I used to paint and draw a lot. I was one of those kids who doodled on every piece of homework I turned in. My parents encouraged me- but pretty much no one else did, so I stopped drawing and painting and started writing- something I’m much better at honestly. I also have a slight essential tremor- so I was never going to be a surgeon.
But I’ve never stopped wanting to paint- and with all the rain and wind, garden work wasn’t on the agenda today so I thought I’d break out the acrylics.
The lemon tree is probably my favorite- drawing arugula is hard! But it’s nice to experiment with so much green, and it’s nice to have paint stains on my hands again.
I think I’ll give these away to friends- except the Joi Choi- mom wants that one.
I have so many old canvases in the closet, maybe with practice I’ll get better at drawing the plants in my garden.
It was really nice to mix colors again.
The Neanderthal Gardens 
Ha! My mother saved some of my first finger paintings. One featured a big cherry tree, a big avocado tree, and blackberry canes in between. Another ‘painting’ I did with pastels when I was more ‘mature’ shows pears hanging on a tree.
Interesting that they were all of plants!
It was what I was interested in.