tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14369544904718267522012-01-31T17:09:52.621-05:00P. Buckley Moss NewsletterPat's BlogP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.comBlogger821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-87859727880237458352012-01-31T16:35:00.001-05:002012-01-31T16:38:11.625-05:00
Dear Friends:
This past weekend, my “Streetwalker” friends and I met for breakfast at The Hangar, which is the restaurant at the St. Petersburg, Florida, Airport. We dedicated our get-together to the memory of our friend Jackie Peterson, who passed away the beginning of this month after a long battle with cancer, and toasted her with orange juice and coffee. Joyce Wilson wasn’t able to join P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-63545170785378354802012-01-25T14:05:00.000-05:002012-01-25T14:06:58.110-05:00
Dear Friends:
The weather has been absolutely beautiful here in St. Petersburg, Florida, and I’ve been walking in short sleeves every morning. I treasure my morning walks with my “Streetwalker” friends; what a great way to start the day!
Last week I showed you a picture of this year’s Adult Society Members-Only Print for new and renewing members of the P. Buckley Moss Society, and this P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-88507551395716561202012-01-19T13:58:00.002-05:002012-01-19T14:00:43.761-05:00
Dear Friends:
What a fun weekend I had!
My cousin Frank Panno and his wife Joan came down from New York Saturday, and we had so much fun and such a short visit that I didn’t even think to take pictures. They are two delightful people with sunshine faces, and I wish I could see them more often. I have such happy memories of playing with Frank when we were kids.
Sunday night the Moss P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-79004820960232959122012-01-10T16:04:00.002-05:002012-01-10T16:12:13.137-05:00
Dear Friends:
Working in my studio here in St. Petersburg, Florida, is out-of-this-world wonderful! The sun has been shining all the time, and it’s been warm and beautiful.
With the Ringling Museum of Arts and its Circus Museums so near me in Sarasota, I’ve been inspired to paint clowns. I’ve also been working on a majestic eagle, and you may see some of these as prints in the future.
ArenP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-5366330358341329702012-01-04T12:42:00.000-05:002012-01-04T12:46:29.562-05:00
Dear Friends:
I spent a quiet, relaxing New Year’s at my home in St. Petersburg, Florida. As many of you know, I am blessed to be able to watch from my studio windows the New Year’s celebrations that take place in the park across the street from my home. They do one round of fireworks at 9:00 p.m. for the children and then another round at midnight for the adults. It’s been a delightful P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-79239985287328051202011-12-29T10:17:00.001-05:002011-12-29T10:19:46.192-05:00
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
It was a great Christmas and great to be with family! We gathered at my daughter Mary’s house in Radford, Virginia, on Christmas Eve. In addition to Mary’s family, there were Ginny and her family and Patty and her friend Mary Morgan. We missed having Becky and her family, Chris and his family, and John and his wife Maureen with us, but we wished one another P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-10240565239426713732011-12-14T11:18:00.001-05:002011-12-14T11:20:26.486-05:00
Dear Friends:
We have so much to be thankful for: our immediate families and our extended families, our friends, our teachers, our policemen, our firemen, our soldiers, and so many more—all who have made our lives good for us. While we are thankful year round, now is an especially good time to remember the blessings in our lives.
I would like to give a special thank-you to the wonderful P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-11246714154511277542011-12-08T15:52:00.002-05:002011-12-08T15:57:12.427-05:00
Dear Friends:
The Barn and the Museum are decorated so beautifully for Christmas, and it was a thrill to walk into The Barn and see all the wonderful color. The Christmas tree was gorgeous, sporting the ornaments made by the students at Hugh K. Cassell Elementary School in Waynesboro, Virginia, under the guidance of their teacher Holly Lotts. It was such fun to see their faces light up as P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-16735722701392049362011-11-30T11:40:00.002-05:002011-11-30T11:54:09.238-05:00
Dear Friends:
How wonderful it is to be with family! Thanksgiving was a blessed day for all of us—laughing, cooking, eating, and enjoying one another. We all gathered at my youngest daughter Ginny’s house in Waynesboro, Virginia. My oldest daughter Mary is the mother of the family and did most of the cooking. We had pumpkin pies, cranberry cakes, and peach tarts for dessert. Mary’s husband P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-1596414182801869062011-11-17T13:46:00.002-05:002011-11-17T13:50:52.831-05:00
Dear Friends:
The Moss Heaven Chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society hosted a wonderful fundraising dinner at the Indian Hills Community College this past Friday evening and grossed $3,690 between the dinner, the live auction, and the silent auction. Chapter President Karen Holt made a beautiful quilted wall hanging around one of my hand-painted fabric centerpieces for the auction, and it P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-20149172948941104872011-11-09T14:39:00.002-05:002011-11-09T14:49:10.166-05:00
Dear Friends:
Driving through Virginia last weekend was wonderful—the fall colors were glorious! Leesburg had a festival atmosphere, and it was a joy to be there. Medlin Art, Ltd., was so beautifully arranged, and the framing was so tasteful. It was such a pleasure for me to go in and have this lovely, peaceful feeling.
