Once upon a time I lived in Watkinsville, Georgia, U.S.A. It was the Deep South and really rural country. For someone like me living until then in the city of Amsterdam, there were quit some things getting used to. Like rattlesnakes living under your porch, or a redneck neighbor carrying a gun at all times. It was tuff and hot, nature was beautiful but I think nobody wanted to live there, the housing was cheap and lots of artists were living around us.
Potters, methalsmiths, a woodworker and most important; my good friend René Guerin a painter.
Red Grove by René Guerin
René could not only make beautiful paintings, she had the biggest vegetable garden you ever saw and she taught me, a city girl from Amsterdam, how to grow a garden and how to cook from such a garden. After all those years I am still in contact with René and as you can see she is still making lovely paintings.
Al Fresca by René Guerin
13threads // Aug 2, 2010 at 09:04
Love the painting of the lemon trees and always love your stories of your time in the deep South. I never did go there when I lived in the US.
Marion Pannekoek // Aug 2, 2010 at 09:27
So glad you like my Down South stories Lois… thanks!
Well… too bad you did not experience a taste of that part of the US…it was quite different and that’s an understatement!