Four by Two

Spring.  On the final day of Spring 2012.   Here in Maine, Spring was mostly dark, cold and wet. (I wore sweaters and socks)  Not much did well in those conditions, in the garden.  So, I have a single pair of green leaves making it's way up, in wet muddy dirt surrounded by rain, clouds and only intermittent views of the blue sky because this is a diary view of what the season was, actually, in 2012.

It is overcast this morning, so the work is even darker than it is in real life.  This is the best of all the images I took this morning.  My camera had difficulty focusing.

If I were to use the experiences of my customers, this would be titled the Spring Saga of The Cucumber Seedling.  Planting and replanting, only to see them wither and die, due to the damp, the cold, the whatever we choose to blame.  Gardening and gardeners have to be sturdy in the face of adversity.

12 by 12.  Hand painted cotton, discharged cottons and two commercial prints.  I hope we see more of the commercial blue and white print and the green in Summer.

Now, I will spend my artistic time with the 12 by 20 Myth for July's reveal.  You can see another (delightful interpretation of a Spring 12 by 12 at http://lifescrapsandpatches.blogspot.com/