2 Things I Have Saved

I really love these two artists, Christopher Wool and Rachel Whiteread. These pieces are perfect in the wake of my recent trip.

Today's Color Palette

Japanese iced candy. Can it be used as clothing?

On the Road

I'll be traveling for a few days and hope to collect some important images for the horn. Back to the Midwest for a dose of the middle.

Today's Brice Marden

Feeling linear and curved... Thanks Brice.

Friends of Kevin

I installed a hummingbird feeder on the north side of the house. I chose a feeder recommended by a hummingbird expert who explained the brilliance of a perch on the feeder. The perch allows the little manic guys a chance to stop all that crazy flying and belly up to the sugar water bar. The best thing is that Kevin, I named all the hummingbirds Kevin, hangs out on his perch, drinking his special solution, allowing us to really check him out. The feeder is called Hummzinger and it comes in 2 sizes. It's design makes a lot of sense and Kevin(s) really like it.

The House

Just thinking about the house in Pine Plains...

Weekend Water Shed

Several weeks ago we had our plumber create an additional water line from our well by the house. Nancy commandeered the neighbor's backhoe and soon enough we had a 540' trench down to our garden. We set in the special pvc pipe, used a propane torch to work the connections and hooked up our very own garden hydrant. I spent the past 3 days building, painting and installing the work station at the hydrant site. A trip to Lowe's for lumber, an industrial bin to use as the "sink", some black paint and a couple of bags of pea gravel had me ready to build my ode to water. 

Mott Street

iphone pic of morning walk to the studio...

Power Kitten

Thanks cuteoverload for this little yoga master.

Today's Color Palette

Everywhere I turn I see new flowers opening up. This morning 6 pink/orange poppies surprised me on the north side of the house. There are clumps of miniature daisies growing in the middle of the driveway and random patches of black-eyed Susans throughout the meadow.

Valedictorian Seen in Dirt

Something to Crow About

I have been studying chickens; how to raise them for egg laying and entertainment. I am excited by the prospect of having small flock. These fine specimens came from Bilbliodyssey.

Dog Man

This is what a German Shorthaired Pointer named Mack looks like made into the people's bed because he refused to get out. He continued to nap for 20 minutes after being photographed.

Early Corn

Our 24 acre field of corn is standing green and tall at 5 feet. The deer run in and out of their endless salad bar and the rabbits and turkeys inhabit the fringe at the field's edge. These beautiful seed packages are from the Smithsonian digital collection. The images on the packages say so much about the glory and hope that once existed in American farms and gardens, before the corporate industrialization of food.

Back to the Horn

After a week of family duties and power gardening I'm back at the helm of the StudioHorn. Expect more posts after a week of data and image collecting.... PS - thanks to everyone for letting me know that you are enjoying this meandering blog!