Fibermania

Strawberries

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Strawberries Sold

Oil on primed canvas, 10x10"

and now back to our regularly scheduled programming:

I painted a plate of yummy strawberries, The little one in front is from our own garden, with a huge chunk missing from the backside, and the other two are monsters from California, where they really know how to grow BIG strawberries. The missing chunk from our homegrown one tells me that I am not being vigilant enough on the bug patrol, but really, what could I do that would work and not be a pesticide? There aren't enough of these berries to do an all out assault on the sow bugs that are having dessert in our garden. I will continue to buy my strawberries from the store, and let the bugs have mine.

It was all I could do to resist painting each and every seed on the surface. Nonetheless a slight carefulness reemerges. But what I am really happy about is the plate. It really looks like a white plate. Sigh. The fabric is a piece of my hand dyed cotton, which changes color and so that made it fun to paint.

And now for a little food fun. I made cornbread salad, which I believe now makes me a qualified Southerner.

We attended the Cornbread Festival in South Pittsburgh TN in April and had to try this stellar concoction. Crumbled cornbread, green onions, chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers (I used chopped jalapenos) and crisp crumbled bacon. Toss together with Miracle Whip and Bacon Ranch dressing and chow down. Really good. Honest.