the artist's studio : jane smithers paints here

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this is the studio.

it's on the grounds of the house,

and where maman paints.

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inside,

large palette knife canvases,

vintage posters,

antique painter's smocks.

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when she travels,

she watercolors.

i'm trying to get her to start a tumblr

on her journals.

for obvious reasons :

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so much creation

under that little red roof.

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THANKSGIVING IN A SMALL TOWN : not as terror-filled as i might have thought. ;)

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high hampton.

the resort not far from my mother's house,

where my family would spend a week every summer

at a reunion/dirty dancing/event.

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she also took us around, to see the "mountain folk",

and brought in patty and ed for thanksgiving dinner . . .

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um, ok, you really have to look at this statue again,

and try to figure out 

WHAT THE HELL THE SCULPTOR WAS THINKING???

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i know, hollis.

it's freakin me out too.

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this is how patty and ed roam around the mountain.

i want one for west hollywood.

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little Jeeves was the best guest at thanksgiving!

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thanks, maman.

was kind of perfect.

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the view from up here : the meadow on the mountain

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at the top of my mother's mountain,

there's a meadow.

we like to walk up there,

bring a little champagne,

and take in the view.

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and get drunk and take pictures of ourselves.

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it got better and better up there.

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yeah, it was pretty perfect.

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