It’s raining today

As I’m walking home from the store today in the pouring rain, a white car comes speeding toward me, deviating from its normal path to veer as close to me as it can.

If there were a lot of rain in the gutter, that move would be guaranteed to kick up a wall of water that would drench me to the skin.   And presumably they would drive away laughing.

Unfortunately for them, I am at a relatively dry stretch of road, so their attempted prank has no effect.

For once the universe is on MY side.  Ha ha, assholes.

Edelweiss about to bloom

Edelweiss budding

The view from my balcony, May 26 2013

Red, Purple, Green – finished

I did some more work on this unloved red painting and think it’s about finished now.

Red, Purple, Green by M.K. Hajdin

Artwork of the Day: Erin O’Malley

Ambient, photograph by Erin O’Malley.  Source

I love this work from artist Erin O’Malley.   Reminds me of a shimmering opal.

Artwork of the Day: Mary Cassatt

Today is Mary Cassatt’s birthday.  Here’s a painting by her:

Two Women Seated by a Woodland Stream by Mary Cassatt.  Source

 

While respecting the fact that she was one of the leading female impressionists and one of the few women artists most people can recognize, I have to admit that I’m a bit bored by Cassatt’s endless mothers-and-babies subject matter.  She painted her world, but what a narrow world it was, with motherhood being the only possible career for so many women.

Artwork of the Day: Sue McDougall

Solent Saturday by Sue McDougall

I liked the unusual composition and meditative colors of this piece by Sue McDougall.

Sue also writes about women artists. Click here to visit her blog.

Black petunia blooms; I get my internet back

Here’s a blooming black petunia to cheer the momentous occasion of getting my internet back.

Yep, they’re black. Somewhat lightened to show detail

 

 

I have a tumblr. It’s called exiledstar.tumblr.com

Wall of Ice by M.K. Hajdin

So if you are on tumblr and you like art and you like this blog, why not follow me?

 

Here’s a link.

 

The view from my balcony, May 7, 2013

Here’s the view from my balcony this afternoon.

View from my balcony, 7 May 2013

Also, some views of my balcony garden.

White petunias on the windowsill

And some more petunias about to bloom very soon:

Blue Star petunias about to bloom

The humble petunia:  so much happiness in such a small, cheap, easy-to-grow package.