Lake Waconia, Lake Superior, Murin Style watercolor: small capturing the various seeing angles all at once. The little home next to Lake Waconia

Orchids and women subjects. Hummingbirds.Roses.
Working on the Orchid and Rose painting on the back deck yesterday, it occurred to me that my aunt Cindy and I grew up in a parallel way in St Louis Park. She was born to my Grandmother in that very old railroad two story - these homes are some of the oldest in St Louis Park, and were built along the railroad for the railroad workers. They had very large lots, spring kitchens, and did not have indoor plumbing, most had wells, but many had chicken coops, large lots 1/2 acre or more, and huge oak trees.
Facts are Cindy and I are almost sisters. She was only 3 years old when I was born to her sister who was her senior by 16 years. It is a legacy in my mother's family. She too had a couple of children later in life, and there is a 16 year difference between my sister and I. My other sister, now deceased, was 3 years behind my birth. As the oldest grandchild, I was between the ages.. the Sages and the Last Children in the Klan of the Hubbards from Rochester, MN. This town in Southern Minnesota was where my Grandfather was from. So, my older sister, Cindy, seemed elusive and spoiled, she was the baby. I came from Farmers, gardeners, and the Hubbard Great Aunts were teachers. Precious children, and lots of attention. The rose and the orchid painting was named today :

River History

Rochester Minnesota, Grandpa Harold Hubbard - middle child of ten.

LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Grandmother Ethel Hortense KiNerney

Calumet, Iowa, Grandfather Chester Grant Brown

Grandmother Edith Stillwell

River Towns. Moving through life on a current of history, delivery of goods, defining the soil that changes from time to time based on the way of the river and where it must go. Travelers on the river, comes through the valleys at the level of the water, the coulee's throw down their cool breezes and fly past a traveler seeking a place to pull up to the banks, or go on down river.

Words from a Blogger/ Lilac Lane

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