Face Sketches

Just one more day here in Florida…we’ve had hot sunny days and nightly thunderstorms. It’s been nearly five weeks since we sold our house and started our 3500 mile road trip heading east. Tomorrow, we’ll drop off the car in storage and then fly back to Seattle where we’ll spend this summer in the cool…

Dixie

#art #lab #graphite #dog

Florida Inspirations

It’s been four weeks since we packed our bags and headed east. After a fun 12 day drive across the country, we’ve been in Florida, neighborhood shopping, trying to figure out if this is where we want to call home someday. But, since the real estate market remains stupid-crazy, we’ve decided to slow down the…

Spring Blossoms – Drive Across the US

We did it. We stopped talking about it and we sold our beloved little farm in the Pacific NW. We put our sentimental possessions in a 10×10 storage unit, kept our little trailer and our cars…but, everything else–gone. We’re homeless. It’s still sinking in. We’re now on the quest to find a new home so…

Hugs from cousin

Sketched one of the very few pictures I have of myself as a child. And this pic incudes my dear, long-lost-and-now-found, cousin. Interesting to try to crisp-up this blurry old B&W photo (circa 1968). #belove #graphite #selfportrait

Me

On Mother’s Day I usually do something athletic–something hard yet gratifying; something I can be proud of…you know, like being a mom…Well, ever since I broke my ankle while jogging a simple and ordinary path, I’ve become pathetically out of shape. So in the spirit trying something hard yet gratifying, I’ve sketched my first self-portrait…Obviously…