Since our world turned upside down this year, I have had the opportunity to pick up a long-lost hobby…drawing and painting. I’ve been brushing up on my basic skills by taking online courses via Sktchy, Skillshare, RTY Art and miscellaneous tutorials. Most of the pieces I’m including here are digital: drawn and painted using the Procreate app. With the exception of a few family members, the portrait models are from tutorials or Unsplash photographs.
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A Quiet Little Pumpkin Patch
A perfect autumn day to take a drive. Stumbled on this cute little pumpkin patch in Evergreen CO,
Autumn is My Favorite Season
On a recent trip to the mountains of Colorado to watch aspen leaves turn a beautiful golden yellow against dark shades of evergreen. Lovely!
Flowers at Fish Creek Falls
A short trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, for a little R&R.
The Vacation of a Lifetime continued
A spectacular 12-day Mediterranean cruise! Departed from Barcelona, Spain and made stops in Cannes/Nice/Monaco/Monte Carlo Casino in France. Then on to Italy with stops in Rapallo, Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino. Next up was Rome, Italy where we toured the Colosseum and Vatican City. Then on to the Acropolis in Athens Greece. Another stop in Mykonos, Greece for great food and ouzo. Up next was Santorini, Greece (Mamma Mia!). Our last stop was Valetta, Malta with a special trip to Mdna or Città Vecchia- the Silent City, a fortified medieval city.
Greece: Athens, the Acropolis. Mykonos. Santorini
The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, dedicated to the goddess Athena.
The Parthenon on the Athenian Acropolis, dedicated to the goddess Athena
The Porch of the Caryatids (or Porch of the Maidens) on the north side of the Erechtheion, dedicated to Athena and Poseidon.
The Agean Sea in Mykonos, Greece. Also known as the Island of the Winds. Ornos Beaches
Ag Ioannis or Ornos beach. Not sure which!
View of the Mykonos coast
Panagia Tourliani Monastery on Mykonos, Greece
Panagia Tourliani Monastery on Mykonos, Greece
Interior of the Panagia Tourliani Monastery on Mykonos, Greece
Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece
18th century monastery, Santorini
Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece
Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece
Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece
18th century monastery, Santorini
18th century monastery, Santorini
18th century monastery, Santorini
Interior of 18th century monastery, Santorini
Candles. Interior of 18th century monastery, Santorini
Pyrgos Village, Santorini, Greece
Pyrgos Village, Santorini, Greece
Pyrgos Village, Santorini, Greece
Pyrgos Village, Santorini, Greece
Venetsano’s winery, Pyrgos, Santorini, Greece
Santorini, Greece (or Mykonos, I don’t remember exactly!)
Fira, Santorini, Greece
I love Fall!
Tulips
“A tulip doesn’t strive to impress anyone. It doesn’t struggle to be different than a rose. It doesn’t have to. It is different.”
– Marianne Williamson
One Lovely Blog Award
I would like to thank Amy Uthus Ceramics for nominating my blog for the One Lovely Blog Award! Amy is an artist and works with ceramics. I recommend you check out her post Images from my project in Denmark.
The rules of accepting this award are pretty simple to follow. First, you must thank the person who nominated you; secondly, tell seven random things about yourself; then nominate up to fifteen other bloggers for this award, and let them know you’ve nominated them. Ok, so here goes…
7 random things about me:
- I can’t carry a tune.
- Stories about people achieving their dreams make me all teary.
- Watching youtube videos about fluffy kittens and/or cute little kids is fun.
- I love finding images in pouffy clouds.
- Coloring inside the lines was always important to me.
- Green used to be my favorite color, but now I think I like blue better.
- I believe in angels.
The blogs I would like to nominate for this award are…
Meanwhile, back at the ranch. http://veederranch.com/
Michigan in pictures. http://michpics.wordpress.com/
This, that and whatever else I can think of. http://thisthatandwhateverelseicanthinkof.wordpress.com/
Bill Chance. http://billchance.org/
Sanctuary Home. http://sanctuaryhome.wordpress.com/
rona black photography. http://ronablackphotography.wordpress.com/
Mattie Bryant Photograpy. http://mattiebryant.wordpress.com/
caleephtography. http://caleephotography.wordpress.com/
Photobypawelp. http://photobypawelp.wordpress.com/
I’m sure there are many more amazing and lovely blogs that I’ve left off my list.
Point blank hiking
Bringing a camera along on a mountain hike can be a double-edged sword. For me, the day will either be a 1). focused hike up a rocky, mountain trail with a breathtaking vista at an alpine lake as my reward and I may or may not remember to take a picture at the top, or 2.) a photographic safari that requires stopping every five feet along the trail to get low to the ground to notice something unusual at point blank range with the lens of my camera. They are both great reasons to get up into the mountains, to be sure. But I can’t do both at the same time. So yesterday, I went point blank hiking.
Geometry of a fluff
Violet one
Deadhead
Edge of a fluff
Fuschia points
Pod point of view
The signs of summer
The other day I noticed signs of summer underway…hot temps? Yes. 91 degrees in my living room (no joke). Pavement too hot to step upon? For sure – no more going barefoot on the driveway. The newly planted blooms already thirsting for water? Sadly, yes.
I see signs of a HOT summer…
Peeling paint…didn’t we just paint that last year?
A lawn chair dusted off and sitting in the sun…
The perfect summery strappy sandals…
And alas…the ubiquitous coals that won’t light.
How will you keep your cool?
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