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Picture a Day #128 – Katie’s Veggie Garden
This week I am visiting my daughter Katie, who lives in a mountain valley in northern California, at an elevation of about two thousand feet. It has gotten quite warm during the day, but is still cold at night. She … Continue reading
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Tagged family, gardening, hobbies, nature, postaday
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Picture a Day #127 – Oh, Pear!
OK, today I’m back on the topic of pears, but I also have some mixed fruit to share. After I had drawn pears the traditional way, I decided to change-up the shades, and put my pears in the company of … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, fruit, hobbies, postaday, Prismacolor pencils
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Picture a Day #126 – Happy Birthday Cake
Sometimes adults need yummy birthday cakes. Before I went to visit my daughter for her birthday, I decided to make my Rocky Road Cake from last December again, but I used a different recipe, and gave it a twist. This … Continue reading
Picture a Day #125 – Mailing My Pears
My 6×6 inch art is in the mail now. Today I sent off five pieces to RoCo: two drypoint prints from my 2006 edition, two watercolor landscapes I painted last month, and this soft pastel pear, my most recent fruity … Continue reading
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Tagged 6x6x2012, art, fruit, hobbies, landscape, nature, painting, pastel, postaday, printmaking, watercolor
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Picture a Day #124 – May Showers
Today was another one of those showery days when the sun finally comes out and it’s still raining. I ducked outside a couple of times to check on things in the garden, and couldn’t resist this soggy but still brilliant … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, hobbies, home, inspiration, iris, nature, postaday, rainbow
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Picture a Day #123 – More 6×6 Art
Awhile back, I decided to create a sampler of 6×6 inch art using a variety of media. I was not completely satisfied with my first project – a Prismacolor sketch on Arches watercolor paper. Oh well. Nothing ventured. I have worked on several other … Continue reading
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Tagged 6x6x2012, art, hobbies, nature, painting, postaday, watercolor
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Picture a Day #122 – More and More Pears!
OK, here we go again. My pear hobby really took off three years ago when I began drawing pears using Prismacolor pencils. I just couldn’t seem to stop! Here are some examples of my work during this period. I was … Continue reading
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Tagged art, drawing, fruit, hobbies, pears, postaday, Prismacolor pencils
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Picture a Day #121 – A Script, an Interview, and Almonds
Today is the last day of Script Frenzy, a marathon of script-writing sponsored by the Office of Letters and Light in Berkeley, California. It is a FUNdraiser and motivational event to get people writing. The goal is 100 pages in 30 … Continue reading
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Tagged almond orchard, California, family, nature, postaday, Script Frenzy, travel, writing
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Picture a Day #120 – My Veggie Garden
My raised bed is finished, and planted! Here is a diagram with my crops labeled. I already have some lettuce sprouts after only a few days. It’s a tiny garden, but I optimistically planted crops that require more space than … Continue reading
Picture a Day #119 – A Tale of Pears
Yesterday I began my history of pear obsession with a listing of my Works of Pear. Today I continue with my first pear project. You may recall it was a drypoint print. I made an edition of eleven. Here are two … Continue reading
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