Sweet colors of Pacque

A few Printemps ago I took a trip to Lyon, France with my sister to visit my niece and her family. I was struck by the brilliant yellow of the forsythias on a grey day.

See the poisson (luscious chocolate fish) in the fenetre (window). The French Easter/Pacque motifs are not bunnies running around but fish.

Ah Delicious!

Ah savoring Spring in Lyon with my sister!!

Have a memorable Fete de Printemp with your family this week!

Soft air/Golden sight

Sitting in my garden painting sunflowers when all of a sudden I looked around and said "something is different here," It is the air, it is quieter and lighter." I think the autumn light is quieter and oddly enough it creates the perfect setting for sunflowers.

My sunflowers must stretch tall to reach the sun as I have such a shady yard. I also must gaurd against the crafty, wily squirrels who run the ridge of my fence and want to fly up to the seed pod seeking a lunch which would prepare them for winter.

My father grew sunflowers and would measure across the center to see how large he could grow them. When I moved away from home sunflower seeds followed and I have planted them everywhere I have lived even Okinawa, Japan. I've also painted them everywhere in France, Italy and now here.

Discovering color in Guatemala

Meet pure Guatemalan RED,as seen in the Solola market. Delicious and if washed carefully can provide many wonderful meals. Is this the inspiration for the red used in the woven textiles of "G"?

Then comes the deep BLUE of a distant volcano, woven into a weaving in Santa Cruz on Lake Atitlan.

Followed by the YELLOW of the Iglesia La Merced. (The Iglesia La Merced is in Antigua and construction was begun in 1548 followed by reconstruction after the 1976 earthquake.) Now you have seen how the three primary colors can be found in Guatemala.