/s1600/P6280030.JPG"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjDR4C455v7zzPuKS1XWMqUp1BX2G7ogCDWggIY5jFcE7K7E8pT199HJdCnSKdASZoNMR87a_512wYNYqWQC770yBJoaXVTV4s7zacfa7Hbr1KqW1z51TdfN0nUunQ9ktRTcouFqhvPj5/s1600/P6280012.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjDR4C455v7zzPuKS1XWMqUp1BX2G7ogCDWggIY5jFcE7K7E8pT199HJdCnSKdASZoNMR87a_512wYNYqWQC770yBJoaXVTV4s7zacfa7Hbr1KqW1z51TdfN0nUunQ9ktRTcouFqhvPj5/s400/P6280012.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505363840724359794" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Monhegan's fairest at the dock, with flowers to ensure our return, and to bid farewell to Jorgie, Arlo and our cat, Lala.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ80mkPN_KlKIThxz9nQa1dQaJ66ZyIaDPvSsDIfmKlXc9WIONXiY2VMeiEbXMRv2IbyLIj-2t5HICcs_yEZCZMj0s0WCRz9Ppf2lwQ_6Z-d7-z8dTgBnG3bX0_BLtN_hxJ0v9HxgwYSY7/s1600/P6280008.JPG"></a></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL72uC6d2gncsJedocgGU6TclReza9V4-bfLKSSr8uA0mJIQ0xGPIHyPsDVJv8FyBXAARMwx7PFR8uQTjdA3EiqU4gOnqLZMMrbOzga4hK5Ts4wyGBo4rQVEc2pQYEZIdcstM6Aznvx_P/s1600/P6280027.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL72uC6d2gncsJedocgGU6TclReza9V4-bfLKSSr8uA0mJIQ0xGPIHyPsDVJv8FyBXAARMwx7PFR8uQTjdA3EiqU4gOnqLZMMrbOzga4hK5Ts4wyGBo4rQVEc2pQYEZIdcstM6Aznvx_P/s400/P6280027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505363843765113794" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">More tradition....Susan and Ali preparing to plunge into the freezing waters to say farewell. Now THAT is love. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qyxts4D1jY3odrZc2rpkjEsFweXAjvAXAu6swvN48t8Shl4XPRshvdJDPhZO9lKE86phyphenhyphenVfvIwuQ9ZPLF9p78tDhyphenhypheng8c6QD67xwa62JEFo_SNpGFPMyK3BxDENX53B2o07_fuznraOaB/s1600/P6280030.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8qyxts4D1jY3odrZc2rpkjEsFweXAjvAXAu6swvN48t8Shl4XPRshvdJDPhZO9lKE86phyphenhyphenVfvIwuQ9ZPLF9p78tDhyphenhypheng8c6QD67xwa62JEFo_SNpGFPMyK3BxDENX53B2o07_fuznraOaB/s400/P6280030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505363855244902674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Look at those faces!!!!!! And so this chapter comes to an end. Thank you for reading along. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyL72uC6d2gncsJedocgGU6TclReza9V4-bfLKSSr8uA0mJIQ0xGPIHyPsDVJv8FyBXAARMwx7PFR8uQTjdA3EiqU4gOnqLZMMrbOzga4hK5Ts4wyGBo4rQVEc2pQYEZIdcstM6Aznvx_P/s1600/P6280027.JPG"></a></span></div><div><br /></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-77520820436110923062010-06-28T18:00:00.000-07:002010-06-30T14:17:01.269-07:00Farewell! party and things i'm gonna miss....<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; ">A very proper send off...</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaN-wMQYskhsKlXL5-Qn_EIDzFEjejeUGG7V5fveobrtmKVEBxWXxWIkhdokZPqThzfQteszkmeeoae_fp3slFu55-OgdRiDLpfdb81tJPrBNP2sOeSeq-rz0b2aEgTqWp6bJyfG__vpB/s1600/P6260002.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyaN-wMQYskhsKlXL5-Qn_EIDzFEjejeUGG7V5fveobrtmKVEBxWXxWIkhdokZPqThzfQteszkmeeoae_fp3slFu55-OgdRiDLpfdb81tJPrBNP2sOeSeq-rz0b2aEgTqWp6bJyfG__vpB/s400/P6260002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487994895836639458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Alison hosted a great party last night to send us off. Everyone for came with delicious food and words to sort of encapsulate our 6 month experience here with the island community....</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBos9WzKSSMc_1aI-XNQKhQyosXtdiSKoY57fmL6zkK-49vv7KTgOoTpPqx2DVQQP23w8B56a2C8h6ZnzUxMF1AsuWDeyD65yZ6g7Zp2vU0PezumDzLxycMOSuoqYWzvVDSNCmmFiHHV9/s1600/P6270077.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCBos9WzKSSMc_1aI-XNQKhQyosXtdiSKoY57fmL6zkK-49vv7KTgOoTpPqx2DVQQP23w8B56a2C8h6ZnzUxMF1AsuWDeyD65yZ6g7Zp2vU0PezumDzLxycMOSuoqYWzvVDSNCmmFiHHV9/s400/P6270077.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487994930291404226" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">after dark, sparklers....</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzx1nTODEFmgQe6krG8xgI5YqM328LwE3mMfU9wZ8xIxmUBChf82QS_yBm-Nak7yQ6DR5-kFrud2F5g2zLuibaKQOlFqsrxpHDnT2R5bTtRLtrD8vg6UAP8zz0Cla3hxIZFKlHivN-38x/s1600/P6270014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAzx1nTODEFmgQe6krG8xgI5YqM328LwE3mMfU9wZ8xIxmUBChf82QS_yBm-Nak7yQ6DR5-kFrud2F5g2zLuibaKQOlFqsrxpHDnT2R5bTtRLtrD8vg6UAP8zz0Cla3hxIZFKlHivN-38x/s400/P6270014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487994915346366066" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Alison's gorgeous LR, showcasing her work...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJysUeQFY7HR1cZhqu6mmGB34qiSYpLHsxY6bGYskaN_DeJcIPDOvtmovrxmD0FY0ECTKrUrCuajZheKkxEIVNO98BAFsAN_ZJdieOLsDLuHcSzCPFlOHCyl5o6oDY4Sbwtu47-syb-wcZ/s400/P6270030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487997229678647506" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Look closely, see the house with the fish on the roof and bright blue trim? That's where we have been calling home, and today, we walked the 36+ steps up into the lighthouse and got a bird's eye view.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzBmGi1EPUQB53JWZ4NQWo3mOU-ivvAaZzxwPqSM23RCMFrahNKS4bMszfS19WbsBsaWW6K270AmTyS_7p9_mYg_XnWsfE9XFu7UktPisi1mGRjGoGylZV7DJXOOjiDrsRNUYMrbrLPI1/s1600/P6270042.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEzBmGi1EPUQB53JWZ4NQWo3mOU-ivvAaZzxwPqSM23RCMFrahNKS4bMszfS19WbsBsaWW6K270AmTyS_7p9_mYg_XnWsfE9XFu7UktPisi1mGRjGoGylZV7DJXOOjiDrsRNUYMrbrLPI1/s400/P6270042.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487997252824078930" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">roses climbing </span></span></span></u></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbnmm8kng5JWu-B3CRFK3j7i0NkOLoW43TbQIv8x2terfv7uj9fElQWj0jYkJtjO6vBOoE_OjFUJsPq-IzxJWkH5Xlx8ThkbAy0hCBg6Afpqb1aJ-6EUYf-13AKd0Q5nSWKGrjtjk55kb/s1600/P6270045.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrbnmm8kng5JWu-B3CRFK3j7i0NkOLoW43TbQIv8x2terfv7uj9fElQWj0jYkJtjO6vBOoE_OjFUJsPq-IzxJWkH5Xlx8ThkbAy0hCBg6Afpqb1aJ-6EUYf-13AKd0Q5nSWKGrjtjk55kb/s400/P6270045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5487997240405582802" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></span></u></span></div></div><div><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">what a yard!</span></span></u></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-55950452390984131492010-06-24T20:12:00.000-07:002010-06-25T17:00:05.666-07:00Too beautiful to not post<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDas3gWQG0VgdCduuVCh4UqoXKbooP6NtaGgIrA3z1tSMftrCM33qhbugUwGu5ILRLd8Dg0HCciqybWoy9Pkw18ge5-bT7l3IRTDn_HA6BIiQbLnblTLSFKEDai5pxJ0b99CBkEAWyCvM/s1600/P6230013.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Pics from a gorgeous twilight tonight</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNIcTJCTZ6vKZKB2E1IjRzuT1Lg66KHoEZh73a5TAlAkvJMFVKq6mo1ssvna3_iidVHtzLmF9XdLRg4diH_1AupMd1anozSgBYCooK3jIl6WRVaFMwFD3_WZFcZAXGWMQD0iIFX2que5R/s400/P6240098.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486546173910776178" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Frank painting Uncle Henry's cabin, just above the wharf</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwEuukBs-udjO4PpVvULRogZAYxU9jpgI_kNx5fUDj5kfL86X3K0H3vtOQa1IZAs8qe9z3FYzCf_J2iK2oyLqwe_qrnuOW4hrogZLafNQvlXSgfv7OufR2-VD8oVZY52LxVauhR5Gz429/s400/P6240103.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486546185161198018" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">Tillie, weaving her way thru Rusty's wares</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQ-67rJT0-_Nqh_XvXKc29eeD2p_PdL4h4pGxBbo2ccfEy7gWvBQzFWwo57E3wTY94Bl2rMghnayf6QjMYQLlKJ8hG4tRPOEmvP8TUYfxdIxrEcA3f3kIz4T5EIdailz8PKe3Q6mO63UQ/s400/P6240109.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486546194708740898" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">The "Kathleen", in the harbor</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEYzYh4XnfqzappCiYYAlKdTNAsME24Zv5JSg6H1h3CSz4Fk-ac65YKZlmfbxhDVF2ozieOeQHYcHfvV1NUbFxSguRPB0ANQ8SBQ8fiGRJhsb4ysFAvilA-JNwAezk8Iy3tgSLko6GXWk5/s400/P6230095.