Journal - Hydrangea

Journal - Hydrangea - When we moved here last year, my hydrangea was barely living - kept it watered, and THIS year - full bloom!

Journal - Cape Fear Sketchers - Chandler's Wharf - Wilmington, NC

Journal - Cape Fear Sketchers - Chandler's Wharf - sketched the back entry into the site - so dark inside - so I lighted the beautiful fountain as much as I could despite the backlighting.

Journal - Indochine Gardens - Again

Journal - Indochine Gardens - A few of us returned to Indochine to have a lovely lunch followed by sketching in the garden. Temps rose to the high 90sF ... it was HOT!! I arrived early and sketched the dragon in front of the restaurant in about 20 minutes ... took more time with the waterfall after lunch...

Journal - Sketch with Me - Travel

Journal - Sketch With Me - Prompt by Cathy Johnson - Travel - A trip down memory lane - A Window in Civita Italy. I fell in love with this colorful window years ago while visiting Tuscany ... and with Cathy's prompt - revisited it in memory - today ...

Sunflowers

Journal- Sunflowers Splash and Splatter - I started this weeks ago, but felt it 'needed something' more to be finished.... I think it's finally done.

Journal - Doctor's Office

Journal - After sketching with the Cape Fear Sketchers yesterday, I dashed to my doctor's office for an appointment. I arrived early enough to sit in the car and sketch part of the office building. My goal was to work on architectural angles -- a challenge for me!

Journal - Cape Fear Sketchers- Heritage/Hospice Gardens, Wilmington, NC

Third Week of May Smallies

Journal - Third week of May Smallies

Journal - Brunswick Botanical Gardens

Journal - This morning's sketch - hot and humid - but the blooms are still beautiful - at the Brunswick County Botanical Gardens.

Journal - Indochine Gardens

Journal - Indochine Gardens. Sketched this on site, but didn't like the way the painting was done, so redid the entire sketch and painting.

Journal - Second Week of May Smallies

Journal - Second Week of May Smallies

Journal - Pocosin and Pitcher Plants

Journal - Had a wonderful time today sketching with friends at a local pocosin in Wilmington, NC .. TONS of pitcher plants and their flowers -- Got to return for more!

Journal - Shelton Herb Farm

Journal - Shelton Herb Farm - Went for some Purple Coneflowers - wound up buying much more as well as spending several hours sketching with Katie. Plants, the friendliest (but always moving) chickens, sunshine - FUN! (Next on my list - chicken practice! LOL)

Journal - Southport Farmer's Market - Cape Fear Sketchers

Journal - Cape Fear Sketchers - Southport Farmer's Market. I sketched the display of fine plants and people from Shelton Herb Farm. Though the day started off in the 50s, it turned out to be a glorious 70 F day ... Lots of folks, displays, vendors of all kinds, and music!

Journal - Indochine Gardens

Journal - Took my dear friend Gwen to Indochine Restaurant for her birthday lunch and sketching. Great food and awesome gardens!

Journal - Blueberries - Taylor's Blueberry Farm

Journal - A beautiful day - Spent the morning sketching at Taylor's Blueberry Farm in Leland, NC. Blueberries, chickens, goats, horses ... FUN! Blueberries will be ready to pick June 1.

Smallies - First Week of May

JOURNAL - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Journal - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY - My special bouquet

Journal - Port City Produce

Journal - Had a wonderful few hours with my friend Elizabeth Harkinson Vickerman sketching at Cape Fear Produce.

Journal - NC Railroad Museum- Cape Fear Sketchers

Journal - Cape Fear Sketchers - NC Railroad Museum 

Sketching at the Brunswick County Botanical Gardens (NC)

Journal - Another gorgeous spring day yesterday. Met friends at Brunswick County Botanical Garden, NC to do a bit of sketching.

Journal - Sketching My Wee Garden - Daylilies

Journal - Sketching my Wee Garden - The small daylilies are finally in bloom ...

Journal - Hibiscus

Last Weeks of April 2019

Journal - Last Weeks of April 2019