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This lovely lady is in the bay. I could see a very long ship in the sea from way up here!

It was news on the front page of the local newspaper.

It used to be a Dutch naval frigate so it's recycled, basically.

Acacia

This is out of my kitchen window through a double screen...I love the way the screen breaks the image up.

 

In some one's bedroom in Dubai

 

Back on to Abstracts as per request.

Floating Shroud

 

My Iris Painting took a turn.

I'm blaming it on the pressure I am receiving to throw that gladiator ball up high and far so a certain dog can perform athletic gyrations to catch it.

 

More Italy

at an obscure cross roads, somewhere in Emilia Reggiano, I came upon a pine woods with fields of wild salvia...it was raining a bit. I pulled off the road, pulled my wellies on and headed in. A biker slowed down and waved to me. 

 

Identity

 

I need this shoulder bag for the fall,.

149 euro...Galleries Lafayette brand.  Suede.

 

Antibes Today

Very crowded....people shooting off in all directions without looking.

I was hoping to see the owner of Amazon and his new wife there as I know they are in the area.

The cheese man came out with tiny piece of Comte cheese on tooth picks.He starts to tell me about the cheese and I tell him that I live here and buy it all of the time...OH! he drew back...it's a common cheese that looks exotic to tourists.

always buy from the center aisle as they are locals.

I am looking for Himalayan Sea salt...very expensive here.

 

Usine des Bleus

Love this one...on a grey recycled cloth paper.

 

A little nature painting..

 

NewBee Bop

Bee Bop

Perplexion

 

Varian Collision

I had a feeling...

 My friend Annalise has passed. She had been very ill for quite some time. 

She was so lovely...When I lived in NYC on the Upper East Side, she lived in one of the apartments above me. I was on the 4th floor, she on the 5th. We became instant friends. She was super close to her family and I met her wonderful parents and siblings. She was a writer, and a great one. ( she liked Romance as a genre ). She lived all over the world, Scotland, Singapore, Australia. She had a million experiences in so many differnent locations.She knew she was fortunate to have so much yet I can't help feeling so sad at the loss of her.

We had kept in touch over the years. She had been very concerned about her beloved cat and I helped her ( or gave her a bunch of ideas) about finding someone to take the cat when the time came. That cat brought her so much joy as she convalaced. 

She loved her house and I am so happy she passed there..She did so much work on it to make it a comfortable place to live...she knew she would not live much longer. 

She was never married or had children but she had an incredible family and they were all so close. I am sure she was not alone in the end. I know she was broken hearted with the loss of both of her parents in 2023. 

I love this poem that she included in the obiturary that she wrote for herself at the end of her life...

I am sure she is now in her parents arms and feeling all of the love from this dimension too.

Goodbye Annalise.

"In life, seek what you will. Experience it all. Soak it up. Time waits for no one. Home is where the heart is... and now it's calling me back to Scotland - that part of the world that sings in my blood and will forever be where I belong and find my rest."