MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY HOLIDAY AND A VERY MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

LOVE TO ALL FROM JIM AND PAT RICHARDS

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FOURTH OR FIFTH ATTEMPT

WATERCOLOR

BLACK HOLE
Mill Creek, NY

10 December 2009

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image to enlarge

BURL BOWL--THE PROMISED VIEWS

FROM START TO FINISH!

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enlarged view.

BURL BOWL--FINISHED

A NEW BORN

18 " in diameter
10" high
MAPLE


Several other
photos will
be added

Approx 500 hours


Burl supplied by a much younger Joe Bateman. Double click
on the picture for full view.

Another View of Barton's Garnet Mine

The Garnet Mine has
been closed to
commercial mining.

You can visit the site to
try to find some large
pieces of garnet.

A nice day trip to a cool
spot at the top of Gore
mountain.


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Summer Visit to Garnet Mines

Top of Gore Mountain
North River, NY

Hannigan Girls and
Burns Boys pick up
ruby red garnet at the
open pit garnet mine.
August 2009

Barton's Mine

THE BLACK HOLE

IDYLLIC SETTING
2 Jun 2009

If Mother ever knew!

It did seem farther
down when I was 15.

I am now painting
a series of scenes in
watercolor and ink.
Should take me forever.


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photo reader.

ELIZABETH SOMERVILLE

MAY BE FROM THE

WARRENSBURG

SOMERVILLE

FAMILY.

REPAIRED IMAGE

FROM DAMAGED 

ORIGINAL PROVIDED 

BY  WANDA ROSS.

NOT OF THE

AVAILABLE 

ELIZABETH SOMERVILLES

OF  JOHNSBURG.

BELIEVED TO BE DATED 

1903 - 1905

THE KING FAMILY

MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER AND GRANDFATHER KING

AND MY GRANDMOTHER INGRAHAM

JOHN JAY RICHARDS

SON OF EDWARD AND 

ELECTA PETTIBONE-

RICHARDS

BORN:  1844

DIED:   JUN 1925 

MARRIED TO:

MARY STURDEFRAUNT

AMANDA WILKINS

NANCY HITCHCOCK-

MARSHALL

M. FRANCES RICHARDS

Daughter Jo took

this picture about

1972 of her 

grand-mother.

Jo's first camera

PAT B'S ORCHID FARM

Pat Barkhuff is having great luck with 

her orchids on her glass porch.

EXPERIMENTAL YUPO

WATERCOLOR ON A PLASTIC MATERIAL

CALLED YUPO.  COLOR FLOATS ON 

SURFACE UNTIL IT DRIES. DIFFICULT

TO HANDLE.  INTERESTING EFFECTS.

JUST FINISHED THIS WEEK.

LLOYD'S DAISIES

LATEST WATERCOLOR  AT ART CLASS.

1 FEB 2009

DAISIES FOUND AT LLOYD AND JANET'S

FARM GARDEN.

PURPLE AND ORANGE CENTERS ON YELLOW.

TRULY FLORIDA

A PICTURE FOR

MY NEW ART

CLASS--2009

MAGGIE

NEVEN

INSTRUCTOR

HIBISCUS