BLOG about PAINTING

It was sunny today! Oh, joy! Not only does that make things warmer outdoors, but also it means that the house heats up very nicely from passive solar heating. Also, the hills across the way are bathed in sunlight, and the sheep show up as tiny bright white dots against the spring green of the pastures.

The local farmer has his herd of cattle in the bottom lands. Every day, he moves the electric fence over about 25 metres to let the cattle have fresh grass. Unfortunately, since the field is so wet from all the rain, the hooves really chew up the sod, and you can see each day's progress down the field. Hey, maybe I should try to paint that. Maybe tomorrow. For today, it's another sky:

TODAY'S TIDBIT

The climate here is subtropical, so all kinds of plants naturalize on their own. It's not unusual to see Camellias growing on the hillside overlooking the Mahurangi River or Jasmine blanketing every bush within sight. Right now, most shrubs and trees are flowering. Makes everything awfully pretty.