Medlin’s wonderful team! L. to R.: Shirley Medlin, owner of Medlin P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-26353000047369797192011-11-03T12:22:00.002-04:002011-11-03T12:26:18.028-04:00
Dear Friends:
We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful weekend in Kalona, Iowa, for my show with the Village Shoppe. I had such fun with friends of the gallery and members of the Moss Country Friends Chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society.
L. To R.: Nancy Brenneman, President of the Moss Country Friends Chapter; me; Doris Greiner, owner of the Village Shoppe; and Carol Boyd. Nancy, P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-64991244997706743862011-10-27T08:22:00.002-04:002011-10-27T08:26:30.086-04:00
Dear Friends:
What a great weekend! A pink fire truck showed up to help us raise funds for our breast cancer walk, which was held this past Saturday morning in conjunction with my show with Canada Goose Gallery in Waynesville, Ohio. What a delight it was to see this beautiful pink fire truck pull up! Its driver was Erwin Walker, and he was even wearing a pink shirt. Erwin and the pink fire P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-22482618677281143652011-10-20T16:26:00.002-04:002011-10-20T16:29:55.623-04:00
Dear Friends:
It was so beautiful flying into Omaha, Nebraska, last week. I could look down and see the famous Sandhills, which were lovely. I could also see the damage done when the Missouri River flooded earlier this year. It was so sad to see acres and acres of farmland washed away and to know that people’s homes were flooded as well. Nebraskans are strong, resilient people, though, and IP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-38880511878778683722011-10-17T17:08:00.002-04:002011-10-17T17:11:42.394-04:00
Dear Friends:
It was an absolutely fantastic weekend! My October Museum Open House and Barn Show weekend started off on a high note last Friday morning when students from four different Waynesboro, Virginia, elementary schools came to the Museum for a tour. I had an opportunity to visit with them before heading over to The Barn to sign for collectors.
What bright, wonderful children! P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-29765798212304185502011-09-21T11:12:00.002-04:002011-09-21T11:15:25.109-04:00
Dear Friends:
I’ve been working since I’ve been back from Italy, and the painting below will be our new Halloween print. It’s a twist on the Nine Lives theme.
Nine spooky cats in the treat bowl, waiting to play tricks!
While I was in Italy, the P. Buckley Moss Museum in Waynesboro, Virginia, was busy enjoying visits by some special guests, including a flock of about fifty Canada geese P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-75110586899726803352011-09-19T16:41:00.002-04:002011-09-19T16:48:27.839-04:00
Dear Friends:
I’ll miss walking around the mountain with my girls every morning at 6:30, but it’s good to get home (Mathews, Virginia). I’ll also miss our lunches and the dinners in the garden with family and friends.
I’ll miss our dinners in the garden with family and friends. My son-in-law Roberto’s outdoor pizza oven is in the background.
My garden in Cortona is a peaceful P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-48733385805238702902011-09-07T15:23:00.002-04:002011-09-07T15:26:13.210-04:00
Dear Friends:
The end of last week, Becky and I spent the day in Rome visiting churches full of fantastic artwork. My daughter Patty flew into Rome the next day, and we spent the day in Rome being tourists before returning to Cortona by train.
Here, I’m standing under the dome in the Pantheon in Rome. The Pantheon was originally built in 27-25 BC by the magistrate Marcus Agrippa to P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-86385933217328401392011-08-29T17:07:00.001-04:002011-08-29T17:09:14.214-04:00
Dear Friends:
Greetings from beautiful Cortona, Italy! We go out walking every morning before the sun comes around the mountain. It’s beautiful to see the morning sun fall on the farms in the surrounding hills.
Cortona has all kinds of festivals—one night, jazz; and the next two nights, the Porcini Mushroom Festival—of course, all have music. My granddaughter Sofia was a P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-90477000168167725482011-08-17T13:19:00.002-04:002011-08-17T13:21:45.993-04:00
Dear Friends:
I’m off to my beautiful Italy! I put the finishing touches to the two paintings pictured below, so I can leave without any worries. They’ll be released at shows later this fall.
