16" x 20" acrylic on canvas
Currently showing at Ice House Gallery, Bakersfield, Ca

Okay -  pretend that you went to the most marvelous farmers market and came home with a basketful of delish vegetables - and that you're ready to make a big pot of Tuscan kale and farro soup with butternut squash - and that it's cold outside and you just can't wait for a yummy bowl of hot soup!!!  That's what this painting is all about - it's the October recipe for the 2010 The Art of Cooking Calendar!  This year we have guest chefs.  The chef who invented this recipe is Emily Goldenberg - a sous chef for Zuni Cafe in San Francisco.  She seems like a totally delightful young lady.  You can see why I say this if you check out her blog:  http://littlemissgoldenblog.wordpress.com/   If you want a smile, just follow some of her entries - especially if you're into food and cooking and gardening and . . . .   I love young energy! 

When Emily saw this painting, she said she has a butterfly flitting around her garden and keeping all the good bugs there.  She says she talks to it, trying to keep it hanging out.  Good idea - I better start visiting with my own butterflies! 

Want to know something totally "weird" - her Mom's maiden name is Claudia True . . . .  And it's not me!!!!   Whoa -

I am having SOOOO much fun putting this calendar together, and I'm meeting some amazing chefs.  The recipes are delicious - I've made most of them.  They're  mainly from chefs from California (my most recent old home) and Kansas City (my new home).  And I'm ending it with a good ol' Texas recipe - just have to ground it with my own roots. 

Speaking of recipes - I better head downstairs and think about cooking up one for our own dinner tonight.  We've had a beautiful day here today!   I hope your day is beautiful, too -