Saturday, August 30, 2014

Mirror, Mirror on the Beach

Mirror, Mirror on the Beach
at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk, Maine
on August 26, 2014, sketched on August 30, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Guest Poem Response
by Barbara the Librarian
Mirror, mirror
on the beach,
oh, there you are, 
far from reach.

Friday, August 29, 2014

Summer Beach Day

Summer Beach Day
at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk, Maine
on August 26, 2014, sketched on August 30, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Summer Form in Surf

Summer Form in Surf
at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk, Maine
on August 26, 2014, sketched on August 29, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

A Beach Umbrella, Not

A Beach Umbrella, Not
at Parsons Beach in Kennebunk, Maine
on August 26, 2014, sketched on August 27, 2014
12" x 9", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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A Beach Umbrella, Not
By Bruce McMillan

Is it made of beech,
I mean the pole, no,
that's made of plastic
these days, so it's not
a beech umbrella,
but then neither could
it possibly be
a beach umbrella
because it's a bright
sunny day and why
would you need an open
umbrella; it's not
raining, the sky's clear.
But don't you go to
a shade less beach to
take in the sun, yet,
you want to stay out
the sun; this isn't
making sense, is it?
Or perhaps it is.
So simply leave behind
that beach umbrella,
forget it, and bring
a beach parasol;
that will keep you out
of the sun that you
go to the beach for.
Right, a parasol is
to keep you shaded.
Oh, and bring along
a dictionary,
to read in that shade
to make sense of this.
Unless you go to the
beach on a day when
it rains, then just bring
a beach umbrella.

poem © 2014 Bruce McMillan
not for reuse without permission

Tuesday, August 26, 2014

First Pond Late Afternoon

First Pond Late Afternoon
during my ponds walk in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 25, 2014, sketched on August 26, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Monday, August 25, 2014

The Walk Home

The Walk Home
through the back fields in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 20, 2014, sketched on August 25, 2014
6" x 4", Winsor & Newton watercolors, on 140 lb.
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Sunday, August 24, 2014

Behind the Library Desk

Behind the Library Desk
at the Springvale Public Library in Springvale Maine
on August 23, 2014, sketched on August 24, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Saturday, August 23, 2014

Purple Lily August

Purple Lily August
in Shapleigh, Maine on August 19, 2014, sketched on August 23, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Friday, August 22, 2014

The Back Fields Looking South

The Back Fields Looking South
behind my home in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 20, 2014, sketched on August 22, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Purple Day Lily Bud

Purple Day Lily Bud
in one of my rock gardens in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 13, 2014, sketched on August 21, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors on 140 lb.
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Purple Day Lily

Purple Day Lily
and buds in my rock garden in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 17, 2014, sketched on August 20, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Monday, August 18, 2014

Geranium Bloom

Geranium Bloom
(Pelargonium hortorum) hanging by my door
greeting guests in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 13, 2014, sketched on August 18, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Summer Greetings
By Bruce McMillan
Red flowers, geraniums, hang
at the end of my porch, blooming
all summer long, welcoming me
home with visual perfuming.

poem © 2014 Bruce McMillan
not for reuse without permission

Playing with the Toy Ocean

Playing with the Toy Ocean
on the beach at Laudholm Reserve in Wells, Maine
on August 10, 2014, sketched on August 18, 2014
6" x 4", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Sunday, August 17, 2014

Beach Walkers

Beach Walkers
at the Laudholm Reserve Beach in Wells, Maine
on August 10, 2014, sketched on August 17, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Beach Walkers
Salt air surrounding
the sound of surf, ocean-side
footsteps in sand grains.

haiku poem © 2014 Bruce McMillan
not for reuse without permission

Friday, August 15, 2014

Sanderling Contemplating Lunch

Sanderling Contemplating Lunch
(Calidris alba) on the beach at Laudholm Reserve in Wells, Maine
on August 10, 2014, sketched on August 15, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Uke Beach Serenader Topless

Uke Beach Serenader Topless
at Laudholm Reserve Beach in Wells, Maine on August 10, 2014
sketched on August 14, 2014
12" x 9", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Ang-Gull

Ang-Gull
 of an American Herring Gull (Larus smithsonianus) on the beach
at Laudholm Reserve in Wells, Maine on August 10, 2014, 
sketched on August 12, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Monday, August 11, 2014

A Great Egret Scratch

A Great Egret Scratch
a Great Egret (Ardea alba) scratching in the Laudholm Estuary
in Wells, Maine on August 10, 2014, sketched on August 11, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Obedient Plant Blooms

Obedient Plant Blooms
(Physostegia virginiana) in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 9, 2014, sketched on August 10, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Friday, August 8, 2014

Sumac Stem Sun Showered

Sumac Stem Sun Showered
Staghorn Sumac (Rhus typhina) in my yard after an early evening
sun shower in Shapleigh, Maine on August 8, 2014, sketched on August 9, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014

First Pond Sun Catching

First Pond Sun Catching
seen on an evening ponds walk behind my home in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 7, 2014, sketched on August 7, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Mullein at Sunrise

Mullein at Sunrise
Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
by my home in Shapleigh, Maine on August 5, 2014, sketched on August 6, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Home to Green Walks

Home to Green Walks
through the fields to the ponds in Shapleigh, Maine
on August 4, 2014, sketched on August 5, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, on 140 lb.
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Brad Arnold Three Doors Down

Brad Arnold Three Doors Down
performing at the Casino in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
on August 2, 2014, sketched on August 5, 2014
6" x 4", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
Strathmore cold press archival watercolor paper
NFS

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Overheard I'm Pregnant

Overheard I'm Pregnant
in the early evening at Hampton Beach, New Hampshire
on August 2, 2014, sketched on August 3, 2014
7" x 5", Winsor & Newton watercolors, #3 graphite, on 140 lb.
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Saturday, August 2, 2014

Day Lily Quartet

Day Lily Quartet
in Rochester, NH on July 31, 2014, sketched on August 1, 2014
6" x 4", Winsor & Newton watercolors, on 140 lb.
Strathmore cold press acid free watercolor paper
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August August
Sky blue, flower colors,
short sleeves, long sun greens, bugs,
bird songs, summer blooms.
 
haiku poem © 2014 Bruce McMillan
not for reuse without permission