Penn State University will be released during my show with Martin’s Gallery in Hanover, PA, on October 1. For more information, or to reserve a special print number, please contact P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-32415302071998345572011-08-11T09:55:00.000-04:002011-08-11T09:56:16.433-04:00
Dear Friends:
God bless the families of our servicemen who were lost over the weekend when their helicopter was shot down over Afghanistan. The loss of such a wonderful family of men is a tremendous one to bear. Our soldiers give up so much for us, even their lives. Our ability to laugh, play, and work in peace is something we should never take for granted—others have paid the price P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-249340319907174472011-08-04T13:56:00.001-04:002011-08-04T14:00:18.478-04:00
August 4, 2011
Dear Friends:
I spent a wonderful, restful weekend with my daughter Mary at her cabin on Claytor Lake, which is located in Virginia’s New River Valley. It’s so private and quiet there, and we watched all the good old movies that we love. We laughed hard at some and sympathized with others. It was a good weekend.
We watched the sun go down from Greg and Patty Oakley’s P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-50159688047623935842011-07-28T12:21:00.002-04:002011-07-28T12:24:47.730-04:00
Dear Friends:
My daughter Ginny and her children Picco and Chiara, along with my daughter Mary’s daughter Sarah, visited my old stomping grounds on Staten Island and in New York City. My son Chris and his three daughters, who live in New York, gave them the grand tour.
At the port before taking the Staten Island Ferry, with the Brooklyn Bridge in the background, L. to R.: Chris’ P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-73271616773997440702011-07-21T09:08:00.001-04:002011-07-21T09:11:14.939-04:00
Dear Friends:
I’ve been working on miniature watercolors and thought I’d share them with you. I’ve grouped the pictures so you can see variations on different themes.
I’m so sorry that I missed the July meeting of the Moss Pelicans Chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society. It was held at my home in St. Petersburg, Florida, this past Sunday, and the special guest was Hunter Ian Hart. P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-63916371992489811732011-07-14T12:16:00.002-04:002011-07-14T12:21:11.087-04:00
Dear Friends:
Hurray for Saturday night and our Summer Celebration! We had the best time! The mixture of people was absolutely perfect. We even “got Floyd up dancing!” My children Ginny, Patty, Mary, and John were there with their spouses and children. We danced until very late—danced, laughed, and slept well that night.
Moss on the James Chapter member Floyd Boothe, center with the P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-39241609608658066902011-07-06T16:45:00.002-04:002011-07-06T16:49:02.990-04:00
Dear Friends:
Hey! It’s almost the weekend again—if any of you are thinking about coming to our Summer Celebration at the P. Buckley Moss Museum, give us a buzz or just come. It’s going to be such fun!
I’m looking forward to Friday’s tour of the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia (tickets required). After lunch with the tour group, I’ll be signing at The Barn from 2:00 to 5:P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-70852858444095324922011-06-30T12:26:00.002-04:002011-06-30T12:29:24.165-04:00
Dear Friends:
These are my last few days in St. Petersburg, Florida, before heading back to Virginia. I had a farewell-until-November lunch with dear friends earlier this week.
My friends and I had a farewell-until-November lunch before I left for Virginia this week. Standing, L. to R.: Me, Judy Haverty, and Joni Lefter. Seated is Jackie Peterson.
This blue turtle painting will be P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-18684719114689711092011-06-23T09:18:00.002-04:002011-06-23T09:20:48.796-04:00
Dear Friends:
It’s only two weeks ’til our Summer Celebration weekend July 8-10 at the P. Buckley Moss Museum in Waynesboro, Virginia! It’s going to be such fun! The Summer Celebration will combine elements of a Museum Open House and Barn Show, Chapter Training for chapters of the P. Buckley Moss Society, a Collectors’ Convention, and a Moss Dealers’ Meeting all rolled into one fun-filled P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-45260167080290665492011-06-15T14:14:00.001-04:002011-06-15T14:17:00.821-04:00
Dear Friends:
I’m down here in lovely St. Petersburg, Florida, working and loving every minute of it. I’m also walking with my friends again—doing three miles! It’s so good to be able to walk again and get back in shape after breaking my leg this past winter.
I visited the new Salvador Dali Museum on Tuesday with friends. It opened at its new location several months ago, and we waited for P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-60400326340904305682011-06-02T14:06:00.003-04:002011-06-02T14:15:33.654-04:00
Dear Friends:
I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day, and I also hope everyone took a moment to remember the sacrifices of our service men and women, which is what the holiday is all about. I spent the weekend working in my gardens and went to a cookout at my neighbor’s, who lives two houses down from me. The whole neighborhood was there. Some, I only see once a year!
The flower bed P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-53889444131066418852011-05-25T17:13:00.001-04:002011-05-25T17:16:03.645-04:00
Dear Friends:
West Virginia was glorious! The drive on Route 460 was so beautiful and soothing, with the mountains in full bloom. It’s wonderful to see the different terrain, living on the Chesapeake Bay and Florida most of the time and Italy some of the time. The mountains in Virginia and West Virginia are lush and green; everything grows so well.
