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The first rough concept for a personal piece I want to do. May be a bit before I can get to it, between work, but I've got the itch to get back into my own paintings.

This is an autostitch so there's some distortion, but I thought it turned out rather well. Our neighbor's very tall pine, all dressed up.

A view of the two cherry trees in the yard.

View toward our neighbor's fence. Very pretty storm!

Trying to cut back - if not completely eliminate - gluten from the diet, so I've been trying my hand at baking some of the christmas goodies with GF flours and techniques.

Turned out pretty well. I find the pastry a bit gritty compared to wheat flour, as well as more delicate, but I was pleased with the results regardless. I've been using Jeanne Sauvage's flour recipe.