Boo!

Halloween can be frightening. Especially for a child with food allergies. If you have been reading here for a while then you probably already know that Kiddo has a life threatening allergy to peanut. Keeping her safe is something we have to think about every single day. And Halloween is her favorite holiday! Which is why I usually choose this time to mention her food allergy. I feel that the least I can do is try to promote greater understanding and awareness on her behalf. Please consider making a donation to FAAN, an organization that works hard "to raise public awareness, to provide advocacy and education, and to advance research on behalf of all those affected by food allergies and anaphylaxis."

Have a safe and Happy Halloween!

(this moment)

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

-inspired by Amanda Blake Soule of SouleMama

Reclaimed Moment

Reclaimed Moment

oil on canvas

6 x 6 inches

©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

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It's always a little tough getting back into the routine of things after being away, even if it was for only a few days. But I'm not complaining, just easing back into my days of homeschooling lessons and making art.

This is painting #46 of my 100 painting project, another view of the marshes of Botany Bay at Edisto Island, SC. I have quite a backlog of paintings to post. Hopefully I will be able to maintain a more regular blogging schedule and get up to date before the year ends!

Sunny days

A page of my sketchbook done while sitting on the screened porch of our rental cottage at Edisto Beach, where we enjoyed a few glorious days of sun, sand, and lots of relaxation. Back home now, and back to work. Sorry for the lapse in postings but I'll be back on schedule soon.

Balance

Two Trees on the Hill

colored pencil on Rising Museum Board

4.5 x 6.5 inches

©Ann Thompson Nemcosky

This is what I have been working on over the past few days. I have been wanting to get back to working in  colored pencil and used this drawing as a practice piece of sorts, to become familiar again with drawing. There are more paintings of my 100 painting project coming, but I have been feeling a need for more balance in my work. Drawing, for me, is such a nice balance to painting.

This is a view from the Blue Ridge Parkway near my home. Just over the hill with the trees and before the more distant hill is a road that I travel nearly every time I return from town. I have always liked the openness there. Just before that stretch the road is very windy and tree lined. Then the road straightens out for a bit as it rises up with these bare, rolling hills on either side and it's like an exhale, ahhhh....

(this moment)

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

-inspired by Amanda Blake Soule of SouleMama

Auntmn sketches

A couple of sketches from my autumn handmade sketchbook. Leaves and a dried marigold seed head found blowing around the yard, done in watercolor only, no pencil.

And a pear left over from our favorite new (to us) side dish. The recipe I found online at allrecipes.com. The pears at the grocery were too beautiful not to purchase a few. Of course, I then had to find some way to use them up after their photo session for future reference. This dish was so very tasty and very easy to prepare. (I left out the liqueur) I don't know why I hadn't tried pears this way before, but I do know I will be making it again.

(this moment)

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

-inspired by Amanda Blake Soule of SouleMama

Acorns

I sat down and sketched these acorns the other evening, using watercolor pencils. There is a little collection of acorns on our kitchen windowsill, collected from the yard and driveway. We have had an abundance of acorns this year. That seems to suggest a hard winter ahead. I hope not. Not again. Although last year we had almost no acorns fall from our oak trees. And last winter here was brutal. So I don't know what that means. Except that for a few weeks we heard the constant ping of acorns falling onto the driveway.

I love that acorns are so full of possibility. That's usually how I feel about this time of year too. Something about the Autumn, when October comes around, that makes me think of new beginnings, a fresh start. More so than in January even. Maybe it's because of all those acorns.

(this moment)

{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.

-inspired by Amanda Blake Soule of SouleMama