These hellebores make me happy!
These hellebores make me happy in the January garden. I've had to relocate them several times as conditions changed in our garden. They thrive in the shade. We used to…
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January 20, 2022
Cremini Mushrooms
Our drawing group has responded to Omicron
Our drawing group has responded to Omicron by going online. we sit down and start drawing, separately, at the usual time. Then an hour and forty minutes later, we meet…
January 17, 2022
Rose, dahlias, palm nuts, cedar branch tips, pepper tree berries , and madrone bark
Concentrating on botanical drawing
I have been concentrating on botanical drawing, and doing fewer mandalas. This one contains flowers I got at the nursery in Bolinas — they lasted and lasted — and so…
December 16, 2021
Ivy keaf with stem
Ivy leaf with stem
Ivy leaf with stem. I continue to get such satisfaction out of learning to draw. Finished this one today. It's the last day of class for the year, our teacher…
December 8, 2021
Dahlia, palm nuts, willow twigs, hazelnuts, maidenhair fern
How can it be December already>
How can it be December already? I've been taking a break from activism, starting to feel less burnt out, though I need this month to slow down! Dropped off some…
December 3, 2021
It’s acorn season here
It's acorn season here. They're dropping on the ground, and the deer are feasting. These showed up in Molly Brown's botanical drawing class. I am a person who always said they…
December 2, 2021
Crab shells, horsetail fern tips, hare's tail grass, pieces of scabiosa seeds, and unknown flower heads from Santa Monica Mountains
Having internet problems
I'm having internet problems with this blog, so am behind on posting this one that I made on Sunday. Was clearing out the shelves with all the materials I've used…
November 16, 2021
Buckeye nut, pyracantha berries from Trinka's, dried zinnia, horsetail fern
Today is my father’s birthday
Today is my father's birthday. He was a Soviet analyst in the CIA, specializing in interpreting and conveying what the Soviet Union was doing during the Cold War. He wasn't a…
November 7, 2021
Dahlia, daphne leaves, hazelnuts, rose hips
Alternative view this morning
Here's an alternative view of the Olema Marsh this morning. Couldn't cross to the north side of the levee road because the water hasn't dried up yet, so walked back,…
October 28, 2021
Tesael, persimmon leaves, rosehips, blueberry leaves
We seem to have come out the other side
We seem to have come out the other side of the atmospheric river. We had little streams crossing the property, and one place where water was spouting out of the…
October 25, 2021