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486546164157495778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Really knobby knees...(click on image to see knees up close)</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDas3gWQG0VgdCduuVCh4UqoXKbooP6NtaGgIrA3z1tSMftrCM33qhbugUwGu5ILRLd8Dg0HCciqybWoy9Pkw18ge5-bT7l3IRTDn_HA6BIiQbLnblTLSFKEDai5pxJ0b99CBkEAWyCvM/s1600/P6230013.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvDas3gWQG0VgdCduuVCh4UqoXKbooP6NtaGgIrA3z1tSMftrCM33qhbugUwGu5ILRLd8Dg0HCciqybWoy9Pkw18ge5-bT7l3IRTDn_HA6BIiQbLnblTLSFKEDai5pxJ0b99CBkEAWyCvM/s400/P6230013.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486546199916844194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The odd halo on the sun from last night, sunset, from the Bracy's porch. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';">God, we're going to miss this place.</span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-64428079374970128432010-06-24T19:52:00.000-07:002010-06-24T21:03:29.223-07:00Taking a walk....<div style="text-align: left;">The kids and i braved big heavy, dangerous looking clouds and went for a walk...along the way, we visited Frank painting with the other island artist painting greats, Don, Alice, Alison, David and Frank ofcourse, and headed south to Lobster Cove...</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfbAnPuU-v2QYdw-J-5KqndVWIV7QqhNDOpgzJsotuPJJrtisDzOovzcSjzmWxT8-ICkQxFsHu_3tQUc80fl29ucauiQKKOiuDnmF9RFhyphenhyphenuVR8C26jxXot1QmpHZlyOHd6hglQxY4k3-5S/s400/P6230017.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486539653026867106" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div>this is a pic of Frank's sweet painting where he is "pushing color" as Don recommended in the painting critique he held in his studio, yesterday.( i think it was very successful)</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7s-I9hksqrm-eOixLG1o7x6AbS_XfiaSdyFQQlTXHZHmmZVpq3IUHP5VrPqoj99Gb8r8ZeyWzWEjeJKoEwKWVT5580fO2Q2QaUBuCzEeGPO0LvQkupUXktZ0inRG8kcyfnr3M7MdY9qD/s1600/P6230024.JPG"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2jHsr_T6jHY68WwK5GSEkY3PpkRQwjyNulBTnMHYoA3Tysu6F87M0lCzD1yWAv2gEDQ3tbEgFrXEW0llOkwjxuqKRmiDqIVEk7GfoIT3nxzrBWiq7UCZ-kOJBJKeEFFwMEt-8GT75Eq9/s1600/P6220007.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV2jHsr_T6jHY68WwK5GSEkY3PpkRQwjyNulBTnMHYoA3Tysu6F87M0lCzD1yWAv2gEDQ3tbEgFrXEW0llOkwjxuqKRmiDqIVEk7GfoIT3nxzrBWiq7UCZ-kOJBJKeEFFwMEt-8GT75Eq9/s400/P6220007.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486539686084123090" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a>...everyone listening to Don giving critique....some clutching white-knuckled to their wine glasses...but with his quips and witty remarks, there was a lot of laughter too.</div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7s-I9hksqrm-eOixLG1o7x6AbS_XfiaSdyFQQlTXHZHmmZVpq3IUHP5VrPqoj99Gb8r8ZeyWzWEjeJKoEwKWVT5580fO2Q2QaUBuCzEeGPO0LvQkupUXktZ0inRG8kcyfnr3M7MdY9qD/s400/P6230024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486539693857162642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">discovered down on Lobster Cove....beach peas. kids were competing with how many peas "their" pods held, and how many they could eat.</span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ52Gws-SXJTQ-Az5mrduik3xMLPery2hNFjiXTnxYO0x9ABedMhvY6HSt58VIVGxshcl0jtYdWPEZbOxDHohtGo2Uxg0DWObIEOshJDm820M7a_aAOfwDyrk_CBMtRF_x1xrcXI4E-nWF/s1600/P6230029.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ52Gws-SXJTQ-Az5mrduik3xMLPery2hNFjiXTnxYO0x9ABedMhvY6HSt58VIVGxshcl0jtYdWPEZbOxDHohtGo2Uxg0DWObIEOshJDm820M7a_aAOfwDyrk_CBMtRF_x1xrcXI4E-nWF/s400/P6230029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486539672412816450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a>so sweet<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXh37cDEvbZT9wXOFUj2h3JUWffqb-3KPunDSvaAUpBbLZLWtQcYSFkn8PcPjCggPDVTeJN8Qj6mHopTSdixSgoXJIrH-nHENPxJ-UWe-86aCZ7h_e2rwqJv_xhH4ijOUJO3KR1-Nuumaz/s1600/P6230049.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXh37cDEvbZT9wXOFUj2h3JUWffqb-3KPunDSvaAUpBbLZLWtQcYSFkn8PcPjCggPDVTeJN8Qj6mHopTSdixSgoXJIrH-nHENPxJ-UWe-86aCZ7h_e2rwqJv_xhH4ijOUJO3KR1-Nuumaz/s400/P6230049.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486539664600994962" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">dinner picnic tonight. we got ice cream to go-before dinner. never have seen the kids eat their dinner that fast.....(as in-i gotta just choke this dinner down so i can get to my melting Novelty ice cream) And after ice cream, we went to hear our fave new bluegrass+ band play, starring Frank Stettner, with Linda and David, and their daughter Allie.</span></span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-32759961269221888652010-06-24T07:29:00.000-07:002010-06-24T07:43:26.328-07:00Lupine! Lovely Lupine<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Frank had to paint the lupine at least once....they are just about over now, it was a treat to experience their rise and fall in the meadow across from the aptly named "Lupine Gallery", which the owners Jackie and Billy say... for at least one month a year, the gallery's name makes sense.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkSJyyUxRaCuEIsK881BXjcwmi3m2GO8_jN7liML9AtSqugyajPa7wHAB3_LWXZ2xyW76IVzITYhp_ukzCmzXZKiI3ap7zgZdCcU72q46Hwvu7MH9MK3WWGxfYvmrxPvEE9WcxOk7KDMm/s1600/deadtree.jpg"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLKj4ynxsuCmPDwfkxYOyHfwLEj27vChG8HfY5zWkRZrv3xzbAFPSRXd9RSU22c5jExWfjGpwAJzmWM-xSvuupfrysQmVTzCJKazyOoThcMxq3P70aetUZIQ91f3-h44rcR0ox2I6QJpJ/s1600/lupinemeadow.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLKj4ynxsuCmPDwfkxYOyHfwLEj27vChG8HfY5zWkRZrv3xzbAFPSRXd9RSU22c5jExWfjGpwAJzmWM-xSvuupfrysQmVTzCJKazyOoThcMxq3P70aetUZIQ91f3-h44rcR0ox2I6QJpJ/s400/lupinemeadow.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486348012175067906" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Lupine Meadow 11x14" oil painting by Frank Bruckmann© </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">please click on painting for enlarged view</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYkSJyyUxRaCuEIsK881BXjcwmi3m2GO8_jN7liML9AtSqugyajPa7wHAB3_LWXZ2xyW76IVzITYhp_ukzCmzXZKiI3ap7zgZdCcU72q46Hwvu7MH9MK3WWGxfYvmrxPvEE9WcxOk7KDMm/s400/deadtree.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486348022457415810" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Dead Tree-6x8" oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">There are many a dead tree on monhegan, they are all over the landscape on the back side, particularly between gull pond to gull rock. Usually the subject is not the first choice for artists to paint, but Frank obviously was inspired...</span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-71350790750698498642010-06-20T20:13:00.000-07:002010-06-20T20:29:21.096-07:00Father's Day edition<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvIpmbvAo2iDrex2mmrWDsadugS6Fqa_wDogPTif3QUn3q0UZJEZw8JEmNv90weQkvcjm_BOUG97Ti8FPLVa0Fg_rBRPuOQEEM8V0uGXOQPsnZGk_gc4jRQrDsvElowQMMi44DZwpVAtB/s1600/P6190039.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LqVOZwWbqMjZiwr-dwuRNUC5p1_4_V2DuJOPLKBMW_7tYqPGEmbK6R5SaP-UZrr5jlR9z4AW_hsGZKhwXAAQOPAstAv4ZrwhYqxKNaFy248nQqdajkg58ApM4eZjD4_QGb7z3IwJT3O1/s1600/P6190016.JPG"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I took a bunch of pics of the kids serving breakfast in bed to frank, but really, no one needs to see them. i mean, everyone is tired, messy hair, rumpled sheets, badly lit, so i spared you from that. After we gave him his coffee in his cool new coffee mug that is ceramic , but looks like a takeaway paper coffee cup with a rubber top that looks like a takeaway plastic lid, from Elva's, along with the world's coolest head massager, Frank declared we hike to Blackhead thru the woods. