Category: Art

I don’t need to say much about Suzy Fatsinger’s beautiful handmade shawls, hand-spun and hand-knit. This is the fifth of six shawls Suzy made this year. The first four have already been sold.

The mohair comes from Suzy’s angora goats, Alice, Ruth, and Lucy. She also uses wool from her favorite fiber artists. Suzy made one of her shawls for me, and I especially love it this time of year.

“I love the strip of green hidden in the rust,” says Maria. “It reminds me of the deer paths that snake through the trees in the woods.”

Suzy and Maria have become close friends; they work beautifully together.

“Autum Rust” is 71″ x 19.” It costs $185 plus $15 shipping.

You can buy it from Maria’s Etsy shop or email her at [email protected]. She takes checks, PayPal, and Venmo.

I had a morning surgery this morning near Sarasota; it was for my eyes, the final step in the Cataract Surgery I had a couple of months ago. Just some clean-up; it took only a few minutes and went well. I didn’t sleep much last night, neither did Maria.

She had to drive me to and from the surgery, they wouldn’t let me drive home alone. As we came into town, we went by my friend Sue’s Cambridge Florist shop, and I got an armful of fresh flowers and got right to work for my photos this afternoon; it’s good fodder for my Flower Art tonight; I’m calling it Abstract Floral Realism.

Sue is my Fairy Flowermother. She understands exactly what kind of flowers I need for my photos and scored big today.

She is a great friend; she and her partner, Michael, have done a fantastic job putting that shop together.  They are busy almost every hour.

Sue has a fantastic sense of humor and we always end up laughig together. She gets a kick out of seeing her flowres on my flog. I get a kick out of buyint them.

She is always busy, and she has helped me figure out what flowers to use in my photos. Bless you, Sue. Congratulations on your success. Your store is THE place to get flowers around here, and it’s  helped me more than I can say. She gave me some tulips that are beautiful but too old to sell. I bought a bunch of others.

Photos in the sun are challenging with pupil dilation but I get through it by wrapping a kitchen towl around the sun side of my face.Works fine.

I’m not 100 percent sure what I mean about abstract realism, but it feels right to me, and I like its sound. A mix between the realism of Roth and O’Keeffe, that’s what I shooting for, humble me.

We returned to a warm and wonderful day; we both hoped to sit outside with Zip in the sun for a while later.

Once I got outside with my camera, Zip, my associate popped up and took position so he could keep an eye on what I was doing. I think he approved, but after some neck scratching he was sound asleep.

(Flower photo by Maria)

I told him I’d be coming out to sit in the sun with him later this afternoon. He knows.

I had to beg to get on Maria’s hit Holding Pillow Want-a-List, but she surprised me and went into her studio while I was distracted writing and came out with this one on Sunday.

I never had a stuffed animal as a kid, but I love to hold things when I meditate, read, or soak up some silence. I love this one; it has a lot of mojo.

There is a beautiful heart, and I’ve named him Gabriel for Gabriel Marcia Marquez, my favorite novelist. She has a lot of people wanting these, and I appreciate getting them. I’m not taking him to bed because I like holding Maria up at night.

But I meditated with Gabriel in my arms this morning, and it was very nice. You can read about it here, and if you wish to contact Maria e-mail is [email protected].

Sketch at the Inn where we stayed from Maria.

Maria’s sketch when we got home.

When Maria showed me a photo of Suzy Fatzinger’s latest and last shawl of this season, the first word that came to mind was “dignity.” Maria thought it was fit for a goddess. I know what she means. She calls it an “Earth Shawl…”

Suzy’s shawls are unique and extraordinary. They are handmade, of course, from the wool of her goats. Suzy’s work is beautiful. She sold every shawl she showed us (Maria sold them on her Etsy Page).

This shawl, the last one available from Suzy until next Fall, costs $185 plus $15 shipping and is on sale. I’ll miss seeing them when Suzy is finished.

They are up now on Maria’s Etsy Page. I wonder if they will be there for long; they never are.

I love Suzy’s work so much that Maria brought me one of her shawls, which I love to put on when I’m reading in front of the Wood Stove in cold weather. I never thought they were meant for men, but I love mine (below). Her work is a treasure.