My daughter Patty and I went to PrincetonP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-71845586290232559382011-05-19T14:29:00.003-04:002011-05-19T14:33:49.397-04:00
Dear Friends:
It was so good to be with the family for a few days without any obligations but to enjoy. My first grandchild Kate Donnelly graduated from the University of Georgia, and now she’s off to Italy for a few weeks. I wish I were going with her!
We had a delightful time in Athens, Georgia. The graduation ceremony for her art school was absolutely lovely, and the speakers wereP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-61987918255594419232011-05-11T17:15:00.000-04:002011-05-13T16:32:49.566-04:00
Dear Friends:
The Moss on the James Chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society sponsored a really delightful tea party at Riverside School in Richmond, Virginia, last Saturday to raise funds for Riverside’s Moss on the James Scholarship. We all enjoyed it so very much and wore special hats inspired by the Kentucky Derby, which was also held last weekend, and the royal wedding.
P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-57447490399321088672011-04-27T14:33:00.002-04:002011-04-27T14:43:33.235-04:00
Dear Friends:
What a wonderful Easter! The weather was beautiful for the P. Buckley Moss Museum’s Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, with around 200 people in attendance. The Museum staff was blessed with special helpers to organize, set up, and provide entertainment for the event.
Our local American Heritage Girls troop helped immensely with hiding the eggs and crowd control—also P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-57955093467059320462011-04-21T11:44:00.002-04:002011-04-21T11:50:05.226-04:00P. Buckley Moss Weekley Newsletter
Dear Friends:
What a joy it is to sit at my kitchen window and watch the osprey and other birds build their nests. The female swan and her babies still haven’t arrived, but all the other birds are back; the cardinals, the bluebirds, and the kingfishers. Because Mathews doesn’t do spraying (for mosquitoes), there are birds everywhere.
The kids (my daughter Patty and her friend Mary) are P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-58146698987797926152011-04-12T17:06:00.006-04:002011-04-12T17:12:10.500-04:00P. Buckley Moss Newsletter
Dear Friends:
The tulips and forsythia are gone, and the lilacs and redbuds are now blooming. The male swan is in the creek behind my house in Mathews, Virginia, and we look forward to seeing his mate and babies soon. Spring is beautiful!
My daughter Patty and I were in Frederick, Maryland, for the weekend, and it was beautiful there, too. It was wonderful seeing the country blooming all the wayP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-11893432880568492512011-04-06T12:17:00.010-04:002011-04-06T12:37:08.788-04:00P. Buckley Moss Newsletter
Dear Friends:
Spring is here! I spent the weekend working in my yard in Mathews, Virginia. It was wonderful to be outside enjoying the birds and the water and watching the boats go in and out the creek.
I’m very pleased to report that my leg is healing nicely, and I’m able to get around without crutches. I hardly even have a limp! My advice to everyone is to walk. I know that regular walking hasP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-30705494654332803332011-03-31T15:28:00.004-04:002011-03-31T15:39:33.054-04:00Thursday, March 31, 2011Dear Friends:
My daughter Patty and I had a great time in Marietta, Georgia, and a great show with The Framery. I wish I had a camera as we were pulling away from the gallery. Everyone came outside and did “the wave.”
The Mossaphile Chapter of the P. Buckley Moss Society held a raffle drawing during the show for two framed prints: a framed, remarqued The Good Road, Blue Ridge Parkway 75th P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-86512073935508702372011-03-24T14:30:00.001-04:002011-03-24T14:36:59.723-04:00Dear Friends:
On Tuesday I went with some of my friends to the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida’s 10th Annual Women of Distinction Luncheon, which honors women who have achieved success in their chosen fields and who serve as role models for girls and young women in our communities. Finn Gallery owner Tim Finn went, too, and made available our Girl Scouts of the USA print and poster, which I P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-27058860525526254022010-03-03T12:43:00.001-05:002010-03-03T12:45:26.666-05:00
Dear Friends:
I don't follow hockey, but I certainly enjoyed the final match between
USA and Canada at the end of the Olympics. What a finale for the Olympic
Games! The hockey game itself was exciting, but I also admired the great
sportsmanship of the two teams. Of course, I was rooting for the Americans
to win, but it was nice P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-89155700792223748052010-02-17T15:53:00.001-05:002010-02-17T15:55:51.122-05:00
Dear Friends:
Wow! The Olympics are so exciting! I got up in the middle of the night
to watch figure skating. Ah! To be young again! The skaters are so graceful
and artistic, absolutely breathtaking. I also have great respect for
the skiers on the mogul course. That must be really hard on their legs!