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6LqVOZwWbqMjZiwr-dwuRNUC5p1_4_V2DuJOPLKBMW_7tYqPGEmbK6R5SaP-UZrr5jlR9z4AW_hsGZKhwXAAQOPAstAv4ZrwhYqxKNaFy248nQqdajkg58ApM4eZjD4_QGb7z3IwJT3O1/s400/P6190016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485061833330596706" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">We finally saw a baby gull, see that little fluff of speckles?? just last week i posted pics of her (or him-after all it is father's day) roosting on the 2 eggs, and today, one had hatched, the other still incubating.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG9lfA1h6coAHEVc_fNIBA9tEoK5EkIf6-RdOB4ztpqmxvkD1_8Fqr8XU0YYxgSQXRY3mQ48oRaucdtEIHPSfr28VZKp6GKXFswd3M3yykug9Nvfa5Wmx8I8ZzW1kjKxZ7uD0ES8PvdiBp/s400/P6190026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485061823977668450" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Jorgie cannot walk through Cathedral Woods without checking in with the fairy house she built in February with pal Riley. Frank was suggesting she add a portico. That didn't go over so well.</span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvIpmbvAo2iDrex2mmrWDsadugS6Fqa_wDogPTif3QUn3q0UZJEZw8JEmNv90weQkvcjm_BOUG97Ti8FPLVa0Fg_rBRPuOQEEM8V0uGXOQPsnZGk_gc4jRQrDsvElowQMMi44DZwpVAtB/s1600/P6190039.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxvIpmbvAo2iDrex2mmrWDsadugS6Fqa_wDogPTif3QUn3q0UZJEZw8JEmNv90weQkvcjm_BOUG97Ti8FPLVa0Fg_rBRPuOQEEM8V0uGXOQPsnZGk_gc4jRQrDsvElowQMMi44DZwpVAtB/s400/P6190039.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485061864882522194" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Arlo walking with a big stick, after forming the FHRC, self appointed commissioner of the Fairy House Regulatory Commission...who's #1 function is to destroy any and all fairy houses that are built using living material, the biggest offender, torn up moss. so, if you plan to build a fairy house yourself, and you don't choose already dead stuff, Arlo may just be on your heels with a big stick.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center; "><br /></div></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-90732375024793084802010-06-20T19:54:00.001-07:002010-06-24T21:07:07.608-07:00Last Days of School on Monhegan<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iJ8IGbecf32a97FwC6s6MvDzTS3QPjbgSU7fYF1l5nn5Y6ygsft64SU-TeQgQX8PqRiXZZaZXql0M5d8oKZOAeXrdAolnxBozK0iK1f3BqUYXfoca_7MwLJJHp5P6Mqyfaj2KYR_J-RC/s1600/P6140003.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iJ8IGbecf32a97FwC6s6MvDzTS3QPjbgSU7fYF1l5nn5Y6ygsft64SU-TeQgQX8PqRiXZZaZXql0M5d8oKZOAeXrdAolnxBozK0iK1f3BqUYXfoca_7MwLJJHp5P6Mqyfaj2KYR_J-RC/s400/P6140003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485055557746140866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Monhegan school kids were taken to Manana, across the harbor, in the cool dory that belongs to Rusty. Then, i heard, they hung out with some very friendly goats....If you look closely at the above photo,or click on it to make it bigger, you can see what i saw from our 2nd floor balcony, the kids and the goats on their school trip across the harbor...have you ever been able to look out your window, or if you are lucky enough, from your lovely 2nd floor balcony, and watched your children, across a harbor, having a school field trip? pinch me! but please, don't remind me that our time here is almost over....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxLbjr34J0XTkNM58lolJnfuFfixlfQDySpDSbo7-O-q8MJkceYSLkO3SzC0oR-gAo4iX83e4FADBIszKiA5wXJNfW5YRvD2V2f-TzzQ0yxPqk7rQUjE81bUTAPoiTJGNHtptteRz84BO/s1600/P6170179.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxLbjr34J0XTkNM58lolJnfuFfixlfQDySpDSbo7-O-q8MJkceYSLkO3SzC0oR-gAo4iX83e4FADBIszKiA5wXJNfW5YRvD2V2f-TzzQ0yxPqk7rQUjE81bUTAPoiTJGNHtptteRz84BO/s400/P6170179.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485055594432187714" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">a most special visitor on graduation day......all the way from st. croix!</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlgtQlj0NkxuL7D72opQQ61CcIbXjFrBr3ekvKmNfTbX5cNSEfh1AEz5speL3i9SYW6JN6u60EtM40kQ-DF-sTKUpb6Owv3QU1YaEO0oARiMt95PNypshyc37C_pfNmNikh_6_B-kTFDC/s1600/P6170015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxlgtQlj0NkxuL7D72opQQ61CcIbXjFrBr3ekvKmNfTbX5cNSEfh1AEz5speL3i9SYW6JN6u60EtM40kQ-DF-sTKUpb6Owv3QU1YaEO0oARiMt95PNypshyc37C_pfNmNikh_6_B-kTFDC/s400/P6170015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485055613223026674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">this year's graduate chose to eat pie and play frisbee golf after graduation ceremonies ended (nobody warned me, btw, that the graduation ceremony is such a crying fest). so there we were, walking down main street, looking for a badly thrown frisbee...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJxLbjr34J0XTkNM58lolJnfuFfixlfQDySpDSbo7-O-q8MJkceYSLkO3SzC0oR-gAo4iX83e4FADBIszKiA5wXJNfW5YRvD2V2f-TzzQ0yxPqk7rQUjE81bUTAPoiTJGNHtptteRz84BO/s1600/P6170179.JPG"></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zXrS3cT85gW_45vQpbjZy59FyEEZ5_jZ9nnDSWlgaZ9ZsiWFaD1pfzr3tQXBsVicJy15nLCXsERTWyRoFA23zifnmpQ3lT8BJ3-7iqleMrHiNVbeuQRZOgn4OHBR4xD4VVfCtwp6qrCy/s1600/P6170023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4zXrS3cT85gW_45vQpbjZy59FyEEZ5_jZ9nnDSWlgaZ9ZsiWFaD1pfzr3tQXBsVicJy15nLCXsERTWyRoFA23zifnmpQ3lT8BJ3-7iqleMrHiNVbeuQRZOgn4OHBR4xD4VVfCtwp6qrCy/s400/P6170023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485055574321010930" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">"goodbye!!!!" to quinn and dalton, from all the kids and the teacher at school, who jumped off the dock as their ferry took them away for the summer.....<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4iJ8IGbecf32a97FwC6s6MvDzTS3QPjbgSU7fYF1l5nn5Y6ygsft64SU-TeQgQX8PqRiXZZaZXql0M5d8oKZOAeXrdAolnxBozK0iK1f3BqUYXfoca_7MwLJJHp5P6Mqyfaj2KYR_J-RC/s1600/P6140003.JPG"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkekCz7vnyvwhv3bY6Y-OT_KcTpSNnD6NPmwwHZSnfvvL_TyiBSCL9ovhIhkWC6kdaTYexRstvSmePZfXeCGpOD5ViaLgGZuL8tj6meyUTboyy-znbCXvnPhN8ZADz_3WgZ2FAIXPPoYWL/s1600/P6060068.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkekCz7vnyvwhv3bY6Y-OT_KcTpSNnD6NPmwwHZSnfvvL_TyiBSCL9ovhIhkWC6kdaTYexRstvSmePZfXeCGpOD5ViaLgGZuL8tj6meyUTboyy-znbCXvnPhN8ZADz_3WgZ2FAIXPPoYWL/s400/P6060068.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485055541758735954" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">just me, in the kitchen mirror at susan and victor's where i swear i always look 10 years younger. ok, maybe the visor isn't quite the look, but you should see my skin in that mirror in the light of that particular kitchen....<br /></span>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-52130021322483368662010-06-20T19:13:00.000-07:002010-06-20T19:52:15.673-07:00Workshop: Critique Night<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCyOBezCPeKJ-ozMk_hRxsQmYp4J7JtACPWUC307GGV4ZkckGFkQIR4jLYP7yFbts5lGxAv19nYrbCkTZ936jZG1jIz-MGGWP2MOOvitonei31Opiubfc1n1uHMbr17V20rLbUrjjVl52/s1600/P6170091.JPG"></a></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">Before getting busy critiquing the work, everyone filled up their wine glasses and ate some very good hors d'oeuvres. Frank asked us all to select just one painting, of everyone else's, that we liked and we brought them all to one side of the porch. And then one by one, talked about why we felt the painting "worked". Later, Frank gave pointers on how to work them up even better. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeoLePi6xpTsl_TBL-Lq6C7WUdPC90N8PEk1Q_ljiueUyTeiy4C990wsD69GsQ0CJNtQ6m0MKKr70S1GBFVGU3FdbWJIqM-4RgywADakkzMOMEr8z9tF7c1pHFdq_UTZ_fsIn2FbGeapf/s400/P6160030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485049774785521458" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">still smiling and lovely, even though they'd been painting inside with inclement weather. the sun burst through the clouds by late afternoon, and we were had some of the loveliest light later that night...</span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJQbDeYhC_d8ETGp6SSGiQck7wVLB1qtpSfAY2Q1WU_yuVrhNEjzdJY4YXpWI5VxM7qp4XKNnwNJ8ls5XN1nZXmp5nSx5UevOPVsn-YbY_cO2EUgiWvtqeZlJIvGQJshU-fY9KucE-GUc/s1600/P6160026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIJQbDeYhC_d8ETGp6SSGiQck7wVLB1qtpSfAY2Q1WU_yuVrhNEjzdJY4YXpWI5VxM7qp4XKNnwNJ8ls5XN1nZXmp5nSx5UevOPVsn-YbY_cO2EUgiWvtqeZlJIvGQJshU-fY9KucE-GUc/s400/P6160026.