Trying to put off bedtime, I think - I know I still do that.
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Trying to put off bedtime, I think - I know I still do that.
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Figuring out travel plans for the rest of the month and making lists on the backs of envelopes.
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One slice left after we had fish for dinner.
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A less impetuous person would have removed the tissue paper before attempting to try on her new boots.
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Saturday morning - we went out for coffee.
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A flower which always means summer to me. We're home, and things are blooming, and the day is hot and bright.
Cheers from afar to all the amazing women at BlogHer this weekend. A dear nephew has chosen tomorrow for his wedding - I'll be celebrating with family in Pennsylvania. I'll find time and space for drawing, but may or may not get to a wifi connection in time to post on Saturday - so look for two pictures to appear on Sunday.
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From the train window, a morning view of the Connecticut coastline.
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Near the marina and market. We had lunch and then everyone else walked to the beach. I painted for a while caught up with them later. Last full day of a wonderful vacation.
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Looking out over Ipswich Bay, just after sunset tonight.
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Just past dawn, a few clouds. Within the hour, fog had erased the far side of the bay, the buoys were gone, and all I could see was a line of rocks at the edge of the world.
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"Do you always draw in black and white?" asks a nephew.
"I just got these new fat pencil crayons," I explain. "I'll go back to color in a day or so..."
We went berry-picking (and mosquito-slapping, and duck- and pig-watching) at Russell Orchards in Ipswich this morning. Blueberries and raspberries - what could be better? The pears weren't ripe yet, but the trees were beautiful.
They run the tractors with biodiesel fuel. They sell homemade doughnuts in their store. My favorite sign near the barn read, "Save the planet: eat cider donuts." So we did what we could to help.
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I can look at this landscape every day, and every day I see new things.
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Just got a couple of fat water-soluble graphite sticks made by Lyra. This was the 2B (also have a 9B). Even the harder 2B goes onto the page like butter, and I can use a waterbrush to pick up a wash. Feel like a kid with new crayons - can't wait to draw more with them.
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Hair tumbling into her face, she was intent on the castle she was building at low tide.
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