In order to do my August calendar picture post and the Learned-in-July-List in a timely manner, this week’s Mineral King report is landing on the wrong day. Flex with me, Readers! It was a time of many people in our neighborhood, with much socializing and renewal of friendships. I felt as if I fit in, […]
Your Central Calif. Artist Went to the Wildflower Cafe
Whatever does that title mean? Glad you asked! The junction of the Farewell Gap and Franklin Lake trails is the best wildflower area in all of Mineral King, and its peak is always right around July 4. Well, okay, probably July 1, but July 4 is a significant day, and who actually knows the specific […]
Trail Guy Went to White Chief
Trail Guy, being retired, spends more time in The Land of No Electricity, Internet, or Phones (unless one has StarLink, which your Central Calif. Artist does not—surprised by this?) than I do. He actually had time to hike, working around all his obligations/helpfulness to neighbors. You can tell he took these photos by the spots […]
Late Spring Wildflowers in Three Rivers
We had a perfectly beautiful spring day in April after March’s unseasonable heat wrecked the green and prematurely caused most wildflowers to croak. See? a perfect spring day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TLC!!
How Fast?
Walking Partner and I noticed something different a week or two ago here in Three Rivers: new speed limit signs on a private road. This is one post. 15 mph heading upstream, 5 mph heading downstream. (This is along the river—could you guess that?) Here’s another one: This time it was 15 mph going downstream […]
Washing the Mud Out of Our Eyes With Wildflowers
Early Morning Walk in Three Rivers
Wildflowers as Tiny Colored Dots
Little Odd Job of Wildflowers
A friend-collector (collector-friend? friend/collector? How do I call these wonderful folks??) brought me a hand mirror, requesting that I paint wildflowers on the back. I began with a sketch in colored pencil to see if I was on the same track with her. When she approved, it was time for oil painting in great detail, […]
New Mineral King Wildflowers!
Mineral King Wildflowers: Common Names was published in March of 2019. Now in July of 2019, I am finding so many new wildflowers in Mineral King that I am just flummoxed. Flummoxed, I say! (Not sure what this means exactly, but it feels like the right word for my troubled state of mind.) There are just too many for one […]