While in this drawdrawdraw mode, it is still necessary to think about other parts of my business. Three Rivers Studio Tour 10 is at the end of March, and people like to buy stuff from the artists. I’m real glad about that. It is helpful if I have things to sell to those fine folks of good taste. Here is a little sample:
These are 2×2″ canvases, and they look so cute sitting on little easels. Awwww. . . love those California poppies!
Last week I took a break in the middle of the day. Yes, I know I should have been drawing. It was a spectacularly difficult week with 5 Bad Things to face, so I went for a walk, okay? Alrighty then.
I was just boppity-bopping along, enjoying the January sunshine, contemplating matters of consequence, praying about the first 2 bad things (the other 3 were in my near future), hoping my foot didn’t hurt too much, looking for things that might make nice drawings or paintings (later, after The Cabins of Wilsonia is finished).
Look what I encountered:
That is a little pile of snow. Look at it closer. It really is snow!
Sometimes it is just weird in Three Rivers. Perhaps it is just weird in California. Maybe I was seeing things. Maybe I should have just stayed inside and kept drawing.
Here is the second half of yesterday’s post about the excursion on foot in the bottom of Lake Kaweah. I worked pretty hard at finding things of interest down there – hope you enjoy them!
I was glad we had this road to walk on because those cockleburs are horrible.
That’s a bald eagle!
There is the dam and the spillway and the tower in the distance. This is a large lake, especially if you are in a canoe or on foot.
It is cloudy in Three Rivers and further up canyon . . . is it snowing? We sure do need some.
We walked back up along this split off section of the Kaweah River. I think it is remarkable that these willows survive when a good portion of their lives is spent fully submerged.
Look! A turtle!
I just knew we would have to go crashing through the cockleburs to get back to the road.
Cockleburs everywhere!
Horrid little things
The green is mustard. Normally the distant hills are green this time of year. We really need rain.
This California artist is praying for rain. Are you?
Lake Kaweah is formed by Terminus Dam, about 10 miles below Three Rivers. When the lake is full, it reaches up into the lower end of town. When it is not full, there are lots of places to walk. The dam was built when I was a toddler, so I don’t remember anything prior to the lake. (My great uncle used to lament all the drowned flower seeds and I never understood what he was so worked up about.)
Instead of heading up higher into the hills today, we drove down to the lake. Everything was sort of dust colored, and yucky looking, so I messed with it a bit on the photos. This color junkie had to look hard for nice photos on this excursion.
Why am I showing you this stuff when I am a California artist? So that you can get to know me a bit, learn about where I live, and hopefully tell me what you think.
Not much to the Kaweah River right now. We sure do need rain.
This was once a swimming pool. Can you see a hint of blue tile around the edge?
Here is a closer view. I wonder where those people went when the Army Corps of Engineers forced them out of their home. That would be dreadful.
Michael saw this bridge from up on the highway and wanted to find it.
It crosses Horse Creek. I love older things that had style. Kind of weird to realize this sits completely underwater for months at a time, for almost 50 years!
Back in the days when I walked a lot of miles, I photographed and showed you a series of what I called “Peculiar Sights” in Three Rivers. (A central California artist has to find her amusements wherever she can!)
Plantar fasciitis takes a very long time to heal, and now, with the help of an acupuncturist friend, I believe I am back on my feet. Slowly. This means my little camera is back in my pocket, and the peculiar sights might begin appearing on the blog again.
For this wonderful town-wide event. I will be with Wendy McKellar at her studio and gallery Colors. You can read about it in great detail at the First Saturday Three Rivers website. Look for the purple and gold flags!
Meanwhile, I won’t hog the beautiful fall color at my studio all to myself.
But wait! There’s more! First, remember the Perfect Gift Boutique today at the Three Rivers Arts Center from 10-4. This little building is the first building on the left, just over the bridge on North Fork Drive.
Three Rivers Arts Center, North Fork Drive, Three Rivers
10-4 p.m., today (Friday, November 25) and tomorrow (Saturday, November 26)
GIVE THANKS!
