"Summer Garden Girl"

"Summer Garden Girl" 12"x18" Mary Maki Rae - 2012(c)

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We had a second spell of "Summer Weather" - Craved a Coolness  -Calmness - and this painting emerged.

A bright - youthful - Garden Girl with her arrangment of some of this seasons Flowers.

"Summer Blue Pitcher" 12"x12"  Mary Maki Rae 2012(c)

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A Blue Pitcher filled with Ice Tea - something to serve on warm Summer days or Evenings.  This scene seems so like the sweet coolness of an early Summer morning - so soothing. . .

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Try this for Lemon Tea:

3 tsp. Orange-Pekoe Tea

1 tsp. Dried Lemon Verbena

1/2 tsp Minced dried Lemon Peel or Zest

2 Sprigs Lemon Thyme with Blossoms

(For more information about the Paintings see here.)

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