On My Table – II – Puzzle

Tonight in my On My Table series I will not show what is currently on one of my tables, but rather what I sometimes use my card table for.

Puzzle, Puzzle pieces, guess the puzzle, culture, paintingSometimes I like to put together puzzles on my card table.

I always find the edge pieces first.

Puzzle, Puzzle pieces, guess the puzzle, culture, paintingThen it is time to put together the outline.

Puzzle, Puzzle pieces, guess the puzzle, culture, paintingAnd then slowly start filling it in.

Puzzle, Puzzle pieces, guess the puzzle, culture, paintingSlowly the we start to see what the puzzle will look like.Puzzle, Puzzle pieces, guess the puzzle, culture, paintingThe picture starts coming into focus.Puzzle, Puzzle pieces, guess the puzzle, culture, paintingThen the easy parts are done and all that are left are areas of mostly solid color.

american gothic, puzzle, IowaFinally we get a completed picture of American Gothic by Grant Wood.

Steven

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Shadows around the Yard

Tonight I will share some shadows from around the yard.

shadows, yard, winter, trees, yard workI will start with my shadow on the garage door. You can see my big hair.

shadows, yard, winter, trees, yard workHere I am in my entry way with some branches of the tree shadowed above me. Here you can see more of my curly hair.

shadows, yard, winter, trees, yard workHere we have a nice shadow of me taking pictures of my roses starting to come back to life.

shadows, yard, winter, trees, yard workIn this picture I am paying more attention to the trees shadowed on the front of the house. You can tell that the winter sun is behind me and casting long shadows.

shadows, yard, winter, trees, yard workThis is the view to the back yard from my workspace. I can look out through the sliding glass door and watch the shadows of the trees progress along the fence.

It is good to take a break from looking at your screen and look off into the distance. The fence is about the right distance away.

Over the next few weeks the shadow patterns will change as we approach the equinox and the trees start to leaf out.

Do you like to look at shadows?

Steven

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