Picture Window

If I knew how, I'd paint the skyin watercolors, a hundred shades of grayclouds with treetops in the foreground,a bird or two flying toward the horizon. Eventually, I'd need a mat and frame,a wall to hang the picture, coordinatingdrapes and a suitable shade of eggshellpaint, a house to hold it all inside. copyright 2005 Ann …

Chincoteague Watercolor

Great blue heron stands in still water peers past reflection foraging for fish. Indistinct clouds beyond bare trees; amber swamp grass stands at attention, all reflected in water. The only motion, ripples where a yellow leg descended before we arrived. He will pose for hours, this great blue heron, until dinner swims by— then he …