The Picture

[nodakgirl]

Back in 1987 my Dad had a request for me.  He wanted me to paint a picture for him.  He wanted a painting of an old tobacco barn.   There were not many of the old barns left.  New machinery and buildings took the place of those.  What ones were left were abandoned and left to slowly decay in the heat and humidity.

One weekend he and my mother went

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[kayjayuu]

*hugs*

You kept it, right? What a great way to remember your dad's enthusiasm for your talent!

[nodakgirl]

Thanks!

I did keep it. I brought them both home. Jay is taking the ND Sunset picture to work with him and hanging it in his office. The Barn will go in our upstairs hallway. Every time I look at that painting, it reminds me of my dad.

[nodakgirl]

Sigh...you are so right about the moving thing. My sister didn't even come up and help.....again. But the guilt got to me. And then I get angry because I'm tired and stressed.

I did keep both pictures. Jay will take the ND Sunset picture to work and he'll hang it in his office.

The barn is going in our hallway upstairs. Every time I look at that picture, it reminds me of my Dad.

And I read Harry Potter and sketched most of the day yesterday. YAYY. It was decadent but I enjoyed every minute.

Thanks for your support!

[crankyjules]

*****hugs******

That must bite. Big time. I know where you're coming from here. I'm never good enough either.

I hope you have kept the paintings yourself then. Hang them somewhere perhaps - and when you look at them remember how your DAD loved them.

Maybe your mother just isn't big into sentimentality. Me ... I can't bring myself to throw away Liam's bits of butcher's paper from preschool *sigh*.

[nodakgirl]

I did keep the paintings. Jay is taking the ND Sunset picture to work with him and he'll hang it there. The Barn is going in our upstairs hallway. The painting reminds me of my dad every time I look at it.

Hugs