Ellen Lindner: Art & Creativity

I recently got to visit my parents and extended family in rural Virginia.  The country vistas are always beautiful, but they were especially green and lush in the middle of summer.  (Even though they were having a dry spell.)

I really enjoyed seeing all the  things I don’t get to see in my Florida suburb:  rolling hills, round hay bales, wooden fences, tassling fields of corn, and lots of cows and horses.

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A drive to the Blue Ridge mountains was simply mesmerizing.  I HAD to keep looking outside!  (But, I wasn’t driving, so it was okay.)

Even though it was threatening to rain, my mom and I did a little light hiking.

Here she is on the trail.  Perhaps you can tell that it drops off steeply on the right.

My mom is awesome!  She’s a talented painter, and she takes care of EVERYONE.

But she’s not much of a techie.  Here’s the photo she took of me in the same spot.

Spending time with my family was delightful.  I even got to do some art play with a niece.  I’ll show you that in the next post.

Ellen Lindner