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485049792683435154" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">very actively critiquing!<br /></span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiAnfj6hT28MFie-NCiqbtXy9U4Hd0c9Vw37GkoOWK0qyodfnaZv5WZ4fE5umA-0VkWrV7pQYBNk4CxGBC4JW4moG18IO4vU_8nILSfoHrKqHrVvBQBl7Uc-G1lrj7hjwc3LY13kjwZVjV/s400/P6160024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485049836248665330" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">look at all those canvases, stacked against the railing of the ice pond house! a prolific bunch.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKQ5hsrIPWjv9EwLYs6awQ7PJor_7S3qtJdK3q5GOHj2V923ZPshuYhO4OU_AGLeUJuAH83YfFJXDQ6dNpYd4PBYweJL2kHnt1udUHWKy5XZsWxmmGHKuHwZdlmNwT2WnGIeJ4bl69FXx4/s400/P6160058.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485049849060390482" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">good stuff!</span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPeoLePi6xpTsl_TBL-Lq6C7WUdPC90N8PEk1Q_ljiueUyTeiy4C990wsD69GsQ0CJNtQ6m0MKKr70S1GBFVGU3FdbWJIqM-4RgywADakkzMOMEr8z9tF7c1pHFdq_UTZ_fsIn2FbGeapf/s1600/P6160030.JPG"></a></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkxdifeau7TXlLymTRXPSa6dX8pY12nG-OH2Va03WLWRKWlG8fIMs1UDKqLW8duD0GfXzcyJgZGwFLR5Q4z8B3Rly-_MhbqCZ1-YNkzIwpNGxrXFt1mp-cUYr-IOdgL74ycnwnaMBviY5/s1600/P6150027.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFkxdifeau7TXlLymTRXPSa6dX8pY12nG-OH2Va03WLWRKWlG8fIMs1UDKqLW8duD0GfXzcyJgZGwFLR5Q4z8B3Rly-_MhbqCZ1-YNkzIwpNGxrXFt1mp-cUYr-IOdgL74ycnwnaMBviY5/s400/P6150027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485049761524976802" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">ML painting on Fish Beach in the foreground....Frank questioning someone's color theory..."is cerulean blue a warm blue, or a cool blue"?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">the aforementioned late afternoon light:</span></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCyOBezCPeKJ-ozMk_hRxsQmYp4J7JtACPWUC307GGV4ZkckGFkQIR4jLYP7yFbts5lGxAv19nYrbCkTZ936jZG1jIz-MGGWP2MOOvitonei31Opiubfc1n1uHMbr17V20rLbUrjjVl52/s1600/P6170091.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizCyOBezCPeKJ-ozMk_hRxsQmYp4J7JtACPWUC307GGV4ZkckGFkQIR4jLYP7yFbts5lGxAv19nYrbCkTZ936jZG1jIz-MGGWP2MOOvitonei31Opiubfc1n1uHMbr17V20rLbUrjjVl52/s400/P6170091.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485053421049062674" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;"><br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MEQSNL_FoBPeBS88hleaXdKNvKSFMbURJRhEke_2ZacMWNOqRsRufnbL8QIC6bfHqbXmLufmTi3i4j2yRn6t-j2EbZOoxAxMXL6foI3RQFf_6ttQX3Yf98OoZ02w7ulgN-YV1h5blTBT/s1600/P6170138.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MEQSNL_FoBPeBS88hleaXdKNvKSFMbURJRhEke_2ZacMWNOqRsRufnbL8QIC6bfHqbXmLufmTi3i4j2yRn6t-j2EbZOoxAxMXL6foI3RQFf_6ttQX3Yf98OoZ02w7ulgN-YV1h5blTBT/s400/P6170138.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485053411278757122" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">the blue splotches on the purple shirt are the long shadows from the buttercups sprinkled all over the trail to the beach.<br /></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKONssv1q3RhUe0bROxKp3NGDqlH_XxRoMBX5Vv7Q8NsGiCHPjusQk0iEoQf2dyb-nAdV6h5ooFuMPZqBpWH05qigasU3JmVYFhP25tSQaQWHGG0kn8ZB2bFkFvrwU17XC6UN5VxhT-tt/s1600/P6170123.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyKONssv1q3RhUe0bROxKp3NGDqlH_XxRoMBX5Vv7Q8NsGiCHPjusQk0iEoQf2dyb-nAdV6h5ooFuMPZqBpWH05qigasU3JmVYFhP25tSQaQWHGG0kn8ZB2bFkFvrwU17XC6UN5VxhT-tt/s400/P6170123.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485053399226660594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFFF;">found page of poetry washed up on the beach, which i stuck on a boulder. anyone recognize this verse?</span></span></div></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-51738900128706821692010-06-16T18:45:00.000-07:002010-06-20T21:10:58.202-07:00Spotlight on JORGIE<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Tonight the Monhegan School held it's very first Variety Show. All the school kids played their ocarinas, as solos, duets and as a whole group, including their teacher and music teacher...also the school invited the community at large to bring in an act to show off their "talents".</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">We were blown away by the nerve of my girl, who got up on stage and s</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new'; ">ang her heart out with the excellent accompaniment of Linda and David.</span></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzYxumCo4Cdrkr0nekOFGPSWhhlWN8RBZRHBnoq614ScuZGrCCQ86zCoGoYl1ka5gZivVx7EAc_lXkDzNJj2A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-79856720779237939112010-06-16T09:17:00.000-07:002010-06-16T09:32:25.517-07:00Frank's Workshop...gets to Work!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcaB-1dDgwfbGK0W2n9P3UljAbuqhmZFRz_OuWrkc2iRxeLd90IyXMknlgZaEr5tYK2YH3sGBSx9TA7DuLEuFC6wS6aBCqE614Bf0M_TxrwSVf-navOmsVkZ7mQd3x7_DXpXx9IC63Zu_/s1600/P6120003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFcaB-1dDgwfbGK0W2n9P3UljAbuqhmZFRz_OuWrkc2iRxeLd90IyXMknlgZaEr5tYK2YH3sGBSx9TA7DuLEuFC6wS6aBCqE614Bf0M_TxrwSVf-navOmsVkZ7mQd3x7_DXpXx9IC63Zu_/s400/P6120003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483408770912602050" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">From L to R: Frank, Sandy, Annette, Susanne, Jane, Mary Louise, and Natalie on Whitehead where we hiked to see the headlands, which were shrouded in mist and fog. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">who cares if it's foggy??? the ladies (who were dubbed as "Frank's Harem" the moment they docked) got out their gear early Monday morning and hit the beach with lots of gumption and instruction.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Yss1fHdApCg7NS8kVAo8bRZCuxrxO2Y0q1Aw58W_Ap7DBMOXTrLi81-UbN_K25Hg2N08IRYkKWfbi6P__bfDqml4Zbh3iWp4SuPuUScVknfyhkxSGrniXQAB7B8Kc8J2GLD2ndRlNGZG/s400/P6130029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483407252387514034" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">nice work too!and this is just the first day....stay tuned.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWypF4I-ZuJCrKAk9tu9eKJtPuV75x0Pe3Wa9crkCXBXddy_8GTSp1AUNDwBO9FrRuort1WBLPjvJv5tJ9TMQE2pQ4xQxKBMqOJiic7w_72D78RvR3D-tYR3A9U2dlZMyNg16YUrn4QcWo/s1600/P6130024.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWypF4I-ZuJCrKAk9tu9eKJtPuV75x0Pe3Wa9crkCXBXddy_8GTSp1AUNDwBO9FrRuort1WBLPjvJv5tJ9TMQE2pQ4xQxKBMqOJiic7w_72D78RvR3D-tYR3A9U2dlZMyNg16YUrn4QcWo/s400/P6130024.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483407298345983858" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Jane Darling Ellis, who has never missed a workshop taught by Frank! She's been with Frank as long as i have, and even made it to the South of France to paint with us...<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRWWx3pjNi-7y4n9f-Y0wlH7Wj1j8EZS_10eM0g757hGE1YXkNEcQFV6uKv5Jh0AsEYmJGE9i3sihHufiW6-h5bjfnG48pCWDPWL4NpbGd6TV8sbTwXIqKGmGEiifI8GicMxt1ak3YfU2/s1600/P6140014.JPG"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA2kbAMO7yR4SXrxsgz_yO2j_gMtp3vp2_22GE93Ks-fT-cZyi91kkHCHWhY_GgaABjyo4PEMhjc5zsNeaNN-xrVsRjK1qkhkp-WpuDGh-7utw7v0J0udYQBUU1zOjv7IbJXcvPqnqIDOt/s1600/P6130023.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRWWx3pjNi-7y4n9f-Y0wlH7Wj1j8EZS_10eM0g757hGE1YXkNEcQFV6uKv5Jh0AsEYmJGE9i3sihHufiW6-h5bjfnG48pCWDPWL4NpbGd6TV8sbTwXIqKGmGEiifI8GicMxt1ak3YfU2/s400/P6140014.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483407288768645778" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;">wonder why they think Frank would have a harem?