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		<title>Catching Up and Citizenship!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Time keeps flying by, as it does. I wanted to do a little update to let you know what I&#8217;ve been busy with over winter and now spring. First, since I already gave it away in the title, I got my British Citizenship in March! I can&#8217;t believe how fast the years have gone by, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wild Goats of Langholm Moor</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary McAndrew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 22:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When we lived in Northumberland I&#8217;ll never forget the first time I saw the wild goats in the Cheviot hills. Once in awhile you get lucky and see them in the fields when they come down to graze where the sheep are. I&#8217;ve always wanted to draw or paint them but haven&#8217;t gotten to yet. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Old Mossy Stump and New Fungi Guide!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 21:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(Click on any picture to see it enlarged) I did this study back at the end of December, the sketch was done outside and I painted it near the woodstove heat at night! I&#8217;ve included lots of pictures to show some stages of painting and other fungi I found. This is the view I had [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lots of Mushroom Studies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary McAndrew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 23:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many studies in watercolor with a touch of gouache. I show my color notes next to each mushroom. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Old Beech Tree at Beanly Moor, Northumberland</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary McAndrew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2023 20:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[(Click photos to see enlarged view) This post has a lot of photos showing as many stages of painting as I could. I&#8217;m taking the pictures using my cell phone, sorry they are not perfect! I&#8217;m using a photo I took a few years ago in Northumberland, on a walk with Gary at Beanly Moor. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Old Castleton Farm in Winter</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary McAndrew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Apr 2023 13:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is a very short post just to share a quick pencil study I did on March 2, 2023. We were out driving and Gary pulled up for a bit so he could go talk to a farmer and I stayed in the car where it was warm! Since he took longer than expected I [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Hawthorn and Mossy Wall</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary McAndrew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2023 20:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Another adventure into the snowy, cold back garden! I sketched this scene on January 17, 2023 then worked on the painting in February. I seem to be drawn to this Hawthorn tree and wall, it&#8217;s the same one I sketched last year in March on a rainy cold morning. I just love old Hawthorn trees [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Scottish Cottage and Snowy Fell</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary McAndrew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Mar 2023 14:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On January 16, 2023, I spent time just wandering around the garden, taking pictures of the snow on all the dead stems of weeds, flowers and grasses. I had my very small field kit bag with me, determined to do some kind of sketch. My husband took some pictures of me, showing how bundled up [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sketching Grass on a Snowy Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary McAndrew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 13:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sketching some grass outside in the snow. I show my field painting kit, bag, palette, sketchbook, and link to a video I did too. I talk about fox tracks in the snow.]]></description>
		
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		<title>View From Langholm Moor (Newcastleton, Scotland)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary McAndrew]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2023 23:12:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gary and I went out for a quick drive in mid February even though it was overcast and cold. We drove through Newcastleton in the Scottish Borders and up the lane that goes right out of the village (as the locals refer to Newcastleton) and up onto the moors. This is the first view you [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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