Nothing better than this...

I set up my easel on our dock this morning. It doesn't get any better than this!

Neighbor dog Bella Docktor wondered what I was doing.

Lake Sawyer Morning, oil, 6x8 inches. I've painted our view of the lake many times but most times from photographs. I'm enjoying these beautiful summer days for plein air.

Annual Free Zucchini

Annual FREE Zucchini

Our Fourth Annual "To Family"

Barbara Benedetti Newton and Jay Newton 2018

The Stargazer Lilies are in bloom these last days of July 2018

It took a while but we got our dock in 2018

Fourth Annual "To Family" July 28, 2018

Click here to see a short video of the celebration
The band is Still Peaking Project 

Our Olympian Fig 2018 is producing!

We have a few Fuji apples this year.

Gala apples!

Shiro Plums! Just like the ones we enjoyed for 28 years in Renton.

Kayaking...finally

Hot, hot days! It has taken three years but now The Boot women neighbors are finally kayaking. 

We've been here THREE years!

Literally, each day of the last three years Jay and I have said to each other how fortunate we are to live here. We don't go on vacation to a destination. We are here. There's no place like home!  Home, Sweet Home. Home is where the heart is. And on and on...

This morning, before our anticipated 83 degree day, I cut Auntie Laura's Red Magic Peony because it shatters within a few days. I plan for this to be my next oil painting. I have painted it several times over the years. Most memorable is a 15 x 11 inch colored pencil drawing in 1998  called "Turning Point" that was purchased by the University of Washington. Wow! that was 20 years ago. I've had this peony plant a long time.