Blue sky and winter trees on the walk home from school. Freezing rain and snow expected overnight, and one by one the districts and schools announce two-hour delays. We haven't heard anything yet, though, and the streets are still clear...
January 2011 Archives
These are a few of the bottles from my grandfather's attic. They make me think of the ocean, and the light at his house.
Dried rose - I can imagine that it smells of summer, but the reality is more like tea leaves and pencil shavings.
(Day 2222 - a number that looks pretty much the same upside down as rightside up.) I got some lithography crayons to see how I like drawing with them. The lines are probably too big for my sketchbook, but exuberant as well as awkward - soft and dark and quick.
Another view of the same lemon.
I can always find something new to see when I look at a lemon.
Mmm. Just a few papers, but I needn't look at them tonight.
I've used white china marker in the past for resist drawings. Today I got a black one at the art store. I like to try new materials - sometimes they just unlock a new way of working. I wanted a softer and darker line, though, so I'll keep looking.
This stone was on a shelf in my study. I don't remember saving it, but there it is. A stone from the beach, I think. I move it from the shelf to a drawer. Not exactly sure why. I'll find it again and wonder about it again some time in the future...
Unmatched white sock on the blue and green bedspread? Or snow-covered mountain range in the distance?
An unofficial household mascot, found face down in a snowdrift during the great blizzard of last February, is celebrating tonight's small storm. So far, we have a 2-hour delay called for school tomorrow. 3-6" snow forecast, with wind and increasing cold. Children and adults are hoping, hoping for a snow holiday...
Some of what was on the coffee table by the end of the evening...
Necklace of felted wool beads - the colors make me happy every time I look at it or wear it.
And settled at home again, with time to catch up online. The pause was lovely, but I missed the reading and writing I do on various electronic devices. Web-connected pages don't replace books for me, but the wild variety of that endless magazine/newspaper/art show/encyclopedia amplifies and extends my experience of the world.
Drawn in pen.
We had a day with snow flurries, but warm enough for walking along the trails. (This was drawn from inside, though...)
We were away for the long weekend, and I didn't have laptop-style internet access. The rest and family time were wonderful. The apple is a Mutsu Crispin from our farmers' market.
I will be mostly unplugged for the next day or so. I'm drawing, but I don't have an easy way to post. You might find the odd phonecam snap on Twitter, in the meantime. Will catch up here when I turn on the laptop again.
Just one can subtly scent an entire room.
Snow holiday = small projects.
We only got a couple of inches of snow this afternoon, with a little more expected overnight. I looked out at the yellow apartment house across the street and enjoyed the warmth of the living room.
I like everything about the camera I got for my birthday last summer except the lens cap - which seems to pop off at the slightest touch.
Far from in season, here, but a reminder that spring will come.
No two exactly alike, if you look closely at them.
Crumpled, twisted, stretched, a rubber band is resilient, bouncing back to the original simple loop.
Wilted, but still fun to draw - especially with an extra-fine nib.
The season is nearly done...
All by itself on the kitchen counter. Not sure why it was saved and not eaten or put in the compost bucket.
Still with the bright taste of fall.
Winter branches across a neighbor's upstairs window.
We got red carnations a little before Christmas, and they are still beautiful - cheerful color on a rainy New Year's Day.