Of course, my heart aches for the family of Georgian luge slider Nodar
Kumaritashvili, who lost P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-52906727929764755152010-02-10T10:18:00.001-05:002010-02-10T10:20:52.377-05:00
Dear Friends:
Congratulations to the New Orleans Saints on winning the Super Bowl!
What a wonderful morale-booster for the City of New Orleans, which is
still recovering from Hurricane Katrina! Can you believe I made four
dozen deviled eggs to take to a Super Bowl party?
The votes are in for the two paintings I showed you last week for this
year's adult Society Members-Only
Print. Collectors P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-88850254702994022902010-01-27T09:32:00.001-05:002010-01-27T09:35:06.358-05:00
Dear Friends:
The sun is shining, the birds are singing, the flowers are blooming,
and it is Florida! Thank you, dear Lord, for making this such a beautiful
place! I've been working in my studio and loving every minute of it.
I've been working on pieces for Easter and also the adult Members-Only
Print for 2010.
Angel
in my Garden is the adult Members-Only Print for 2010. Those collectors
P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-70965015910809289482010-01-14T14:56:00.003-05:002010-01-14T15:04:26.036-05:00
Dear Friends:
I've recently lost two very good friends, Joann Vasquez of Bocas del
Toro, Panama, and Katharine Ann Lake of St. Petersburg, Florida.
Joann was a pillar of the community of Bocas del Toro and also a pillar
of her Methodist Church. Everyone could go to Joann for help or food
or whatever they needed. She read her Bible through every year
from beginning to end; and, when the minister P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-69310033290781624402009-12-28T16:09:00.001-05:002009-12-28T16:12:25.467-05:00
Dear Friends:
I had a lovely, quiet Christmas at my home in Mathews, Virginia, on
the Chesapeake Bay. Because there was a possibility of ice and snow
in the mountains, I didn't travel to Waynesboro for Christmas. My Mathews
neighbors Carl and Jeannie Ellis came for Christmas dinner, and Carl
brought Oysters Rockefeller and butterfly shrimp stuffed with crab.
Carl is an excellent cook, and the P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-88371775621033000512009-12-22T11:05:00.001-05:002009-12-22T11:07:27.401-05:00
Dear Friends:
I love to see a good snow before I head south for the winter-but wow!-I
didn't ask for this one. It was a doozy. Waynesboro, Virginia, got 28
inches! Can you believe that Mathews only got a light dusting?
Before I left for Mathews Sunday, I had been at my daughter Ginny's
house. When she and Corrado took me back to The Barn, I told them to
drop me off at the bottom of the hill and P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-57974971153910071822009-12-16T10:27:00.001-05:002009-12-16T10:30:34.168-05:00
Dear Friends:
We had a beautiful weekend in the Valley for our Barn
Show and Museum Open House, but the surrounding area got rain and
ice. The weatherman had made dire predictions for the area, and I think
Roanoke and Salem got the worst of it. I'm staying in Waynesboro this
week so I can enjoy the decorations at The Barn and the Museum.
I'll be in and out at the Museum this week, so maybe I'll P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-62197712675520161622009-11-04T14:30:00.002-05:002009-11-04T14:38:21.508-05:00
Dear Friends:
How wonderful it was to be back in Waynesville, Ohio, where all the
shopkeepers stop in and say "hi" and "thank you for coming."
The Chamber of Commerce there does an excellent job of promoting the
town and its businesses. Waynesville has a most interesting history
of being part of the Underground Railroad. Several of the older houses
in the town have secret tunnels and passagewaysP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-4116744143117146392009-10-28T13:38:00.003-04:002009-10-28T13:44:12.989-04:00
Dear Friends:
My youngest daughter Ginny and I had the most wonderful drive to Huntington,
West Virginia, this past weekend. We drove through corridors of red,
orange, and gold; but, the most glorious sight of all was the sun shining
on the fall foliage on the mountain and hill sides, with clouds and
rain on the opposite sides. The dark background made our side glow.
How I wish you could haveP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-31997823038635428592009-10-07T15:23:00.001-04:002009-10-07T15:28:01.198-04:00
Dear Friends:
I spent a wonderful weekend at my home in Mathews, Virginia. It’s
a rare weekend that I don’t have a show in the fall, and I very
much enjoyed working in my studio and my flower bed. I live on
Horn Harbor, which is a tidal creek on the Chesapeake Bay. The
Bay estuary is teeming with life, and I get to see all kinds of waterfowl
like seagulls, pelicans, ducks, geese, herons, P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-17930937815743182752009-09-23T16:34:00.002-04:002009-09-23T16:58:30.504-04:00
Dear Friends:
Don and Audrey McKanna, owners of The Frame Haven in Springfield, Ohio,
hosted a wonderful show this past weekend. I had such fun touring
historic houses and seeing so many of my Ohio friends!
