tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39345840184089772502024-03-14T11:26:16.969-07:00Unocchio's Paint SpotA place where Unocchio can post his work in progress and maybe ramble on about current happenings. All contents copyrighted © by M L Hershberger (Unocchio Vecchiaccio)Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.comBlogger564125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-30840512299042022502016-03-28T21:52:00.006-07:002016-03-28T21:52:59.561-07:00That Oregon Coast again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Today, 28 Mar 2016 it snowed... from before sunup until late in the afternoon, We need the water but I think it killed lots of buds on the trees.... which means no fruit this year for the early blossomers. My indoor lemon trees have bloomed and this seasons crops are on the branches.... and I'm loving it. :-)</div>
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So early one morn I was walking along the Oregon Coast and just before the river delta I caught this image. It was better than my painting with it's sparkling beauty and sun shinning thru the river's canyon. Maybe next time I paint it I can get more into it.</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy. Ted Kulongosk</span></div>
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Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-45913532778966046982016-03-02T11:56:00.001-08:002016-03-02T11:56:35.698-08:00Bright Spot in the Morning FogOn one of my early morning walks in Oregon while taking pictures I saw the fog burning off and things started getting brighter. Sunlight seemed to stream in every now and then lighting up bright spots. It was cool and refreshing and enjoyable. I was glad to be there.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">“When the fog lifts on this economy, I think we’ll find a lot of people refusing to ever turn off their caution lights.” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4157885.Jarod_Kintz" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Jarod Kintz</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">, </span><span id="quote_book_link_13411506" style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/18668304" style="color: #333333; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.</a></span><br />
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Oil on Mat Board 8x10Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-8948380059495208662016-02-26T09:20:00.002-08:002016-02-26T09:20:58.284-08:00Poppy FieldPoppies are so delicate and I haven't painted a field of them before.<br />
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I sing the Poppy! The frail snowy weed! The flower of Mercy! that within its heart Doth keep "a drop serene" for human need, A drowsy balm for every bitter smart. For happy hours the Rose will idly blow-- The Poppy hath a charm for pain and woe. <a href="http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/Mary+A.+Barr/1/index.html" style="color: #0099dd; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none;"><span itemprop="creator">Mary A. Barr</span> Quotes</a></div>
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And would it not be proud romance Falling in some obscure advance, To rise, a poppy field of France? <a href="http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/William+Alexander+Percy/1/index.html" style="color: #0099dd; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none;"><span itemprop="creator">William Alexander Percy</span> Quotes</a><span style="color: #999999; font-size: 14.45px; line-height: 26px;"> </span></div>
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And far and wide, in a scarlet tide, The poppy's bonfire spread.</div>
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Oil on Mat Board 7x11Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-81247951308684417592016-02-25T12:13:00.000-08:002016-02-25T12:13:25.697-08:00Beyond Repair<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Another old barn biting the dust ... sad to see all these relics of past ages returning to the earth. Maybe I can capture some of them in paintings before they go... and before I go :-)</div>
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<a class="mainquote" href="http://www.searchquotes.com/quotation/We_spend_the_first_half_of_our_lives_trying_to_grow_up_and_the_other_half_trying_to_figure_out_how_w/499307/" style="background-color: white; color: #232323; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="firstword" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">We</span> spend the first half of our lives trying to grow up and the other half trying to figure out how we got so old!</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">I made all these great musicals with Judy Garland. It was all about me going into a barn and saying: 'Let's put on a show.' That's what me and Judy did. Mickey Rooney</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /></div>
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Oil on mat board 8x10Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-29628517363809977822016-02-23T19:12:00.002-08:002016-02-23T19:12:36.480-08:00My Days are Gone<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Barns like people get old and sometimes useless :-) ... but not always. anyway, I gave this a try with my knife ... do you like it?</div>
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<a class="mainquote" href="http://www.searchquotes.com/quotation/It_is_a_rare_and_difficult_attainment_to_grow_old_gracefully_and_happily./10105/" style="background-color: white; color: #2c4070; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="firstword" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">t</span> is a rare and difficult attainment to grow old gracefully and happily.</a></div>
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<a class="mainquote" href="http://www.searchquotes.com/quotation/The_excitement_of_learning_separates_youth_from_old_age._As_long_as_youre_learning%2C_youre_not_old./233890/" style="background-color: white; color: #2c4070; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19.5px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span class="firstword" style="font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">The</span> excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning, you're not old.</a></div>
