Someone Else Hiked to Groundhog Meadow. . .

. . . and shared her photos. Thank you, Sharon Devol! Since unlike some of us, she wasn’t racing around trying to get to Chihuahua Bowl, Sharon took the time to enjoy Groundhog Meadow. (And I still want to know why Chihuahua Bowl wasn’t full of M&Ms, preferably dark chocolate. Do they make dark chocolate […]

Drawing Lessons Begin

Drawing lessons are suspended during the hot months of July and August, but they resume the day after Labor Day in the hot month of September. Therefore, today, let the lessons begin again! I’ve been helping people learn to draw since 1994, and in the process I’ve learned to draw better myself. Even more important, […]

Learned in August

Estate sales are difficult for many reasons. They involve so many decisions that are hard enough to make without experience, and those decisions are layered over with emotions. It requires enormous organizational skills, and lots of patience and energy. I helped with an estate sale recently and was astounded by the amount of work. There […]

Walking to Chihuahua

Where’s Chihuahua? This is the name of a bowl and a drainage with a seasonal creek that ends up near the pack station in Mineral King. It is up the Timber Gap/Sawtooth trail, on the way to Cobalt and Crystal Lakes. We were joined by The Farmer, Hiking Buddy, The Heir and his wife (I’ll […]

In and Out

There are juried are shows, and there are judged art shows. Juried shows have a judge or a panel of judges who decide which entries are in and which are out. Judged shows award prizes. I entered a juried show which is to hang for a year in a Tulare County government office building lobby. […]

Trail Guy Goes to Farewell Gap. Again.

I am currently working on things that don’t belong on this blog. These things are often not in Mineral King, and since Mineral King is the most popular topic on the blog, I am showing you photos of recent hikes by my husband of almost 33 years, Trail Guy. Eventually I will be working on […]

Trail Guy Goes to White Chief. Again.

Hey Central California Artist who hikes, what are you doing these days? Not working, not hiking. Then what? I dunno. Knitting, reading, helping people, yardening, editing, planning for drawing lessons in September, thinking about painting ideas, messing with the calendar design. Some of that IS work! Yeah, but I like it all. Why aren’t you […]

Mineral King Wildflowers, Penstemon

Penstemon is a family of wildflowers that have tubes, which hummingbirds like. How’s that for a non-scientific explanation? There are many types of penstemon, and I know the names of some of them. Others are confusing, so if you are really into this, maybe you can discover the names. And remember, I only deal in […]