Tea with Wild Cherries

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It is extremely rainy now in my part of Russia - seems as if I "brought" the rainy weather from Athens, GA to Chelyabinsk, Russia. But the rain doesn't seem to bother the wild cherry trees in my garden - they seem to prosper in this weather and hot tea is always good when it's cold and wet outside.

Fresh Apple

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I spent two days at our country house with my daughter. The weather was fine. We ate a lot of apples from our apple trees and had a nice chat with our neighbors - two little boys.

August Apples

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We Are All Fruit

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These apples are from our garden - they are ripe and sweet now! The mandarin has been bought at a fruit stand right below my second floor window - a salesman from Tajikistan is selling fruit there. Mandarins don't grow here, in the Urals - it's too cold for them. I think you can even see the hot climate of Tajikistan in this mandarin's sunny flesh.

Cup and Fruit

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Unfinished Still life...

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Just bought a canvas at a local art store, thought I'd paint a little... But in two hours it got dark, so I decided to call it a day. And continue painting tomorrow. Thanks for watcjing!

Blackcurrant and Redcurrant

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Teacup and Mandarin

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 I have always wanted to take photos of each consecutive stage of my painting process and today I finally did that! Thanks for watching!

Creamer and Plums

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Teacup and Berries

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Yesterday turned out especially prolific for me. I had just finished my first painting and was about to call it a day when my husband came back home from our country house and brought two baskets full of raspberries, strawberries, gooseberries and currants. He was even so thoughtful as to pick some of them with their leaves - exactly how I need them for my paintings! So, naturally, how could I resist the temptation of painting another one  and this became my second painting for the day.