Twenty-eight

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'Studio Props'

oil on canvas

8" x 8"

I arrived at the studio this afternoon and once again I have a security problem. My storeroom door was smashed and the lock to the main studio was jammed and I couldn't get in. Eventually all calmed down and I went around the studio gathering objects that I love - kinda like comfort food.

So here we are at Day 28 with only two days to go. If you haven't clicked on Timemaking to see the month long collaboration with Washington State photographer  Jim D'Evelyn it's worth a look. As we progressed the works start to hang together. And the humor is the best. Check out 'There's Always One.'

Ann

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' Monument '

Continuing inclement weather here, Managed to make

this image at a large cemetery, quite old, in Olympia.

I often stop at out of the way cemeteries and wander.

I'm fascinated to imagine who these people were, and

what their stories are. To honor them in remembrance;

particularly the veterans. It is important to remember

those who came before us.

Rarely does a grave marker indicate the cause of death,

so this headstone is unique. Nelson Barnes, was evidently

a logger here in the Northwest and ' died instantly '

while felling a tree, in 1852; age 21. Today Jan. 8th,

2018, we remember Nelson Barnes.

jim

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