Sadie's Persimmon Tree

Sadie's Amaryllis

Sadie's Persimmon Tree

August is here and it is time for another post. A few years ago while living in Northern California a very special lady was part of my life. She was in her early nineties and still kept her own house and garden. Quilting and crocheting were her crafts, but gardening was her special love. Two or three times a month she would call and tell me that something beautiful had bloomed. I would drive to her home with my camera and spend an hour or two visiting and taking pictures of whatever wonder her garden had produced. I have a collection fo photographs of Amaryllis, Christmas cactus, cannas, roses, and fruit trees. Several of the photos became watercolor paintings. A painting of her Amaryllis won a first place prize at the ArtFest in Santa Clara. That painting now belongs to my daughter-in-law, Kathleen. I just finished the second painting. It is of Sadie's Japanese persimmon tree. The tree was so laden with fruit that it had to be propped up. I call the painting "Persimmon Bounty".