</span></span></span></div></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-26392899702111975402010-06-12T20:40:00.000-07:002010-06-12T20:51:30.193-07:00Walk in the Woods: Flora (and some Fauna) edition<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Misty walk thru cathedral woods and along the maple trails for lunch. great timing for seeing all the greens in the flora and the rich soil and dark tree trunks, after a nice spring rain.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7kPVO1BA_MpgzRIfpvfv54W32DxWtC8yPtV1tf49Q9BBLWv3elWolQX91LDaos7JVUhYcI-vAGT6gMspLAczuyMJh6xz5tk_28W3bjoNFlHiF4qUzdu_lGVsjcDm6lHLRqtrEIV3emPc/s400/cricket.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482099123903856098" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Cricket same size as 9-year old's eye teeth!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtSwfTbGiNAmigk_YF_MCgk4ufJ__XkgtmqsVBHggdTXTwYtQo10MivzCWdPpNz4ycDGPSycc33LudazTrDPz_VH0mcNQ82W512Zhs_hw1WAw_Fkb6g-LkR1FbuJ8PQPfCi2k9teov57h/s1600/ibelieve.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGtSwfTbGiNAmigk_YF_MCgk4ufJ__XkgtmqsVBHggdTXTwYtQo10MivzCWdPpNz4ycDGPSycc33LudazTrDPz_VH0mcNQ82W512Zhs_hw1WAw_Fkb6g-LkR1FbuJ8PQPfCi2k9teov57h/s400/ibelieve.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482099478121712066" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">fairy house in cathedral woods....<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3sDwj2Q1bMZxEUkmxlv3ovb2ysIebza_zvH3tho9i5uWREPNmSh9_f6REQW8hLLHsLk_9w513G86OazBjm1voWxniA0W_MXMoMJxokHU4-UQpRDRcZiy6JDE_SuTrTrD5gPhsxv82n2l/s1600/gull+and+eggs.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy3sDwj2Q1bMZxEUkmxlv3ovb2ysIebza_zvH3tho9i5uWREPNmSh9_f6REQW8hLLHsLk_9w513G86OazBjm1voWxniA0W_MXMoMJxokHU4-UQpRDRcZiy6JDE_SuTrTrD5gPhsxv82n2l/s400/gull+and+eggs.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482099466869281026" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">never knew gull eggs were speckled and lovely</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXaZd8UXHDk5P8ayoIv4kHgLGmECqjcqGwHosMp4g-OXb-nrhbMlO0eBUUMJ4aNYwU-4VFj-290JqHE5BAii_P05jzqs60mmybWwbHbATWdYwr00H0p0E40p3axKhmujlg8uWvrGDCnCU/s1600/shinyroots.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXaZd8UXHDk5P8ayoIv4kHgLGmECqjcqGwHosMp4g-OXb-nrhbMlO0eBUUMJ4aNYwU-4VFj-290JqHE5BAii_P05jzqs60mmybWwbHbATWdYwr00H0p0E40p3axKhmujlg8uWvrGDCnCU/s400/shinyroots.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482099156106790994" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">silvery tree roots on maple trail<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1qYYxN8rrhHvoCnJDJvluOllcCAMbhMxTqoUTXRjpV97-ZwBSgocwa0Y8fTdyEi4_5z1Sa1V6n9uqBWuDPYlmapm8z7in3LAwjxO2Ta2-9P9nLrbBoV2gXwxGQYDn7DZaCqHc2RZ5dtk/s1600/mistybackside.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf1qYYxN8rrhHvoCnJDJvluOllcCAMbhMxTqoUTXRjpV97-ZwBSgocwa0Y8fTdyEi4_5z1Sa1V6n9uqBWuDPYlmapm8z7in3LAwjxO2Ta2-9P9nLrbBoV2gXwxGQYDn7DZaCqHc2RZ5dtk/s400/mistybackside.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482099140163950994" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BxqHh6JshEMHXlYC48XYQSRSTrSRCayMqY8wGPBuZQV-j26ZkKFP6KRl_3wdQVLiITg9J3Ru0z5t3OrIi3ZgzSAHo9XLLMjnHJa_Qw0eyfpkd4WyQaJ1AAzVEu_imMs8VyUK8qHR94Lu/s1600/fernwhorl.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BxqHh6JshEMHXlYC48XYQSRSTrSRCayMqY8wGPBuZQV-j26ZkKFP6KRl_3wdQVLiITg9J3Ru0z5t3OrIi3ZgzSAHo9XLLMjnHJa_Qw0eyfpkd4WyQaJ1AAzVEu_imMs8VyUK8qHR94Lu/s400/fernwhorl.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482099130136613890" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">fern whorl<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7kPVO1BA_MpgzRIfpvfv54W32DxWtC8yPtV1tf49Q9BBLWv3elWolQX91LDaos7JVUhYcI-vAGT6gMspLAczuyMJh6xz5tk_28W3bjoNFlHiF4qUzdu_lGVsjcDm6lHLRqtrEIV3emPc/s1600/cricket.JPG"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSR3xIbvWokytbcs2k_QgJLkqCI9HpPpiu_DQlSsqN7B1RmjIKrdM82GIp9gzCmYBN_ZSlt89YzZ3L3N8-MqfN8YhRuA103xYUVPCSWZ_qLvQI9rl3IhGhnZkwYJKK4audccXFWESzcuY7/s1600/bunchberry.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSR3xIbvWokytbcs2k_QgJLkqCI9HpPpiu_DQlSsqN7B1RmjIKrdM82GIp9gzCmYBN_ZSlt89YzZ3L3N8-MqfN8YhRuA103xYUVPCSWZ_qLvQI9rl3IhGhnZkwYJKK4audccXFWESzcuY7/s400/bunchberry.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482099116929916066" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">bunch berry, relative of dogwood. i have been learning the names of plants on morning walks with my artist friend susan, who seems to know them all!</span>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-74757682981887913052010-06-12T20:12:00.000-07:002010-06-12T20:51:52.656-07:00Workshop Begins, Strawberry season and outdoor parties<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIt6SUdG3OERf38AVzcuvSThEU7e2C7NZLxJ2DlIBOpSEkWg4ZK2Vunhf5xXE0eOGSuRhdzRvQaJ76PRPFoezjit8MboS0GErO5hcahJqJe_8-0Vbm5PBpEMOV3sjix948LfWUr3S5Kqm/s1600/P6110006.JPG"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3BHCZqPp7Mou0MZChqwH25QBgcqN8fB-vDMawZZM3c7Jw5nHAKPSgjgaHw01TqfGs6w7ektLrnjE6lu356VZunmHJkOHIHthEX-fYWQOtViCZM_1gHkT92QzJ7-zOlvHATf_TmX4T6Eb/s1600/P6110003.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3BHCZqPp7Mou0MZChqwH25QBgcqN8fB-vDMawZZM3c7Jw5nHAKPSgjgaHw01TqfGs6w7ektLrnjE6lu356VZunmHJkOHIHthEX-fYWQOtViCZM_1gHkT92QzJ7-zOlvHATf_TmX4T6Eb/s400/P6110003.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482091573697921170" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The painting students (for Frank's first Monhegan workshop) arrived, and not a one packed light! they have enough food and art supplies for 3 weeks. after a sunset dinner up at our place, frank walked them home to their house by the ice pond and made them set their alarms for a 10 am painting demo...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIt6SUdG3OERf38AVzcuvSThEU7e2C7NZLxJ2DlIBOpSEkWg4ZK2Vunhf5xXE0eOGSuRhdzRvQaJ76PRPFoezjit8MboS0GErO5hcahJqJe_8-0Vbm5PBpEMOV3sjix948LfWUr3S5Kqm/s1600/P6110006.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIt6SUdG3OERf38AVzcuvSThEU7e2C7NZLxJ2DlIBOpSEkWg4ZK2Vunhf5xXE0eOGSuRhdzRvQaJ76PRPFoezjit8MboS0GErO5hcahJqJe_8-0Vbm5PBpEMOV3sjix948LfWUr3S5Kqm/s400/P6110006.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482091596130466642" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 379px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The kids and i hoofed it to pulpit rock today, in search of wild lupine growing, but instead, we found wild strawberries!...the egg is a regular chicken egg, or rather, one of the locals' chicken eggs we buy, in the photo for scale. the strawberries may be tiny but mmmmmm! good.<br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQ9nNoOZbIFJQFevkORNMhGhL6ahCLZDvUjZ9JJ-7DxzqokfVDjEsG4ziR-bFcQFArc31ZbjE2ODkcZ50ad-1NH78lNwQrwU-gSiRlddLJywssHZ-r7X8xjMOEAY9xWzdhYPiEg6aofCW/s1600/P6100001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQ9nNoOZbIFJQFevkORNMhGhL6ahCLZDvUjZ9JJ-7DxzqokfVDjEsG4ziR-bFcQFArc31ZbjE2ODkcZ50ad-1NH78lNwQrwU-gSiRlddLJywssHZ-r7X8xjMOEAY9xWzdhYPiEg6aofCW/s400/P6100001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482091581854351042" style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpRhUXFRL8OVa7Y7e3KowVAP2YxeABN_Zf-atQ6HeKTUWvtuhHiZrcePK58AYKCASd3G1OfVjzIvfbpNa7RIF0U4Z4J4HF3Sbw7Zjj6hVfcjgvi8v5N-E29YZoD9Ls5iiVhcdL1u5to2t/s400/P6110015.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482091562391579986" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FFFFCC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">the photo just above is a gathering to celebrate the new caretakers of the andrew winter house...and this impromptu musical group was such a treat. above that are the lupine standing tall outside the home of other friends' hosting a BBQ last night.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-40905582165749047302010-06-11T08:53:00.000-07:002010-06-12T07:11:13.184-07:00Walking down Main Street...<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">I have been very chatty about spring arriving here on the rock, but as of yet, haven't shown that thru Frank's paintings...but here...behold....spring with lilacs, bright green grasses, and new notices on the rope shed (which is an old fish house that serves as a community board)</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjkg-bZll57aNnuckKkMr2NtORpV3aDgbiNn8ruQTe_bgTIqk7NlqxEvqm4VBK_5WLm2umXPf40zA0E7MiORRq4vCmvtZyZSaNujxzXbwyzaSZs3qTvS9Dl7-Q4GwgMuNR2u3nqM50Dtm/s1600/ropeshed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXjkg-bZll57aNnuckKkMr2NtORpV3aDgbiNn8ruQTe_bgTIqk7NlqxEvqm4VBK_5WLm2umXPf40zA0E7MiORRq4vCmvtZyZSaNujxzXbwyzaSZs3qTvS9Dl7-Q4GwgMuNR2u3nqM50Dtm/s400/ropeshed.