An acquaintance asked a friend to ask me if I would repair a torn painting for him. The customer doesn’t want his painter friend to know that the painting was damaged (and dirty too – where did he have this thing??) So, I will only show you the section that I worked on. I’ve done […]
Summer Puttering
In the months of July and August, I don’t give weekly drawing lessons. This gives me an out-of-proportion sense of being on vacation. My schedule is freer, so I putter at multiple things, some work, some personal. A former drawing student (from about 2000-2004) will be having a baby in September, so I am knitting […]
Old Drawing, New Cards
In 1992, I did this commissioned pencil drawing of a Mineral King cabin. The one who owns it sent me a photo of the card she had left from an earlier order. I tried to turn it into something that would print as a decent card. This was not acceptable. The customer said she still […]
Mineral King Wildflowers
Due to a late winter, increased family responsibilities, time at Hume Lake, and a Shaver Lake reunion, my visits to Mineral King have been fewer this summer than in previous years. Have a look at a recent visit, a non-hiking sort of look. It is a remarkable year for water and for flowers. This area […]
Little Shavers
Does this title please you as much as it does me? Heheheh. (That’s me snickering). After having a wonderful reunion with wonderful friends in a wonderful place (is Lawrence Welk around here somewhere??), I wanted to commemorate our time together. As a Central California artist, art seemed like the right choice. (We went to Shaver […]
Learned in June & July
Did anyone notice that I didn’t learn anything in June? Actually, I did, but had so many other things to post about that I didn’t make my usual list, which means this month’s list is twice as long as usual. For the very first time in my life, I gave away a cat. Two, actually. […]
A Walk to Eagle Meadow
I split a lot of firewood, and have learned how to read the wood to work with the knots. Knots are just branches, but I have never seen inside a hollow tree before to see the entire branch, or what the end of a knot looks like. There weren’t as many flowers as we expected […]
Reunion at Shaver Lake
Seven women friends met for a long weekend at a Shaver Lake cabin. 6 of us went to Redwood High School; 1 went to Whitney (but we have forgiven her). 6 of us graduated in 1977; 1 graduated in 1976 (but we love having her with us). 5 are turning 60 this year; 2 turned […]
Trail Guy’s Mineral King Photos
This has been a summer of reunions at mountain lakes in the Sierra for me. When I am somewhere else, I am not in Mineral King. (Thank you, Captain Obvious.) I know that many of my blog readers only care about Mineral King, so today’s post will be photos by Trail Guy, taken while I […]
A Funny Walk at Hume
There is a funny walk at Hume, which most of the residents call a “hike”, but this ain’t Mineral King, folks. (What a snob I am!) The walk is best enjoyed in photos. Let’s go! I believe this qualifies as a Peculiar Sight.