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Last week was our local SketchCrawl. We are still holding them virtually – sketch where you are and post work to the group’s FB site. Autumn in the Lowcountry is staring to bloom. I could get lost in the textures of the grasses and other plants that are changing. It’s a great time […]
For our recent Virtual Bluffton Sketckcrawl, my husband, our dogs and I visited Jarvis Creek Park on Hilton Head Island. There is a lovely walk around a good sizedpond and trails are cut through the wooded areas. Lots of places to picnic. Wading birds and osprey come and go. Gators can be seen swimming or […]
Under our bird feeder station is a busy place for birds and critters to gather. A couple of squirrels can be found there anytime of day, along with juvi cardinals, doves, grackles, brown thrashers and an occasional visit by an eastern towhee. Every now and then, I’ll pass by the kitchen window in the evening […]
This tall plant in a pot at the Native Plant Project greenhouse at work was calling to me. I chose to paint directly with Tombow dual tip markers and a waterbrush. In a Canson Mixed Media sketchbook, I started laying down tan, brown purple and red marks for the flowers and stem. Just a few […]
All week I’ve been watching the hummingbird wars at the feeder. In past years, I’ve only seen a lone female at the feeder. This year there seem to be two couples. One male has staked out his territory and prevents others from feeding. I’m going to have to put another feeder some distance away so […]
I’ll always be grateful for having dogs in our lives. They’ve kept me connected to the night sky whether from the ‘last call pee trips’ before bed or the thankfully seldom wee hours of the morning ‘I’ve got the runs’ trips. Probably TMI there! During the last pee trip on July 31st, the sky […]