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481888216115035570" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Rope Shed study - 11x14" original painting Frank Bruckmann© </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">the larger version is in process...will post upon completion</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">all paintings available for purchase....feel free to inquire</span></span></div></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-7785927338865280192010-06-08T19:55:00.000-07:002010-06-10T07:16:52.564-07:00Extreme Close-up...Rocks on Monhegan<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSkmiatSd1QbVFxeAdOb80z71xwyh06FzgR_fiZmvg7JEBDDiX_ecbW70bholZGfKABXp0fgsMCLYVSjlUmB7d23ELO4iNp8cAIqEDBJKu-d00P2luNCffg3bVVN3pmtkGW2fW65DZKnZ/s1600/P5194782.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFSkmiatSd1QbVFxeAdOb80z71xwyh06FzgR_fiZmvg7JEBDDiX_ecbW70bholZGfKABXp0fgsMCLYVSjlUmB7d23ELO4iNp8cAIqEDBJKu-d00P2luNCffg3bVVN3pmtkGW2fW65DZKnZ/s400/P5194782.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480602424627234370" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Gabbro Series #2. oil painting by Frank Bruckmann© 14x18"</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Georgia, serif;"><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">we have trod over the rocks on Monhegan for years now, marveling at the granite and gabbro rock with the quartz intrusions, those white "stripes" that appear to be slashing thru the dark gray masses.....</span></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">here, Frank has somehow managed to capture that texture, using layers of thick paint which he builds up over days and days. then, when you think by the way he wields that palette knife that he might be changing into an abstract painter, he pulls out a paintbrush and turns what looked like chaos into a pretty exacting replication of those rocks.....when you get close up, you see the multiple layers and ridges....but from across the room, it IS Monhegan rock. he's chosen compositions with intersections of quartz, lichen, granite, other kinds of veins, moss, some rainwater, crevices, those forms that were created from the last ice age. this is one of about 10 so far that he has painted.</span></div></span></span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-55936830338244306602010-06-06T17:39:00.000-07:002010-06-06T17:45:07.219-07:00Can it get any more beautiful?????<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">this picture, storms have passed....'tis soooooo worth a full day of rain, especially when your house is filled with 4 kids under 10....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfPaE5k_iIkG9gOc4sJFdj0yuT5_hyhJ0d7Eg4kksGCISATyOp2RnRlM8PppuhWA3g_XEqrJ9ZMsZcu0tAU_5PlYPRs1nZR4K2aT7DA75mmEXmy2_VcyniOhuaWkq_YRW-7JVwRpFd12z/s400/P6060029.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479825544767815570" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 340px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1S6SkMsF54kg1NPVeLX8Ycd-moNSSxYRWkT4fwJtwVcJnnQSW_gFs_QWZZpd17aL0vaKjNAzX2HoYpqh31F8lGXOiMMG2Hg9BD1PPDV7JJBmdcRwX8bX6JYtGXOwG7iV5ABJBRmUhWZ1/s1600/P6050019.JPG"></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">i think today i am a photographer.....</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwpWpWLqUFfRiCdxE5f9yXn6xPfvzeZvSL2zpH6bgdxnGIuU-YlZRRar_Px_g8r_oXWuK8GZJi1DiO3pYLF-ceNm2EF6i_It2kf1yj1blg5iCeIPkCkPxeuodCfsNAoAOywj_n2Vzds9Z/s1600/P6060033.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlwpWpWLqUFfRiCdxE5f9yXn6xPfvzeZvSL2zpH6bgdxnGIuU-YlZRRar_Px_g8r_oXWuK8GZJi1DiO3pYLF-ceNm2EF6i_It2kf1yj1blg5iCeIPkCkPxeuodCfsNAoAOywj_n2Vzds9Z/s400/P6060033.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479825551709685778" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVfPaE5k_iIkG9gOc4sJFdj0yuT5_hyhJ0d7Eg4kksGCISATyOp2RnRlM8PppuhWA3g_XEqrJ9ZMsZcu0tAU_5PlYPRs1nZR4K2aT7DA75mmEXmy2_VcyniOhuaWkq_YRW-7JVwRpFd12z/s1600/P6060029.JPG"></a></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz1S6SkMsF54kg1NPVeLX8Ycd-moNSSxYRWkT4fwJtwVcJnnQSW_gFs_QWZZpd17aL0vaKjNAzX2HoYpqh31F8lGXOiMMG2Hg9BD1PPDV7JJBmdcRwX8bX6JYtGXOwG7iV5ABJBRmUhWZ1/s400/P6050019.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479825557065389298" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">a little diversion, cloudy with a chance of meatballs, loved by the adults, and i heard no complaints from the kids, either.</span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-7953705547237276152010-06-03T07:14:00.000-07:002010-06-04T03:59:52.441-07:00Puffin Cruise to Eastern Egg Rock<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">The Captain/Owner of the </span><a href="http://hardyboat.com/index.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Hardy Boat</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">, Al Crocetti, invited the Monhegan School on a Puffin Cruise! The school board gave permission, we met at the wharf at 10am, rode the 6 miles to the </span><a href="http://www.projectpuffin.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Project Puffin</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">, had lunch on board, and the kids were back at their desks by 12:45. Thank you Cap'n Al for your time and corny bird riddles. There are an estimated 225 pairs of Puffins nesting here on Eastern Egg Island, as well as many other shore birds. We saw most of the birds listed </span><a href="http://hardyboat.com/puffin.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"> on the Hardy Boat website. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSX3Y1bgXqMcUnnYj3H9sxvzJx9_PiYDjUXEyZ-mlpio-CP9-OGGEOocrXe8IP1K7qQ33yxk_VqQgo690qG9-cdzeAu9mO6t9G3mQp5zPsrJesdzSc9r3vasiahUYxwtruwikngEb0c7j/s1600/P6010045.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSX3Y1bgXqMcUnnYj3H9sxvzJx9_PiYDjUXEyZ-mlpio-CP9-OGGEOocrXe8IP1K7qQ33yxk_VqQgo690qG9-cdzeAu9mO6t9G3mQp5zPsrJesdzSc9r3vasiahUYxwtruwikngEb0c7j/s400/P6010045.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478551166632254706" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">See the yellow thing? it's a scarecrow for gulls, and it has a mechanism to pop up and push down for frightening the gulls, but i see no evidence of it working.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f6sm68pVKqFIyJYmad7BV_w7bcYm8Sejj52qA0IOS_gIUi1yXTgI2TFjGCFvbbybU_5t8CyL_z8fTkz85doWnTyq4GfjBYZ_DGovmFnhOLqQb4-Hj9l4-pz6MoKWghSrYkDYDiJIDkfG/s1600/P6010047.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8f6sm68pVKqFIyJYmad7BV_w7bcYm8Sejj52qA0IOS_gIUi1yXTgI2TFjGCFvbbybU_5t8CyL_z8fTkz85doWnTyq4GfjBYZ_DGovmFnhOLqQb4-Hj9l4-pz6MoKWghSrYkDYDiJIDkfG/s400/P6010047.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478551154404891858" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Leaving Eastern Egg Rock behind are some school kids and future school kid and mom.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUhUCA3KEaeotS90Ju0Du5881BLftjrEAZQBlWsYcJLVVjTdH_atkixP363bN4_y34Fw34XYyKLuHrq9yXSVcDpEZrst4_OLFBlTMAzZw7mEXKGwM8jovpbqi-lRY1xRsBmJRL1i_Xm4I/s1600/P6010041.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUhUCA3KEaeotS90Ju0Du5881BLftjrEAZQBlWsYcJLVVjTdH_atkixP363bN4_y34Fw34XYyKLuHrq9yXSVcDpEZrst4_OLFBlTMAzZw7mEXKGwM8jovpbqi-lRY1xRsBmJRL1i_Xm4I/s400/P6010041.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478551144680343746" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Puffins are small, only 10" from beak to tail.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiH6Q294ygUmNRlYKBlV0oMerkH6JHV1GD7-ry3VR6wQmF7S9_F9DP-xc_RlrwRGi8sXPU3h9w_g7w8jmUq1_7qtGtk_voAtJabhdtB4IfI3KPmYd1cZd9pfPEyCEyVmBVpArNU1uxhR5D/s1600/P6010043.