Last week we took a wildflower walk in Mineral King. This week we continue up the trail. It was just a walk – no pack, no water, no food. It was hot out in the sun chasing down those wildflowers, so I was looking forward to stopping by the Ranger Station for a drink of […]
A Wildflower Walk in Mineral King
Happy Independence Day Eve! Normally I post about Mineral King on Fridays, but this week I will be silent on Friday because you will be busy and so will I. So, you get to read about Mineral King on Thursday. Hope you are feeling flexible. Trail Guy and I took a break from our labors […]
More Spring in Three Rivers
A glorious time of year in a beautiful place – that’s spring in Three Rivers, and it brings me inspiration. In Three Rivers, this is called “Karl’s Tree”. It is a group of 8 dogwoods, a variety called “Carolinus Florida”. It blooms around the first of April, give or take, based on the weather. Did […]
Spring in Three Rivers
February is my favorite month. No wait, it’s March! Hold on a minute – I think it might be April! Salt Creek ought to be raging about now. Instead, we are pathetically grateful for a tiny amount of flow. My cousin loves to watch birds. I learned a ton from him and his sister in […]
Drawing Sequoia
Sequoia Natural History Association has sold my work for many years. Great organization – they stock and man the visitor centers and ranger stations throughout Sequoia. They do a lot more, but this post isn’t about them. It is about a drawing I am working on in hopes that they will add it to their […]
Visiting Sequoia
When I was a kid and there were guests from out of the area, my folks would take them up to visit Sequoia National Park. I remember thinking, “Do we have to go to the mountains again?” What a punk. A punk in the Park. A Park Punk? Two very dear cousins of mine were here […]
Walking in Three Rivers For Inspiration
People: “Where do you get your inspiration?” California Artist: “Everywhere.” Here are photos from a recent morning walk in Three Rivers. The Redbud tree is beginning to fade. This is the extent of the snow on Alta Peak that forms “the elephant”. Popcorn flower under the oaks. Nothing to say here except swing. Or “swang” […]
Beautiful Images from the Pacific Northwest
These are not necessarily things indigenous to the Pacific Northwest, but they are beautiful things I encountered while there. Beautiful things, views, places, all here for you to enjoy. Puget Sound (AKA “The Sound”) as seen from Mukilteo, Washington. The Mukilteo light house in what passes for sunshine in February in Washington. An old architectural […]
Overly Excited in the Pacific Northwest
Yesterday I left you at the cliffhanger of Better Living Through Coffee in the Pacific Northwest. Carol and I visited Port Townsend. It is a beautiful little town on the water with very stately architecture and art galleries and shops full of unnecessary items to enhance life and coffee and restaurants. As the daughter […]
Thoughtful Thursdays – A Juiced Up Life
Now that the drawings for The Cabins of Wilsonia are finished, I’m thinking about oil painting again. I’d like to make a 2015 calendar of paintings, and need to decide if I have any that can be used or if I need to do 13 new paintings. Thirteen? A year has 12 months, a calendar has […]