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Oil on mat board 8x10Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-10762212011850252412016-02-15T11:53:00.002-08:002016-02-15T11:53:47.907-08:00The old red barnI did not go out and paint this on the farm... too bad... yesterday was a very nice day.<br />
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Oil on mat board 8x10Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-78737607086031546782016-02-13T20:53:00.002-08:002016-02-13T20:56:13.948-08:00Sunset on the Oregon Coast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oil on mat board 6x8Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-31276070592704877062016-01-26T17:38:00.001-08:002016-01-26T17:38:29.260-08:002 Fat Pears in a bowlToday I am posting part of the painting process. I took the black W/c paper and sketched the outline of my drawing. Next I did a value study in whites and shades of blue to blue-black.. This is what it looks like at this stage. Next stage I add color... matching the values but not paying attention to detail. Finally I finish off with the color & the details.<br />
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Oil on Water color paper 7x10Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-90214053159408981492016-01-24T14:55:00.004-08:002016-01-24T14:55:53.132-08:00What's for Breakfast?Well this tasty treat did not last long. <br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">I want it said of me by those who knew me best,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">where I thought a flower would grow. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; line-height: 20px; text-align: center;">- Abraham Lincoln</span><br />
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oil on canvas paper 5x7Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-91451736790202805952016-01-22T13:44:00.001-08:002016-01-22T13:44:17.766-08:00An apple a dayI love apples... they taste good... they look good... and they are good for you.<br />
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<span class="bqQuoteLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif !important; font-size: 20px; line-height: 26px;"><a class="qt_479231" href="https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/r/rebeccarom479231.html?src=t_apples" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; text-decoration: none;" title="view quote">Eating apples is good on so many levels. There's fiber in the skin that's really good for you. It helps with digestion and helps you absorb all the nutrients of everything you've eaten that day. Apples are a really good thing.</a> </span><a class="qa_479231" href="https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/rebecca_romijn.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0000aa; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" title="view author">Rebecca Romijn</a><br />
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oil on canvas paper 6x8Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-90051758526426985952016-01-17T17:00:00.001-08:002016-01-17T17:00:56.635-08:00Lemons and more lemonsThese are fresh lemons... from my refridge and that "bubble" is actually a float for fisherman's nets.... and old one at that.... it's glass ... just a glass bubble now. My good friend, another artist, from Texas sent it too me. This is the first time I've painted it into a picture but it wouldn't be the last.... I'm just getting started.<br />
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When life gives you lemons, squeeze the juice on your fresh, wild salmon ... I said that. Here's what others say:<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">“When life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the eye.” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19058.Cathy_Guisewite" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Cathy Guisewite</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">“When life gives you lemons, you don't make lemonade. You use the seeds to plant a whole orchard - an entire franchise! Or you could just stay on the Destiny Bus and drink lemonade someone else has made, from a can.” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6154621.Anthon_St_Maarten" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Anthon St. Maarten</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">“when life gives you lemon, take it. don't waste food” </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">― </span><a class="authorOrTitle" href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6570139.giselle_marquez" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Lato, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">giselle marquez</a><br />
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oil on canvas paper 8x10Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-11584801948585775332016-01-16T12:57:00.001-08:002016-01-16T12:57:40.798-08:00Pear Apple & a PitcherCan't seem to end it with the pears... I love pears. I have one left from the bag of organic bosc pears I bought at Costco. Maybe I'll pick up another bag Monday or Tuesday. Oh yea, the organic apple is also one I bought. I try to eat an apple a day.... don't always make it but I'm working on it.<br />
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Trying to get some mood and atmosphere in these paintings.... and be painterly.... that means broad brush strokes that show after the painting is finished. I keep working on it.<br />
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<i style="background-color: #e9e7df; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">It is, in my view, the duty of an <a href="http://www.foodreference.com/html/qapples.html" style="color: blue;">apple</a> to be crisp and crunchable, but a pear should have such a texture as leads to silent consumption."</i><span style="background-color: #e9e7df; color: maroon; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Edward Bunyard, 'The Anatomy of Dessert' </span><br />
