We're painting again. This means that Ed is painting and Peggy is admiring. An activity that we both enjoy is watching the paint dry! Now we hear those snickers out there. Really?, you question, an activity? We don't think that Cody and Alex would scoff. They understand how fascinating it can be to start with one color and see it morph to another. Just like those magic markers and magic coloring books. For those of you who have not seen these great inventions, the markers only produce a color in certain areas of the coloring book pages. The yellow that Ed is painting started out as a much deeper yellow and we have been in awe of the transformation as it dries. Either shade is fine with us. Actually, we wouldn't mind if the final color was at the other end of the rainbow. It's just fun to use bright colors. Just like when we painted our garage door a orange creamsicle color while Adrienne and Jamie were at school. They were just a little horrified when they came home from high school that day to the pumpkin door.
Now you ask, why would we include bananas in our talk about watching paint dry? Well waiting for bananas to ripen is not an easy task for us normally fast paced northerners. It requires a lot of the same patience and time that paint watching does. Ed cut this stalk down about 3 weeks ago. The info we've read on the internet says that once a stalk is cut it should be placed in a plastic bag in a cool dark area. The cool and dark part is a little tough for us but our back porch came somewhat close to fitting the bill. The internet also says that the ripening process should take a day or two. What can we say? La vida es muy lenta aqui!
We're painting again. This means that Ed is painting and Peggy is admiring. An activity that we both enjoy is watching the paint dry! Now we hear those snickers out there. Really?, you question, an activity? We don't think that Cody and Alex would scoff. They understand how fascinating it can be to start with one color and see it morph to another. Just like those magic markers and magic coloring books. For those of you who have not seen these great inventions, the markers only produce a color in certain areas of the coloring book pages. The yellow that Ed is painting started out as a much deeper yellow and we have been in awe of the transformation as it dries. Either shade is fine with us. Actually, we wouldn't mind if the final color was at the other end of the rainbow. It's just fun to use bright colors. Just like when we painted our garage door a orange creamsicle color while Adrienne and Jamie were at school. They were just a little horrified when they came home from high school that day to the pumpkin door. 
Now you ask, why would we include bananas in our talk about watching paint dry? Well waiting for bananas to ripen is not an easy task for us normally fast paced northerners. It requires a lot of the same patience and time that paint watching does. Ed cut this stalk down about 3 weeks ago. The info we've read on the internet says that once a stalk is cut it should be placed in a plastic bag in a cool dark area. The cool and dark part is a little tough for us but our back porch came somewhat close to fitting the bill. The internet also says that the ripening process should take a day or two. What can we say? La vida es muy lenta aqui!
2 comments:
Well, it was always easy to tell people how to find us... "Look for the house with an orange door and a light bright enough for a runway"! :)
I think the yellow looks great!
Wow! Look at all of those bananas! Can't wait to hear all of the creative ways you use them!
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