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiH6Q294ygUmNRlYKBlV0oMerkH6JHV1GD7-ry3VR6wQmF7S9_F9DP-xc_RlrwRGi8sXPU3h9w_g7w8jmUq1_7qtGtk_voAtJabhdtB4IfI3KPmYd1cZd9pfPEyCEyVmBVpArNU1uxhR5D/s400/P6010043.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478551145665251058" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Outta here! They can fly up to 55mph. no kidding. i'd like to see a puffin and a cheetah race.<br /></span>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-58528924610880270362010-06-02T19:29:00.000-07:002010-06-24T20:58:48.472-07:00The Meadow (painting by Frank) and visitors<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjAOQ09Oh9Y5N0su5S_ISKLhIhisxM8jiXB6CntDMfpjRypmLI4Uv0fKSq5M23IxcmfARVUYAG3ML38xsrAEeWcoUg1RQHILo3rm9G_UJ0qRcU6Fpk5QrSlApYhUaUtBqBgH3oweIXwE9/s1600/P5250016.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 264px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQjAOQ09Oh9Y5N0su5S_ISKLhIhisxM8jiXB6CntDMfpjRypmLI4Uv0fKSq5M23IxcmfARVUYAG3ML38xsrAEeWcoUg1RQHILo3rm9G_UJ0qRcU6Fpk5QrSlApYhUaUtBqBgH3oweIXwE9/s400/P5250016.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478547475910761474" /></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Soft Day on the Marsh 24 x 36" oil painting by Frank Bruckmann ©</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">this is the view from the water station across the meadow, where i visited frank on this soft day with a large water bottle full of margaritas. the kids challenged each other to walk on this not so sturdy boardwalk, and i sat and watched an oriole moving around the meadow.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9bZpOaZcBGXakPsKezNXP70isIdT9MvpjXnRG2GoK1qehFL082ri9-GMcCmoul6Z88jYs07lGQt4vVhdH7sbGM-78PcZAmKrqU4I1Q2kzBTmbWlzAEL_CfxYX_r7XSHHzyAt1d5fHe4O/s1600/P5280002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW9bZpOaZcBGXakPsKezNXP70isIdT9MvpjXnRG2GoK1qehFL082ri9-GMcCmoul6Z88jYs07lGQt4vVhdH7sbGM-78PcZAmKrqU4I1Q2kzBTmbWlzAEL_CfxYX_r7XSHHzyAt1d5fHe4O/s400/P5280002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478369424825566386" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">sprites coming out of the woods....head pieces and dandelion chain necklaces woven in a flash by a most amazing crafter, hadleigh, age 13.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XVViq-yI36YAi7zW8hELBFroki-IwtW-mk6nDCc4vxOFnXmItkyzqlxakjDOduq0CPEvP3TbY9qXYPTz2qZtFF77CKJd4Sa7uFYDEdPi39WlRCiO2YtgA9jQjRgOrRfyOAWdllRPdFeo/s1600/P5240011.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4XVViq-yI36YAi7zW8hELBFroki-IwtW-mk6nDCc4vxOFnXmItkyzqlxakjDOduq0CPEvP3TbY9qXYPTz2qZtFF77CKJd4Sa7uFYDEdPi39WlRCiO2YtgA9jQjRgOrRfyOAWdllRPdFeo/s400/P5240011.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478369420854680674" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Dean and Jo visiting, on our evening walk to lobster cove.</span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-48924023905942493862010-05-28T19:27:00.000-07:002010-06-03T07:45:26.241-07:00Whoopie! New art by Me and The Novelty is now Open!<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkApvy0f4Ogu4ibp18mS1oFoSVTqUgb-2B11lAtw91n9hIyenmw0f6sVIdUBRLKhL0I8MjDV-dM3v9HtiMeZ1jQoNR53XYqs-wpoH68A3NgZJcxj-G6A74uulh92h0K3qqPbcCu_PASpv2/s1600/P5270023.JPG"></a><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;color:#000000;"><br /></span></span></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH-eHMj_l5R-5QRpMAWdfLsl_77mdSTwzYpZl_5JB5ciVNOUoI1q8Wwxos_YHqsDI41csxiA6xxNA_TiBrbx83E5Nm4QVIVuTvxsR4YTDHsjfVSWmvMMiBF_6gnzR0wZz-WmXvsSJcEfO/s1600/P5270002.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkH-eHMj_l5R-5QRpMAWdfLsl_77mdSTwzYpZl_5JB5ciVNOUoI1q8Wwxos_YHqsDI41csxiA6xxNA_TiBrbx83E5Nm4QVIVuTvxsR4YTDHsjfVSWmvMMiBF_6gnzR0wZz-WmXvsSJcEfO/s320/P5270002.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476516173619216722" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">"Muffy's Room"(my cottage business of funky art for kids' rooms=muffysroom.com) merges with monhegan above, with tillie the cat down at the beach. the "friends of monhegan school" are raising money for the school thru donated art from local artists which will be auctioned off at the Carina.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zpDZqJjeHDOQnX9UAVVmUFP8J25aT3KrkoL4-rqknPH2Cmvgrw97oyFvisrl8a6AZ7CP32EJLWUlUgAFhBkGPrknST7uJYKcEiKx2oB9itrFb8aowq2LWrzaFby4yyIDNW95uXgiAiKL/s1600/lupine.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zpDZqJjeHDOQnX9UAVVmUFP8J25aT3KrkoL4-rqknPH2Cmvgrw97oyFvisrl8a6AZ7CP32EJLWUlUgAFhBkGPrknST7uJYKcEiKx2oB9itrFb8aowq2LWrzaFby4yyIDNW95uXgiAiKL/s320/lupine.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476516165078138386" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">the lupine meadow.....blooming weeks early<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPwVLLgRiEQjRQTr8dHlQNDY26hieTVaTfcmgQvneA-y6-ZGhPqJD66fGvU9ApAECR2vnRWZMs4cPssZqX4ai3v0O3q5ud5bRtcOpKDmJPsdyKZYdQqoJ99vJOyXqBpk4kQ0FmJrwlSXRV/s1600/novelty.JPG"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qxYB11XhV2ekWoejVhKkItf9qty9RQq0B_Ao9OX7rjhqjysutVEBBsTLJhB3zebJqD3ZAss3VxbdTUtAaHj8stAbppWn-1DrVJwZ4H7Prr4SJdNBix2QOqa8Z64KgNp-pULtvrtezp9n/s1600/yes.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4qxYB11XhV2ekWoejVhKkItf9qty9RQq0B_Ao9OX7rjhqjysutVEBBsTLJhB3zebJqD3ZAss3VxbdTUtAaHj8stAbppWn-1DrVJwZ4H7Prr4SJdNBix2QOqa8Z64KgNp-pULtvrtezp9n/s200/yes.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476514769609899938" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">but the big news around town today...and this is a big deal when you have not had a choice of going out to eat for many months....the kids' got pizza AND ice cream for lunch. but not just any pizza and ice cream, really really good stuff from the novelty, dangerously located right at the bottom of the hill from our house...</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkApvy0f4Ogu4ibp18mS1oFoSVTqUgb-2B11lAtw91n9hIyenmw0f6sVIdUBRLKhL0I8MjDV-dM3v9HtiMeZ1jQoNR53XYqs-wpoH68A3NgZJcxj-G6A74uulh92h0K3qqPbcCu_PASpv2/s320/P5270023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5478557563296241922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'courier new', serif; ">Sue and Tobey welcomed the islanders and many visitors...with 3 flavors of whoopie pies that sue started to bake at 4am this morning and i spied pecan squares and lemon bars. they are smiling even though they don't know yet about the ferry that just unloaded 75 middle schoolers! hope they all went in for ice cream...</span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-52856534077733568442010-05-26T06:35:00.000-07:002010-05-26T06:41:51.793-07:00Quintessential Spring<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Kids' bikes came back with us from New Haven.... which has done so much for their spirits, and mine too. seeing them zoom thru town, with playing cards rigged up to make that tick-a-tick-a-tick-a sound. </span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzhCXrEQ-R-qX5aj4hCImtAvwE1R_lvHl8UClkajsF5wRA7kDPyx53ZQXHQbuDIQJYDn8tH6iC-Abj_8m93frv6mFhuDf5h0heL7bvtVyTCo45lVr7uaUbk2DFenujFKZCsog_ZGi-DlH/s1600/P5190022.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzhCXrEQ-R-qX5aj4hCImtAvwE1R_lvHl8UClkajsF5wRA7kDPyx53ZQXHQbuDIQJYDn8tH6iC-Abj_8m93frv6mFhuDf5h0heL7bvtVyTCo45lVr7uaUbk2DFenujFKZCsog_ZGi-DlH/s400/P5190022.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475572212821216162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">go Jorgie... get up that hill!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3BcsuJ8-TwNKeYTso8-eWY1o0w-xHyZltCBi2HJjZI6pLendRXgypL4QvoLWzWbLyYtwZtWJboAJ4NEuDSSHgTcW7t0CZnYMU_aQBgD_icZhDvHqaBC4E1c8RYPuoghqgjzVtIb4Dmtn/s1600/P5190037.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH3BcsuJ8-TwNKeYTso8-eWY1o0w-xHyZltCBi2HJjZI6pLendRXgypL4QvoLWzWbLyYtwZtWJboAJ4NEuDSSHgTcW7t0CZnYMU_aQBgD_icZhDvHqaBC4E1c8RYPuoghqgjzVtIb4Dmtn/s400/P5190037.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475572223439458770" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">the Stahl's house with an amazing mantle of that flower who's unfortunate name sounds like chlamydia.