Irises in late May Laurie Fox Pesemier canvas panel 12 x 16" 30 x 40 cm SOLD
The Neapolitans Stand Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 12 x 16" 30 x 40 cm
At the Rocca Malatina Market Laurie Fox Pessemier Acrylic/wood 8 x 17.5 20 x 44.5cm
Rainbow Blair Pessemier Acrylic/canvas 16 x 12" 40 x 30cm
Cuckoo for You
On Sunday, the telephone rang. “Can you come outside?” the voice asked. And there, in front of the house was a
marvelous Appaloosa, with a friend, G, in the saddle. To me, the Appaloosa is the best sort of
horse, with spots. Although I am not a
rider, I love to see the horses.
We have a project to create a horse head in terra cotta, or
similar material, to hang in Rainbow’s yard.
We had hoped to do it over the winter, but the basement was simply too
cold to work in. So June looks like the
month of the horse head sculpture. We’ll
keep you posted.
Today, Saturday, the weather just became warm: seasonal, really. Before now, it was still cold outside, which
made it difficult to paint or do anything one would normally do, outside, in
May. Despite the call of the cuckoo, the
herald of spring, the season only really sprung this weekend. The cuckoo calls in Rocca Malatina from dawn
until dusk. I always expect to hear the
creak of the clock’s door and the slam as the bird recedes into his house. I never heard the cuckoo, outside of the
cuckoo clock at my parents house, until I moved to Italy.
Meanwhile, the prairie around our house has grown to be as
high as an elephant’s eye, or a horse’s eye, in the case of Rainbow. The big mower has gone to other yards, who
couldn’t stand the “great plains” look any longer. Where there is the least amount of slope, the
mower slips down the hill, exposing great swaths of mud. It’s better to have waited, although my
allergies are in full bloom.
We painted pictures in the Rocca Malatina market today. Our town only has two vendors, both selling vegetables;
one with plants, too. I had been living
under the impression our town had 3000 people.
In fact, we officially have
only 558. Which means we are lucky to
have a market at all. One of the
vendors is from our area; the other is a family of Neapolitans (who must live
nearby). I try to buy something from
both, so the market will continue.
Strawberries are in season. I
made a strawberry risotto for lunch.
My Italian teacher brought over a half-dozen “Anglophones”
to see our house on Saturday. We toured
from bottom to top, with one man visiting the basement. We took photos and had laughs, and will join
them on a tour in Bologna on 31 May.
Ahhh, spring.
