“Decisions, Decisions…”, mixed media by Kerry McFall, $25 print

Osteospermum African daisies are among my favorite plants for my Pretend Porch.   The builder sadly forgot to add a front porch back in 1939, so I set my big metal glider chairs out there with a little side table.  Add a bottle of wine and lots of clay pots filled with bright flowers and you’ve got a pretty good substitute for a porch, especially when it comes to keeping in touch with the neighbors!  Porch season is not in full swing yet, but we’re getting close.  It’s about time to decide on a color theme for this year’s porch…

So I walked to Schmidt’s for my morning exercise walk, lured by their emails promising coffee and a new shipment of flowers.  I sipped my Mexican something-or-other brew (just coffee, no extra calories and a good rich color compliment match for the bronze daisy ) and painted for an hour. The front runners this year are the “Serenity Bronze”, which is a deep rich orangey magenta-ish glowy wonder, and the “Blue-Eyed Beauty”, which is actually not a bit blue but rather magenta-ish and lemony yellow and matches the color of the house a bit better than bronze…

I decided not to decide today.  Anyway, I couldn’t very well carry all those plants back home in my backpack.  Now I have to go back tomorrow – oh, Dear!