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.

Warm tertiary colors in Guatemala

I am sitting in cold gray Colorado looking out my window at a spring snowstorm. I am positively warmed by memories of yellow-orange, red-orange and yellow-green in Guatemala. After seeing all these 12 colors as represented in Guatemala you can

understand why the artform of

Guatemala, (textiles) ,

is so vibrant and rich.

Motivated by all this wonderful color I read with interest the direction spring colors in Paris are taking, (see the Polly vous francais blog). Also a new site on color has been born, check out http://www.colourlovers.com/. I have not spent enough time on this new site but it promises to be fun.