Three Tomatoes, Stage 2

Three Tomatoes, Stage 2

Probably the happiest period in life is in middle age, when the eager passions of youth are cooled, and the infirmities of age not yet begun; as we see that the shadows, which are at morning and evening so large, almost entirely disappear at midday.

-Eleanor Roosevelt

I also often like the middle stage of a painting.  When the foundation is solid, I can start having fun with the colors, and am in the homestretch.