The brown building in this yard seemed quite out of place being too close to the house and closer to the road than it should be. But the only thing it could be was an outhouse! 
This is a painting that I gave to my son Nathan and his wife Heather. It is a representation of the farmstead we lived in Michigan when my four children were young.
This painting conveys the idea that winter has been a little too long and everyone on the farm is waiting for the snow to melt and spring to burst forth.
It has been quite a while since I last posted but I just got back from a mini vacation to Iowa to see my son and his wife and child. We also drove just sort of Omaha to visit my daughter and her husband and two boys. What a week! There is farm land on top of farm land in Iowa. 
This painting came out just as I had hoped. The sky and the snow in the foreground set the mood for this lonely house on Lorie Road. It had sat vacant for so many years that the paint was beginning to peal and wood trim was falling off. Today it looks well taken care of by its new owners.