House at Pieve di Trebbio Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 9.5 x 12 24 x 30cm
Blossom Blue Base Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 19.5 x 8" 50 x 20cm
Spring Trees Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 8 x 19.5" 20 x 50 cm
White Blossom Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 19.5 x 8" 50 x 20cm
The Ides of March? I am through worrying about bad times. I am plunging ahead, swimming through to
spring and happiness and everything wonderful. Of course, I am aware of another giant
heating bill; but spring has sprung.
I’ve turned the temperature down to 65.
Our neighbors tell us we must go fight the gas company – the bills can’t
be correct. We will see the gas brigade
on Tuesday. Anything we gain will make
things better. But I am not going to let
a lousy gas bill ruin my life. I’ll eat
more spaghetti instead of meat.
Spring is clearly here in Rocca Malatina. On Friday most of the fruit trees burst into
flower: almonds, cherries, apples. It was so warm outside, we had to run for
cover after eating our lunch in the sun:
too hot. Our own persimmon is
coming into bud, although the pomegranates are still without sign of life. The roses have serious leaves, and the new
trees out front have red and green sprouts.
Our paintings reflect the deep blue sky, clear as a bell.
I have been writing on my Slow Travel book: I have nearly 100 book pages, but they are
extremely scattered. I have a terrible
time going back to work on things like that.
I think it should have magically snapped into place – but it’s all over
the board. All those 90-day-publishing guru types never
advised me that I would have to work THIS hard.
Nuts.
All I want to do is go on another trip.
We’ve packed all our remaining Sicily paintings off to our
US company, Soicher Marin. And the
fabulous news is that SUMMERBALL – our baseball show (86 images and the book)
are going to be used in an exhibit to launch a new sports stadium in High
Point, North Carolina. It gives me
reason to paint again.
We went to the flea market today and bought a new oriental
carpet. We got a glass top for the
faux-ivory carved Chinese table we bought in Sicily. The place looks as spiffy as the yard. March on.
