After sketching the Wood Storks, Rob and I drove over to the golf club on Spring Island. To one side of the club house are tabby ruins from the original plantation home. I headed for the shade of some Live Oak trees that stand on the edge of the marsh in front of the ruins […]
Category Archives: Plein Air
work created outdoors
Wood Storks Nesting
Ever since I saw my first Wood Stork I’ve wanted to observe, sketch and photograph them throughout their nesting cycle. This year I got my wish 🙂 For the first time ever recorded, Wood Storks chose to nest on Spring Island! Yeah! They’re relatively close by and I have access! My first trip to check […]
Garden Companions
Sunday was the perfect day to sit out by the lake and sketch. Nearby was a small flower garden. Mother Nature sprinkled in the perfect aster to compliment the purple of the hosta plants. Momma Nature knows color 🙂
Happy 4th • Conesus Lake… Lake of Fire
Here’s to being able to celebrate our Freedom! Thank you to all who help us keep it!! We are once again in the Finger Lake’s Region of Western NY. July 3rd is the big celebration on Conesus Lake. Here’s some sights and sounds….. At 10 pm everyone around the lake lights flares… thus, Lake of […]
Flower, Fruit and Berry Report
Please click to enlarge. Along the cart path on the 10th hole, across from the 150 yard marker is a spot large enough to park the cart and be out of the way of golfers… Standing in this one spot, I was treated to all these beauties. Eye candy everywhere! I did the pen sketching […]
Witchhazel, Witch Hazel, Witch-Hazel
In November of 2010, I discovered a Witchhazel shrub/tree along the tree line on the 10th hole of our neighborhood golf course. It was the yellow, thread-like twisted flowers that caught my eye. This graceful, delicate, small tree was loaded with flowers and a few very colorful leaves that had a mind to linger a […]
