Off the Ferry

November 7, 2025

Off the Ferry

Buonissimo!

pepper, hummus, and
peach picnic at payless foods
on whidbey island

—dotty seiter

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*A Riot of Color and Tangle and Boast and Profusion*
3.5 x 5.5″; watercolor, ink, and pastel in travel art journal
abstract floral
2025

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Notes about poem and art:
• “Buonissimo!” reflects the fun of an impromptu solution to getting lunch on arrival day on Whidbey Island. Gluten free, inexpensive, tables and water fountain at hand, and we had to shop for groceries anyway. Worked for us!
• A Riot is a second happily-following-MaryAnn‘s-lead watercolor-playground piece in my Pacific Northwest travel journal. Flowers for the picnic table above, so to speak : )

artist at play

abstract floral, inspired by maryann shupe, pnw travel art journal

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Dotty Seiter

13 responses to “Off the Ferry”

carol lee

November 7, 2025 at 4:18 am

Just the best Mediterranean diet. Guess you meant Hummus! A staple around here!

Your image came out HUGE!! A great burst of color and shapes! Just love all the mottled colors!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 7, 2025 at 5:51 am
  
  Carol, hello! Yes, not sure why but I’ve always used the alternate hommos spelling. Maybe I’ll go edit my spelling above to hummus!
  
  There is likely a way to control the image size, too. Two same-size images present very differently in size here in WP when one is placed horizontally and the other vertically. But look at that great burst of color and shapes … as you did! Thanks for your nod to the mottled colors; I had fun playing with that mottling as I painted.
  
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  1. carol lee
    
    November 7, 2025 at 6:40 am
    
    Probably how you pronounce it. We pronounce it almost like a ou sound. Whatever it’s the taste that counts 😂
    
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Carolyn Olivier

November 7, 2025 at 5:45 am

Thank you! So joyful,!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 7, 2025 at 5:55 am
  
  Carolyn, good morning! Thank YOU! I actively seek joy wherever I can find it : )
  
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Joyful Puttering

November 7, 2025 at 7:38 am

Love your impromptu island picnic…and love seeing my stencil play influence again! It’s such a happy painting!

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 7, 2025 at 8:03 am
  
  Thanks, MaryAnn, our picnic was just perfect. No fuss no muss and I didn’t have to deal with finding 100% gluten free offerings on a restaurant or takeout menu but instead got JUST what I was in the mood for : )
  
  As you are now becoming aware, you ‘saved’ me more than once in my travel journal in September with inspo from your blog. So grateful!
  
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lolajovan

November 7, 2025 at 3:03 pm

Impromptu dining and a riot of “stained glass” color! LOVE! xoxoxo

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 7, 2025 at 3:18 pm
  
  Both the impromptu dining and the riot of stained glass color were just the ticket on our arrival day in Whidbey! Thanks for your LOVE!
  
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Sheila Marie Delgado

November 12, 2025 at 3:35 pm

Say that 3 times fast! Haha. Love the riot! JOYful! xoxo

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1. Dotty Seiter
  
  November 12, 2025 at 4:13 pm
  
  LOL at your invitation to say that three times fast! Yes to joy in the riot of color and tangle and boast and profusion—I had fun with the color play in this piece.
  
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Meg

November 30, 2025 at 5:56 pm

I refuse to comment on this one for reasons you will understand.

(but the art is electric…I love it)

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Dotty Seiter

November 30, 2025 at 6:41 pm

L O L

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(glad you like the art)

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