Maybe I don't have green charcoal but I do have green paint and it found its way to this happy lime that dances on the canvas. I love the simplicity of this little painting.

More Limes. These look a little sickly and for some reason I could not find the green charcoal. I love green but I also like these muted colors which is what I was going for. There are still more limes on the tree but probably not for long as it is cool here. I may have to pick them tomorrow.

From my very own lime tree. The fig tree was dead and gone when I got back to Arizona but in its place was this wonderful lime tree. The limes are a wonderful green and they are really juicy. Finally got to sit down and draw yesterday and this is what I did. Fun stuff for me.

What a surprise the other day when the mail man walked under this vine and asked me what these little creatures were. Well it turns out that our "fig" vine produces figs. I had no idea that all this wonderful green stuff that is growing on our house produces figs. I don't think they are edible nor or they like the black figs I have gotten all summer. The most I have been able to do with this new inspiration is to take a couple of photos-hopefully soon I will get something on paper or canvas. Unfortunately there are only a few figs but....... our lemon/lime tree we planted last spring has lots of beautiful green lemons on it (my hispanic gardener calls it a lemon tree hence the confusion.) I do want to get out the green paints and paint the limes!