Long Fast Walk

One last post not about art or Mineral King. We’ll resume our normal broadcasting schedule topics tomorrow. There are many ways to participate in the multiple events of the Lake Tahoe Marathon weekend; walking partner T and I chose to walk the 1/2 marathon on Sunday, October 9. We’ve been planning and training for awhile. […]

Last Day There, Part Five

Yesterday I walked the Lake Tahoe 1/2 Marathon. I’ll tell you about that after I finish going on and on and on about our very long road trip. Today is more about Sandpoint. These could all be considered sources of inspiration, because an artist needs to be continually on the lookout for subject matter and […]

There, Part Four

Another personal post not about art or Mineral King. We took a bike ride into Sandpoint. Turned out to be about 11 miles round trip. Not bad for the first time on a bike in several years. Probably the last time on a bike for several weeks. Ow. There were many berries. Our friend told […]

There, Part Three

The long way was behind us once we reached Sandpoint. This was the view from the porch of the Very Very Nice House where we stayed, actually located in Dover, just three miles north of Sandpoint. Since I am in training for the Lake Tahoe 1/2 Marathon (October 9!!), I took a fast walk around […]

Long Way There, Part Two

Another entirely personal post, not about art or Mineral King; however, several of the photos shown could possibly become oil paintings or pencil drawings. The third day of the very long road trip took us from Salem to Seattle. Seattle has a traffic problem. There is also a signage problem south of Tacoma – the […]

THIRTY YEARS!!

Another entirely personal post, not about art or Mineral King.  Who are these people and why are they smiling? (Yes, that passes for a smile on Trail Guy’s face when a camera is involved.) That is Trail Guy and Central California Artist, and they are still married after 30 years and still like each other. Not […]

Long Way There

This post will be entirely personal, so feel free to skip it if you only come for art or Mineral King. Did you know that Israel is 236 miles from north to south? Recently, Trail Guy and I drove the equivalent of that distance 11 times over, and we only saw parts of 5 of […]

Mineral King From My Pencils

Why didn’t I choose to finish one of those other drawings? I dunno. Sometimes I just don’t wanna. (Why doesn’t my boss fire me??) This picture grabbed my attention because it is in Mineral King (White Chief, at the very top end of the trail). It also was appealing because of the reeds and grasses […]

Hard Water in Mineral King

This is Tulare County, pencil drawing, from Mineral King. It is Spring Creek. It could be anywhere. If I have this at a show and someone says, “Oh! Is that Yosemite?!”, then my answer will be, “If you would like it to be Yosemite, then it is Yosemite for you”. Let the record reflect that […]