This is from a photograph I took when we went to Springfield, Ma for the weekend so that John could attend a conference. While he was busy I got together with some of the other wives and we went to Sturbridge Village, a replica of a Pioneer Village. It was very interesting and I have to say I was impressed with the way they tried to recreate the way life was at the time. It was a hot day though and I have to believe that the "Pioneer's" were extremely hot in their heavy wool garments.

I have been working on this picture for about a week on and off. It's done in a variety of pastels, on a new surface that I have been wanting to try called Pastelmat.

These are a couple of pictures that I have done recently.

The one on the left is of a meadow that we passed while out driving a couple of weekends ago and I loved all the long grasses that lead up to the field and trees beyond. I call it Bobolink Meadow because it is just the sort of field that Bobolinks love - though sadly there were none there that day.

The picture on the right is of some of the outbuildings of Shaw Farm which is a local Ice Cream Stand that we were actually driving to when we passed the Bobolink Meadow. They have the most wonderful ice cream. I did take a little artistic licence in that I changed the height of the trees a little to make it a more interesting composition.