1092 Two Generations

 The pink zinnias took off like crazy this year, but the orange zinnias were few and far between.   This is one of the few I could bring in to enjoy.  There are a few buds left and I will hope they will bloom before the frost.

Day 29 of the Strada Easel September 2021 challenge

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1087 Defying Odds

 There is an unwritten "rule" that groupings of objects should always be in odd numbers, but I am defying that because there might be one flower hiding.  I'm sure you can see it behind those leaves.

Also, Daily Paintworks regularly posts challenges, and a recent challenge was for Even Number Challenge.  I submitted this painting.

Day 24 of the Strada Easel challenge.

https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/diane-campion/1087-defying-odds/931910

1078 Happy Polka Dot Day

 I found this darling little vase on Etsy and it arrived yesterday.  I know it will be a part of many future paintings.  Dyna and John of Owl Creek Ceramics processed the sale so quickly, and enclosed a cute little note.  

Day 15 of the Strada Easel 30-day challenge.

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1041 Tete-`a- Tete

 This was a fun little painting to make, mostly from my recollection.  The tete-a tete daffodils grow two or three flowers per stem, and are only about 6 -8" tall.  One of my neighbors had a clump of these sweet little daffodils in an unlikely place--along the curb at the base of a tree and not very visible.  I couldn't cut them for a still life, so I just added them in my imagination to my tea cup.  

In case you are wondering, the phrase tete-a-tete as a noun means "a private conversation between two people:"  as a verb, "a private conversation between two people," ("a tete-a-tete meal"): and as an adverb "between two people in private"  ("his business was conducted tête-à-tête").

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