The Smokehouse at Landis Valley Farms Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The Smokehouse at Landis Valley

original en plein air watercolor: 10" x 14"

so there i was painting

to whit, en plein air

the sun it was shining

the view oh so fair

what i did not see

was a stranger near me

he must have been testy

that bugger so pesty

who unknown to me

(painting diligently)

took exception, i guess

and gave me his best

i hollered out OUCH

you bugger you beast

i’m stung and you’re OUT 

squashed by my feet

so here’s the main thing 

when painting plein air

to avoid a bee sting

use bug spray EV’RYWHERE!

BB’18

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The SmokeShack Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The SmokeShack

original watercolor en plein air smokehouse at Landis Valley Museum: 10" x 14"

Curiosity

curiouser and curiouser

it seems to me

this summer’s the bomb

at flirting, you see

‘cause just when you feel

a cool  weightless breeze

a sun so friendly

you’re relaxin’ indeed

a thick hulking cloud 

of hu-MID-ity

descends with a shout

and spreads itself out

oh yes there’s the rub

to summer time fun

those idyllic days

come quickly undone....

BB

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En Plein Air QwikPix Watercolors by Bertie Brown

 Angry Birds

Tractor Shax

En Plein Air QwikPix

original watercolor chickens/farmscape: 8" x10" / 10" x 14"

are Lightning Bugs 

buggers

that blink in the night

just summer time pluggers

getting on with their lives

or do they endeavor

to be so much better

when call-ed fire-flies

alighting June nights

it’s really semantics

but much more romantic

and downright dra-mantic

to portray all their frantic

light sparking antics

when their claim to fame

- a butt with a flame -

is enhanced by a name

BB

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Com-posers by Bertie Brown / Sunflower Alley by Bertie Brown

Sunflower Alley

giclee print

$130.00

19"w x 14"h

Com-posers

giclee print

$130.00

18 3/4"w x 14"h

Grandmothers All

My vibrant sunflowers, once so spry

Have bent down a bit

Heaving a small sigh.

Arms now rest at their hips,

Heads no longer held high.

As they gather their skirts

With a knowing shrug

And tighten their bonnets,

In a sly little tug.....

Oh, they still love their quilting bees,

A Butterfly Ballet,

And fat golden finches,

Those hungry dine-ees.....

.Ahh, grandma sunflowers,

Now surely they be

Growing old so graciously.....

They're still beautiful to me.

BB'10

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Sunflower Alley by Bertie Brown

Sunflower Alley

The Blog....

Hey there Mommy

Guess what Daddy

Grandma BB

Got accepted

To a website

Or a blogsite

Which is just

What Grandma BB thinks is great luck!

She’ll post paintings

That are waiting

To be purchased

By a merchant

Or collector

Art inspector

Or someone

Who loves her work and wants to buy some......

She will prob’ly

Post our Ozzie

And that work she

Titled “Sophie”

She’ll work hours

Posting flowers

Music themes

And in between

Some landscape scenes....

Then we’ll wait here

Hope and pray here

That somebody

Sees her work there

And sends e-mails

With some details

Of an order for

A work to fit their decor!

BB’10

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