My family of doves

I am now looking for a carpenter to make a dove house for my family of doves.  They have been in my inner garden for about 3 years now.  Their soothing cooing in the early morning brings serenity . There are now two little baby doves. Already flying around. They seem to sleep in the olive tree that is close to my Olive cottage, flying to other olive trees when i get too close. This morning , i was able to catch daddy dove on this pole next to the oleanders. As soon as i tried to approach him closer, he flew.  Also this morning 3 swallows swooped over me and drank from the pool.  Never thought that i would get to like birdwatching. A friend, pointed out to me, that i also have some very interesting butterflies here on my property. Always lots to do around my "quinta"

something new

I finished this painting last week.  Just a simple peasant girl in the filds.  I suppose like every artist, we aspire to do better. Looking at it now, i know that i can .. but i really enjoyed painting her.

Somewhere in my dreams i see myself walking through filds of roses. Silly sentimentality. My father always said. "If we dont dream" what has life to offer us.  Its wonderful to just wonder off to far distance places in our dreams. To capture it on canvas is a little more difficult.