Dan and Rita Sheets have been collectors of my work for years and
years. They come to nearly all of my Ohio shows and are often
tempted to buy an original.
Before the show Friday, P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-9312730905863786082009-09-18T12:29:00.002-04:002009-09-18T12:33:54.713-04:00
Dear Friends:
My daughter Patty and I got to stay in Mary Guynn’s darling cabin
again while we were in Galax, Virginia, for my show with The Framer’s
Daughter. We felt so at home, and I even found my necklace that
has been missing for a year. There it was, hanging over the back
of a chair, right where I’d left it the last time I was there!
Darrell and Kay Weddle, owners of The Framer’s P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-21791123170577260222009-09-09T15:59:00.002-04:002009-09-09T16:17:45.966-04:00
Dear Friends:
A couple weekends ago, I visited Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia,
and this past weekend I visited Colonial
Williamsburg, which isn’t far from Mathews, with my daughter
Patty and some of her friends. What an amazing, special place
it is! To quote Colonial Williamsburg’s website,
“Williamsburg was the thriving capital of Virginia when the dream
of American freedom and P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-71748220345444587082009-08-12T14:20:00.002-04:002009-08-12T14:35:32.572-04:00
Dear Friends:
What a wonderful and productive Dealers’ Meeting we had this past
weekend! Our guest speakers were Maureen O’Brien, author
of Get Your Big Girl Pants On and Sell Something—A Handbook
for Women (and Really Progressive Men) in Sales, and Michael Durney,
President of Interactive Marketing. Maureen, a mother of four
and a business owner, shared with us some of her real-life P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-15708292781666261172009-08-05T16:24:00.001-04:002009-08-05T16:27:17.348-04:00
Dear Friends:
I’ve just returned from St. Petersburg, Florida, in time for The
Moss Portfolio’s annual summer Dealers’ Meeting.
Our Dealers’ Meetings are an informal and fun opportunity for
us to get together with the owners and managers of the galleries and
frame shops that represent my art to network and exchange ideas.
Our meeting will be held this weekend at the P.
Buckley Moss Museum in P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-23455924742195751092009-07-30T10:07:00.003-04:002009-07-30T10:17:16.394-04:00
Dear Friends:
Guess where I am now? I’m back in St. Petersburg, Florida!
I came down the end of last week to spend two weeks painting in my Florida
studio with the fabulous light. I’ll return to Virginia
the first week of August to attend our summer Dealers’ Meeting
in Waynesboro August 7-9. It’s hot down here, but I go walking
every morning with my friends before it gets too hot and then I P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-55383265919812737762009-07-22T16:20:00.002-04:002009-07-22T16:27:36.978-04:00
Dear Friends:
It has been a week since my Mediterranean Cruise, and I think I’m
finally over the jet lag. If I haven’t been myself, it’s
because I was still on European time. It has been a joy to have
a whole week in Mathews, Virginia, and I’m feeling much better
now.
Right before I left for Italy last month, I went on the Mathews County
Historic Home Tour that was sponsored by the P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-87509902567007206672009-07-08T15:22:00.005-04:002009-07-08T15:35:19.600-04:00Greetings from the Mediterranean!
I’m sorry I don’t have pictures to share yet, as we have a problem sending them via e-mail from the ship. We are able to send out messages on blackberries, and that’s how I’ve sent the information for this week’s newsletter, via my daughter Becky.
Everyone here is fine. Some arrived without luggage but are doing well, with a bonafide excuse to buy new clothes. P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-91205870545244416582009-07-01T16:20:00.002-04:002009-07-01T16:36:16.987-04:00
Dear Friends:
Pat is having a great time on the P.