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<br />Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-5442490734855921972016-01-14T17:46:00.002-08:002016-01-14T17:46:40.747-08:00Flaming PearI know that this looks like the other painting I did of a Riviera & a Mason Jar... I painted it again this time added a few things extra. The photo came out a little dark so the grape in the lower right is a little difficult to see. Heh heh ... but it's there. The background colors make it look like it's on fire... maybe it is.... a poached pear. :-)<br />
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Oil on canvas paper 8x10Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-36035296551353292102016-01-11T12:52:00.002-08:002016-01-11T12:52:29.175-08:00Royal Riviera and a Mason JarHere is the Royal Riviera and a Mason jar with the upgrades<br />
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<br />Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-35331179537763571312016-01-10T12:06:00.001-08:002016-01-10T12:06:19.125-08:00End of the boxHere are the last pears from the box.... yes I ate them all. So I painted a little more on this trying to incorporate Matt's suggestions. Looking better, eh?<br />
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Oil on canvas paper 6x8Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-19558906412469113902016-01-10T12:03:00.004-08:002016-01-10T12:03:38.948-08:00Bosc standingI bought a bag of these at cosco.... almost gone now...... this is a "refined" painting I did a while ago.<br />
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Oil on canvas paper 6x8Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-23894225661850491432016-01-10T12:00:00.001-08:002016-01-10T12:00:12.561-08:00Dish of PearsWell only one pear fit in this dish... a LARGE pear. this is the latest version. Hope you like it.<br />
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Oil on canvas paper 6x8Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-90198044718781970252016-01-09T17:55:00.002-08:002016-01-09T17:55:10.914-08:00One Green royal RivieraWell they came in a box of 12 pears ... mostly green... but they did ripen up nicely so I go to eat them all. My photography is not all that good yet but I'm working on it. Some of the transparent colors seem to disappear but I think this is better than the first posting of this pear.<br />
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Everyone in California lives on a white, sandy beach.” False. The only
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You know you’re from Arizona when you drive two miles around a parking
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<br />Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-69562053602634609712015-12-27T12:19:00.000-08:002015-12-27T12:19:02.659-08:00Gotta go backWell I left this one unfinished because I need to go back to Arizona. I love Arizona.<br />
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"I recognize the right and duty of this generation to develop and use the natural resources of our land; but I do not recognize the right to waste them, or to rob, by wasteful use, the generations that come after us."</div>
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Oil on canva paper 8x10Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-67334831115221707322015-12-24T09:19:00.001-08:002015-12-24T09:19:21.109-08:00It's white todayHope this is an indication of the Winter to come. A couple days after the Winter Solstice and we have a nice covering of snow down here in the valley. I love Winter. Tomorrow the sun may come out.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;">And there is quite a different sort of conversation around a fire than there is in the shadow of a beech tree.... [F]our dry logs have in them all the circumstance necessary to a conversation of four or five hours, with chestnuts on the plate and a jug of wine between the legs. Yes, let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. ~Pietro Aretino, translated from Italian</span><br style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><br style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><br style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><span style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;">[W]hat a severe yet master artist old Winter is.... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel. ~John Burroughs, "The Snow-Walkers," 1866</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;">Winter is a time of promise because there is so little to do — or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so. ~Stanley Crawford, </span><i style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;">A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm</i><span style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;">, 1992</span><br style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><br style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><br style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;" /><span style="background-color: #e5e5dd; color: #330000; font-family: georgia, 'bookman old style', 'palatino linotype', 'book antiqua', palatino, 'trebuchet ms', helvetica, garamond, sans-serif, arial, verdana, 'avante garde', 'century gothic', 'comic sans ms', times, 'times new roman', serif;">One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb</span><br />
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<br />Unocchio Vecchiacciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453169065283841731noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3934584018408977250.post-16755557485381302842015-12-16T08:39:00.003-08:002015-12-16T08:39:39.731-08:00Tomatoes from my garden again<span style="font-size: large;">My Grandson's wife told me that her mom pulled up the tomato plants at the end of the year and hung them indoors to ripen the last of the tomatoes that were hanging on the vine still green. Not having a barn or shed I hung them in the guest room which has a large South facing window which warms up the room nicely during the Winter. It works fine. I love tomatoes..... salad, soup or in a snadwhich... whatever.</span><br />
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