Dilly Milly

(Dilly Milly, acrylic on canvas, 2011, M.Elliott)

i met sweet and curious miss "dilly milly"

on a farm in nashville, tn. i was reminded of her as i spent 8hrs in the car this weekend driving to and from oxford, ms enjoying the scenery of grazing COWS and goats; i have always loved l o n g car rides that follow along side pastures of grazing cattle and farm crops. this was a particularly great drive because not only was there lots of farm land and grazing cattle, but a number of pickup trucks full of fresh SUMMER produce for sale, including.....watermelon...and nothing is better than farm fresh watermelon on a hot summer day!