Buckley Moss Society’s group
cruise on the Mediterranean. We are all looking forward to
hearing her stories about the trip and seeing her pictures when she
returns. She’ll be back in Virginia just in time for the
Museum’s
Open House and Barn
Show July 10-12. Pat is excited about the new print edition
that will be released at the Museum that P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-48340805474933157322009-06-24T11:33:00.004-04:002009-06-24T11:37:44.945-04:00
Dear Friends:
Another AA week for food in Cortona, Italy! This week we had a
wonderful dinner at the Osteria del Teatro, which is located at the
bottom of the same street as our townhouse, Moses Palace, and The Church
of San Francesco. The meal had as its base porcini mushrooms and
truffles, which are found in this area. One of the two pasta dishes
presented particularly impressed me, becauseP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-59031969500918374932009-06-11T10:04:00.002-04:002009-06-11T10:15:16.859-04:00Dear Friends:
It was lovely to be back in Roanoke, Virginia, and to be in the area of the Roanoke Farmers’ Market and see it bustling and all the wonderful little shops—not that I had time to shop, but you know I do love it. I was there for my show with my friend Mary Ann Warren at Graphics, Etc., and to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Moss in the Valley Chapter of the P. Buckley Moss P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-15465575077565908182009-05-28T14:18:00.002-04:002009-05-28T14:23:11.873-04:00Dear Friends:
I’m really getting a lot of painting done down here in St. Petersburg, Florida. I love the studio and the quiet. How I wish I could stay another two weeks, but I’ll be flying back to Virginia on June 1. I have a show with Graphics, Etc., in beloved, historic Roanoke June 4-5, and my granddaughter Sarah Donnelly is graduating from Radford High School the night of June 5. I’ll leave P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-16983493263952822222009-05-14T13:46:00.002-04:002009-05-14T14:01:10.681-04:00Dear Friends:
It really wasn’t my birthday yet, but we celebrated anyway during my show with Martin’s Gallery in Hanover, Pennsylvania, this past weekend. My daughter Patty and I had a great time, and we saw so many friends. The gallery was well-stocked with all my newest giclées, as well as original watercolors, offset lithographs, and other products. Gallery owners Les and Pat Martin, togetherP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-83821684061813237052009-04-30T11:31:00.003-04:002009-04-30T11:42:49.135-04:00Dear Friends:
How beautiful The Valley was this past weekend! The red bud and dogwood were in bloom as well as the azaleas and all kinds of flowers. Spring has definitely sprung!
The weekend started early. Thursday, my business partner Jake Henderson and I met with members of a committee that is making plans for the Blue Ridge Parkway’s 75th Anniversary next year. I’ve been asked to create a P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-34599117115242795312009-04-23T08:40:00.003-04:002009-04-23T08:56:14.508-04:00Dear Friends:
My weekend in Des Moines, Iowa, started Thursday evening with visiting a group of artists from all over the country. A friend, Gloria Bernstein, met me at the airport and said that a friend of hers was conducting a Creative Coach University Seminar that evening and asked if I’d like to go. I’m so glad I said yes! We were only going to stay a little while, but we had so much fun P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-13371113531630470082009-04-14T16:23:00.003-04:002009-04-14T16:30:05.489-04:00Dear Friends:
Easter was a joy! Over 200 people attended the P. Buckley Moss Museum’s annual Easter Egg Hunt this past Saturday, and my grandson Picco Gabellieri did the honors as the Easter Bunny. The children were hugging his legs, and it was adorable to see. I would like to give a special thanks to magician Brian Bence, who entertained both the young and the young-at-heart. He was wonderful! P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-81163620146438092282009-04-10T12:00:00.002-04:002009-04-10T12:05:03.987-04:00Dear Friends:
The Quilters’ Heritage Celebration in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was such fun! Event coordinator Rita Barber runs a beautiful show. She’s always present, always on the job, making sure everything is perfect for everybody.
It was a joy for me to be around all that beauty and creativity. I walked around and photographed quilts, talked to people, and (of course) invested in a couple P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-75632612265657559182009-04-06T12:49:00.002-04:002009-04-06T13:11:09.872-04:00Dear Friends:
It’s great to be back in Virginia! Everything is starting to grow, and I can see that my much-neglected flower beds need a good weeding. That will have to wait until next week, because right now I’m getting ready to drive up to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, with my daughter Patty for the Quilters' Heritage Convention. The quilt convention will be held at the Lancaster Host Resort April P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-53186755390871739862009-03-30T10:04:00.002-04:002009-03-30T10:09:13.138-04:00Dear Friends:
I have wonderful news about the P. Buckley Moss Society’s project to include English instruction in the small island schools near Bocas del Toro, Panama. As many of you know, this project started with the Society funding an English-speaking teacher, supplies, and some transportation. At the time the project was started, the Panamanian government was not funding English instruction P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-21506532490529124382009-03-19T11:10:00.004-04:002009-03-19T11:35:58.440-04:00Dear Friends:
Happy St. Patrick’s Day this week! The owner of the Moon Under Water restaurant sent me a delicious corned beef and cabbage dinner. I have great neighbors!
On St. Patrick’s Day, the P. Buckley Moss Museum welcomed its second 20th Anniversary Monthly Mystery Winner. The lucky winner was Susan Buerklin of Sewickley, Pennsylvania. Susan and her friend were first-time visitors to the P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-34583322112987192902009-03-05T16:11:00.004-05:002009-03-05T16:24:34.949-05:00
Dear Friends:
It finally snowed in Mathews, Virginia! This has been a particularly
snowy winter, but not in Mathews, where it’s been cold but no
snow other than flurries until this week.
My daughter Patty’s friend Mary Morgan took this picture of
my house Monday with her cell phone. In Mathews, even a couple
inches is a big deal.