<br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-81109437909070497712010-05-26T06:27:00.000-07:002010-06-03T08:08:53.593-07:00Gull Pond swim<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">SWIMMING IN GULL POND-spring is the only time you can swim here, b/c it is still cool enough that the algae growth isn't out of control and there isn't too much gull poop yet...</span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oLKZ7Ipdge3MzwQGGbbOPG1mfxtD1seLej0gVjnw7hbjheYbzT1eYozwPqj_xicjE7lezRHf15x0DR8whhg2mYuoYSGaDJFZtADxgB7-ByobFgZ6dXNIVn6mC14mAASunwVsIxnMj9Lh/s1600/P5210023.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0oLKZ7Ipdge3MzwQGGbbOPG1mfxtD1seLej0gVjnw7hbjheYbzT1eYozwPqj_xicjE7lezRHf15x0DR8whhg2mYuoYSGaDJFZtADxgB7-ByobFgZ6dXNIVn6mC14mAASunwVsIxnMj9Lh/s400/P5210023.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475570691460857826" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">should i go in???<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBV8R9o2wSrktEQW0i_xIQ_q3HhLhmTyYnNSAsx0YHEMDGQEVrdrvpUngpigxe4KSorc9F4CVMO2GIXUbVAQq6tlN7yyd5We0qJlruqgw7fIMToZ0H_Co3hn00bmPBKF2hE_IL24Y7YrW/s1600/P5210031.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBV8R9o2wSrktEQW0i_xIQ_q3HhLhmTyYnNSAsx0YHEMDGQEVrdrvpUngpigxe4KSorc9F4CVMO2GIXUbVAQq6tlN7yyd5We0qJlruqgw7fIMToZ0H_Co3hn00bmPBKF2hE_IL24Y7YrW/s400/P5210031.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475570718726334082" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">teasing arlo to come into the water...<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiwPQQ6wK5CRdOHB4YTDSY3wSKAADzgL_N6caEDobfKIobRxnweQoJQ7R11jAJGclrKj12yx7uIAIo5eukyJZFzC764s9_u-jSk1FCOYgj2Gx_wgWuqXBl819VO6FQYvf4W8Lvdw380yk/s1600/P5210030.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidiwPQQ6wK5CRdOHB4YTDSY3wSKAADzgL_N6caEDobfKIobRxnweQoJQ7R11jAJGclrKj12yx7uIAIo5eukyJZFzC764s9_u-jSk1FCOYgj2Gx_wgWuqXBl819VO6FQYvf4W8Lvdw380yk/s400/P5210030.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475570707350800562" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">10 seconds later, we were all in...even me.<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG9TKCOcn0tya5dQ6ZPEKeWNZgwg7PTaFAG2-WahqD6s2xgPXn5pgh0kTAhkekzxK4PhiXd-rMqpuGe0B5J4D2MjUeDDCjfedTM4BVJ96N73C4u8FZS3pATmXc871k4TWx1ppUPg5EKsS/s1600/P5210034.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoG9TKCOcn0tya5dQ6ZPEKeWNZgwg7PTaFAG2-WahqD6s2xgPXn5pgh0kTAhkekzxK4PhiXd-rMqpuGe0B5J4D2MjUeDDCjfedTM4BVJ96N73C4u8FZS3pATmXc871k4TWx1ppUPg5EKsS/s400/P5210034.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475570700062412866" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">algae flinging war!</span>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-11226075347865973412010-05-26T06:04:00.000-07:002010-05-26T06:35:10.195-07:00Landscape with Jorgie<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGNY4Tl5_TlnECNrw3L_rvnV0vrOoOG1LEKiNpa35ycHqV-NcNyqjK82FH7koCmAmF6anJg8j6XK94eU-ruu9EQPRUw1OrjN22vsXYusuCr2YWJr7AvF9t3UqMJEkqMH5g5uBW_rN1fTG/s1600/jorgie-boar's+head.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGNY4Tl5_TlnECNrw3L_rvnV0vrOoOG1LEKiNpa35ycHqV-NcNyqjK82FH7koCmAmF6anJg8j6XK94eU-ruu9EQPRUw1OrjN22vsXYusuCr2YWJr7AvF9t3UqMJEkqMH5g5uBW_rN1fTG/s400/jorgie-boar's+head.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475569450605784034" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">i was very happy that jorgie took over this painting i started. also to come... i will post the oil paintings the kids made under the tutelage of Frank...</span>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-44266812590722715572010-05-26T05:40:00.000-07:002010-05-26T06:04:37.132-07:00Kid-Built Raft from Flotsam<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">the second the weather warmed up, the kids declared it was warm enough for swimming, or better, launching the raft they built on their own during "break" time at school. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJ1GtGSPnMBDVlTGzqFdCFT5nCBEfr8ihWw75pzkXfXtWZONiXlIiFXV3dQiVLrpFcJ7Um-3PJmjzjNoQcX-LCLIlnauijyPnC80zY5M87ozWAfIZQS6cU10oSO_z95ihI52lvVFzY8Tk/s400/P5240027.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475560973128914562" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">here they are, hitching a ride from a lobsterman from the school to the beach</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4LAzXJiNzZlg0aZo-z8L62kXc-nXBSL-dZ9E33Ig-6qWunfNg8wW1WgW-izNOYG9EbBVc3CvdoYmbD75HZUsXL1o1Iiz8wdlFXCy1cVf7jzGZ6PXd4PIP838Q_eljEFZvzu3bfEeFv5V/s400/P5240064.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475560959959030834" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">success!</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS63lPnuBIGZQEIXe_nmLRiXL36Fxx-iNyO61NdMKuqZlX7tKrHC69fBPTOOg2-5L1vWyxwo0KdFKmcsm7NeX-H30nBmedjgBNSTHjiZdvu6rQ6vjRBAfE4XykJ-dEfkI_lWjS5OvrF30z/s1600/P5240062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS63lPnuBIGZQEIXe_nmLRiXL36Fxx-iNyO61NdMKuqZlX7tKrHC69fBPTOOg2-5L1vWyxwo0KdFKmcsm7NeX-H30nBmedjgBNSTHjiZdvu6rQ6vjRBAfE4XykJ-dEfkI_lWjS5OvrF30z/s400/P5240062.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475560985039344514" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">trouble with steering....the kids started drifting off<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzA8n2mlJ_Lk-fGxNyMYp9CzspI5-SsGdK2nncZmhc7B8pW2gxrkqS5adJSp3qp-hN6BKKO7r1FijIHY_pUntApPfeIBlReJGWhP2mQG-tD4Ru5aQQT-pkxqJr_1h2mNgn2Pl4ZDAr0jS/s1600/P5240075.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzA8n2mlJ_Lk-fGxNyMYp9CzspI5-SsGdK2nncZmhc7B8pW2gxrkqS5adJSp3qp-hN6BKKO7r1FijIHY_pUntApPfeIBlReJGWhP2mQG-tD4Ru5aQQT-pkxqJr_1h2mNgn2Pl4ZDAr0jS/s400/P5240075.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5475560976142973522" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">giving a little help to the wayward raft. have i mentioned how much i love these experiences that our kids are having???????</span>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913036240559972018.post-35781482109658095852010-05-24T07:21:00.000-07:002010-05-24T07:32:37.221-07:00Bogdonave Cottage-revised<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzNTnwVwsDBvlgrP27O-1g_b3yMtsPdFOOahJxL13jVQpzrbHtNeVqOsUJ8J4Wltc9Zvp1FoJYYgAynzX-uA8m39b4jOM60OHYr_q50tcnl_Ugf4GOsByl5T9IYhKnx1L259tAJp7LP1h/s1600/P5090001.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Frank finished this piece, and I love the muddy wheel ruts and the snow, leading up Horn Hill to the Bogdonave Cottage, just lit above the tree line.</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzRZZ0ZpcYjA5kRQ0rVDZ98DDI_VEVzVk9pgjl95EmWpcaSqQ0yvXkOBYx5v9zhdYwJflnc7zhRKAE-Xgw2TNW8q7y0pqdnQo8VzufApcW54JeWb0PTrelnJDlLiRs8Zij-mhbZ59nBHu/s1600/bogdonave18x26.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 273px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfzRZZ0ZpcYjA5kRQ0rVDZ98DDI_VEVzVk9pgjl95EmWpcaSqQ0yvXkOBYx5v9zhdYwJflnc7zhRKAE-Xgw2TNW8q7y0pqdnQo8VzufApcW54JeWb0PTrelnJDlLiRs8Zij-mhbZ59nBHu/s400/bogdonave18x26.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474842679539538610" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: left;">Bogdonave Cottage 18x26" oil painting by Frank Bruckmann©</div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">My view of these three, watching the "three stooges" coincidence?</span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzNTnwVwsDBvlgrP27O-1g_b3yMtsPdFOOahJxL13jVQpzrbHtNeVqOsUJ8J4Wltc9Zvp1FoJYYgAynzX-uA8m39b4jOM60OHYr_q50tcnl_Ugf4GOsByl5T9IYhKnx1L259tAJp7LP1h/s1600/P5090001.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPzNTnwVwsDBvlgrP27O-1g_b3yMtsPdFOOahJxL13jVQpzrbHtNeVqOsUJ8J4Wltc9Zvp1FoJYYgAynzX-uA8m39b4jOM60OHYr_q50tcnl_Ugf4GOsByl5T9IYhKnx1L259tAJp7LP1h/s200/P5090001.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5474843555181683330" style="text-align: left;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px; " /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Muffyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08158827534768683459noreply@blogger.com0