C'est...my blue hat

On the fifth day of Christmas, I finished knitting my wool "Seafarer's Watch Cap". The instructions come, thankfully, from the Seamen's Church Institute- Christmas at Sea project. seamenschurch.org. This project is intended for knitters to knit hats, scarves etc. and then send them to sailors around the world. For any interested knitters, I used Cascade Yarns 220 Superwash wool-color-'Colonial' from the shop 'Unwind" on Waters Avenue here in Savannah. The ladies there are welcoming and helpful always.

C'est...2017 Calendars of my art

 

2017 CALENDARS AVAILABLE

Art by Harriet Speer

 

Wall Calendars- $15.00 each

Desk Calendars-$12.00 each

 

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C'est...number two

The same corner of my living room intrigues

This time horizontal with a mint green

tone-on-tone look

White procelain Italian lamp, orchid,

potato chip plant and large pine cone in

McCoy planter

Finally, a kalanchoe suarezensis in a crackled marble urn on a bold, green modern paisley tablecloth

All, a little incognito, through the artist's eyes and brush

C'est...New Series

 LIVING ROOM SERIES 

Come into the world of La Maison Francaise

French Savannah

Beauty, art, love, domesticity abound

Interpreting my world at home

New interpretation

Come see and keep looking out

More to follow

C'est...living room view morning sitting spot

This watercolor has been completed of the view that holds my attention every morning that I sit here, as well as other times of day when I want to get quiet and ruminate. Writings often bubble up after sitting here.

The quietude pervades-

Nearly quiet-

Quietness

Flame flickering quiet.

Incense rising quiet

Slow, deep breath quiet

Blood flowing smoothly quiet

Few thoughts quiet

Sitting still quiet

Gentle morning birds quiet

Soft heart quiet-

Very important

Good love quiet

Yes, also very important

Bamboo branches quiet

Safe and alone quiet

Middle of the night quiet

Good night’s sleep quiet

In the now quiet

IS-

Flowers pushing up in the garden quiet

Growing wiser quiet

Early morning sun slowly streaming in quiet-

Old oriental rug quiet

Still gaze quiet

Solid ground, deep earth quiet

Gentle, tender soul quiet

Heart-centered quiet

Quiet

C'est...Old Water Works

In 1892 Savannah had the good fortune to open a modern pump house for the municipal water system. This was a forward thinking move that used the most current technology at that time. I have now begun a series of paintings of this complex, the Old Water Works Pump House in Savannah GA, which is located in the western part of the city of Savannah on West Gwinnett Street. Here you find my watercolor of the central tower. It is a beautiful Richardsonian Romanesque structure. More to follow.

C'est...Front yard reflection

Soft, watery reflections of branches create a diagonal

across the Seine blue walls.

The light has traveled across the window- up

through the transom window and projects

This silhouette from my front yard-

A simple wild green and fuschia creature, a weed to some,

Mingles with the dogwood branch-

Make this solid wall more beautiful and noteworthy-

Ephemeral moments of wild translucent beauty.

Here.