Laura Mack, my wonderful long-time friend, gave me the BEST birthday present ever–an absolutely stunning painting/collage of me and my clematis! She knows me well. She even tucked in my husband LeRoy. Isn’t it great! She used some of my own clematis photos, too!
Laura and I have known each other on both coasts, having met when we worked together in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2004, she and her husband and me and mine both left the east coast for the west: I headed to Seattle and she went to Salem, Oregon. Laura’s a professional artist and a college art teacher–it shows!
Click here to see her make an impassioned plea for art in public schools.
Clematis in Seattle 
Pauline Benson said,
November 14, 2018 at 6:03 pm
A wonderful gift! Beautiful, on-subject, and smile-making.
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clematisinseattle said,
November 14, 2018 at 6:58 pm
Thanks, Pauline!
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Paula Bessette said,
November 14, 2018 at 9:58 pm
I just love this! So much!! Thank you for sharing. Paula ________________________________
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clematisinseattle said,
November 14, 2018 at 10:05 pm
You’re welcome, Paula!
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lindamammano@comcast.net said,
November 16, 2018 at 11:58 am
What a fabulous gift, a true treasure!!🌺
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clematisinseattle said,
November 16, 2018 at 4:08 pm
I know! I’m a lucky so and so.
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