The Daily Paintings of Joanne Massingale: The Garden of the East

Introducing the series Road Trip 2007

My cousin and I have traveled life together since we were children. We spent summers on her parents ranch where we ran barefoot in the sun, shared all our secrets and giggled under the covers at night until our mothers told us to hush up and go to sleep. They were still telling us the same thing to our teenage years. And so it continues. She has just returned from a trip to the East Coast, cross country from ocean to ocean and I have "traveled" with her via e-mail and photos. I would like to share her trip with you as she shared it with me. I hope you will enjoy my paintings of the Road Trip With GG as much as I have. Yes, we still share our secrets and giggle into the night. Some things will never change.

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

The Garden of the East

GG's 2007 Road Trip

My day was spent in the old resurrected Colonial town of Williamsburg and I mean my whole day. It actually covers 300 acres, I understand, and I think I walked at least half!

The Governors Palace on the Palace Green is so beautiful and I really wish I could send a picture but as so often happens, those particular shots did not turn out. I was relieved to see that those taken in the Palace Gardens did. It was such a hot day and when I walked to the back of the Palace into the gardens I sat on a bench and soaked up the coolness as well as the beauty. It's laid out in big beds of flowers separated with box hedges and walkways, the beds of red, yellow and blue big rectangles of color. And then these intricate white filigree gates. Lovely!

5:x7" oil on canvas board unframed, $100.00 postage prepaid.