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Join me as I meander through my January nature journal pages. The Talens Art Creation 4.5″ square journal has become a mainstay bring-along when I walk our pups in the neighborhood. The girls are getting real good at pausing while I make quick sketches. Sometimes I can add color on the spot, otherwise I’ll take […]
I organize a group of sketchers that meet once a month for what we call a SketchCrawl. We meet at various places around the Bluffton-Hilton Head area and sketch what ever is in front of us. For the last several months, our Sketchcrawls have been virtual. I’ve been sketching a lot of plants in […]
I love keeping track of Nature’s seasonal changes in my journal. Just last week, the Spartina started to take on raw sienna coloring in places. I love the autumn colors of the marsh grass, but am not quite ready for the neon green to go! It saddened me. Another sign of seasonal change is the […]
Those who have followed my blog for a while know that when we moved to South Carolina, I studied to become a Master Naturalist in the low country. I wanted to know what made this area tick. Now, one of my joys is sharing the often overlooked natural wonders that surround us here. Beaufort County […]
It has been such an unusually long, cold winter in the low country that I’ve not done any plein air journaling in several weeks. In my semi-frustration with the weather (can’t get too frustrated when I see what the rest of the country is experiencing) I decided the bleak winter landscaped must offer something that […]
Okay, this is way off the nature sketch path but, I had to share 🙂 I love carrots: raw, steamed, sauteed, juiced with a bit of celery and apple, you name it….. Yum! Last night I was preparing chicken tacos. I like to add grated carrot as one of the toppers. Out of a brand […]
