Here is a list of some of what I have read this summer. All were either entertaining or informative. All are worth sharing, and thank you to those who shared with me. (I didn’t list the mediocre books, of which there were several. Those I skimmed or didn’t finish.) My Reading Life, Pat Conroy. Nonfiction. […]
Mineral King Photography
Trail Guy has really become quite the Mineral King photographer. He was back in the olden days of 35mm SLR cameras with film (remember those??). After we married, I stole his camera because I needed 2 going at all times. (black and white in one, color in the other, or prints in one and slides […]
Random Thoughts
Random is a good word for unrelated items piling up in my head. Thank you for visiting my other blog this week. I hope you poked around and discovered things that interested and entertained you a bit while over there. Most of my sunflowers escaped the ravages of the voracious deer in the neighborhood. The […]
Hiking in Mineral King
White Chief is my favorite place to hike out of (in?) Mineral King. So far this summer, it has rained often, I’ve been preoccupied with family matters, and often I only want to sit, knit and/or split (wood) while in Mineral King. We have a tradition with a friend who spends time with us at […]
Invitation To My Other Blog This Week
This is my real blog. The Cabins of Wilsonia is my other blog. Sometimes I am confused as to which posts belong on which blog. After seven years of blogging, my default position remains here. Sometimes I have to remember that I have another blog, now that The Cabins of Wilsonia is a published book and I’m […]
Another Decision Made!
As I began the previous commissioned pencil drawing of a cabin, another customer notified me of his decision. A, B, or C? C!
Decision Made!
A pencil drawing commission customer made a decision about which view to have me draw of her cabin! A or B? B! What appears to be a slight difference between the 2 views matters to the customer. I am here to make the customer happy. She knows her cabin; I do not.
Sketchy Decisions
So many pencil drawing commissions are awaiting decisions. I’ve sent sketches and more sketches. Can’t start drawing until I know what the customer/commissioner wants! Sketches, called “thumbnails” or “thumbnail sketches” were required in most of the assignments in art classes, both in high school and college (I went to 4 different colleges – a full-fledged […]
Discovering More in Mineral King
There is more to my life than selling oil paintings of Tulare County scenery. I spend a lot of time in Mineral King in the summer. It is a great source of inspiration, because it is the most beautiful place in Tulare County. (Go ahead and argue with me – present your case! I’m ALWAYS on […]
Selling Makes Me Happy
Selling makes me happy because it validates my worth as a business person. As brash as it sounds to say in words, I am a business person and my product is art and art related services (painting murals, teaching people to draw and occasionally to oil paint, putting together books, cards and reproduction prints of my […]