In contrast, the flowers are blooming here in St. P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-39911365206819457022009-02-27T09:24:00.006-05:002009-02-27T09:53:33.285-05:00
Dear Friends:
What an uplifting Dealers’ Meeting we had this past weekend!
Members of The Moss Portfolio
staff and I hosted our annual winter Dealers’ Meeting at my home
in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Florida atmosphere was perfect
for our meeting, and the dealers were so relaxed and ready to share
their ideas, opinions, and experience with us and with one another.
I’m looking forward to P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-58812840438253296222009-02-12T10:25:00.002-05:002009-02-12T10:30:45.831-05:00
Dear Friends:
The P. Buckley Moss
Museum in Waynesboro, Virginia, is celebrating its 20th anniversary
this year. I feel like a mother watching her child achieve a milestone
birthday.
The P. Buckley Moss Museum celebrates its 20th anniversary this
year. It’s pictured here after a recent P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-12204422091560732552009-02-05T15:07:00.002-05:002009-02-05T15:08:56.578-05:00
Dear Friends:
What a lovely experience to be at Jinny
Beyer’s Quilting Seminar in Hilton Head, South Carolina, for
two days! My sister-in-law Carolyn Buckley was my driving buddy
from St. Petersburg, Florida, last Wednesday. She and my brother
Dan had come down from Pittsburgh to warm up, and I asked her if she’d
P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-49700277395516965142009-01-22T10:09:00.000-05:002009-01-22T10:12:40.048-05:00
Dear Friends:
It’s become a tradition for me to watch St. Petersburg’s
annual Martin Luther King, Jr., Day Parade from the windows of my home.
The parade happens in the park on the other side of the street in front
of my house. How wonderful it is to live in a country where freedom
of expression and the celebration of P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-32314961414792748912009-01-15T13:12:00.001-05:002009-01-15T13:17:33.587-05:00Dear Friends:
Members of the River Wilderness Art Association in Parrish, Florida,
visited me this Monday. What a delightful group of women!
The River Wilderness Art Association is an art club, and its members
are artists who also go to art and cultural exhibits together.
We met at the Finn Gallery, and then we went over to my P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-3084174364856160642009-01-07T11:57:00.002-05:002009-01-07T12:05:55.148-05:00
Dear Friends:
It was so wonderful to have all my children and grandchildren with me
for New Year’s. In addition to my six children and ten grandchildren,
I also had all my sons- and daughters-in-law as well as my children’s
father Jack Moss and his wife Malone—25 in all, including me!
By the time all ofP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-1616217963340153092008-12-30T15:03:00.001-05:002008-12-30T15:07:12.051-05:00
Dear Friends:
It’s wonderful to be back in my Florida studio and working again.
I’ll have about three months of concentrated painting time, and
I’m raring to go. God bless America and the diverse climate
it offers us. I especially love Florida in the wintertime, because
I can walk and I can work in the most beautiful P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-40980679623550690852008-12-23T11:54:00.000-05:002008-12-23T12:07:18.890-05:00
Dear Friends:
It’s Christmas! I wish all of my “extended Moss family”
a very happy Christmas, with lots of love shared with family and friends
and wonderful memories to treasure.
For this week’s newsletter, I’d like to share my favorite
Christmas memory with you. When my sister Mary, whom I call Honey,
P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-22125312366348238782008-12-19T12:41:00.000-05:002008-12-19T12:51:43.206-05:00
Dear Friends:
Another exciting weekend! My daughter Patty and I set off bright
and early Friday morning to drive to Kingsport, Tennessee, for a show
with my old friends Mike and Lisa Anne Milhorn at Up Against the Wall
Gallery. On the way down, we stopped at WCYB-TV in Bristol, where
I was interviewed live by news P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-67971257577499336142008-12-10T12:29:00.000-05:002008-12-10T12:39:20.858-05:00
Dear Friends:
I was so happy to get to see one of my granddaughter Sarah Donnelly’s
basketball games last week. Sarah plays for Radford High School,
and the game was held in Galax, Virginia. It was so much fun to
watch the girls play! What good sports they are and so supportive
of one another! I’m very proud of Sarah. We just found
out that she’s been accepted to Virginia Tech’s engineering
P. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1436954490471826752.post-43560093188637982592008-12-08T15:16:00.000-05:002008-12-10T11:59:07.436-05:00
Dear Friends:
“It’s starting to look a lot like Christmas!”
My family and I started decorating The Barn, my home and studio in Waynesboro,
Virginia, while we were there for Thanksgiving, and it’s going
to look so good for the Barn
Show and Museum Open House this weekend.
We all pitched in to decorate The Barn for Christmas—well,
those of us who weren’t cooking for Thanksgiving at the timeP. Buckley Mosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01601945024616719651noreply@blogger.com0