Kim and I sat by the creek and watched the ants. What a lovely way to pass an hour.
Liometopum occidentale
Author: Hashi
Triceratops
The three-horned, plant-eating Triceratops lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 68 to 66 million years ago, in what is now western North America. It, along with seventy-five percent of the plant and animal species on earth, was wiped out in the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event. This model now resides on the living room wall at S & C’s place.
Nostoceras
According to the plaque on the mantlepiece: This is a really cool heteromorph ammonite (Nostoceras sp.) fossil from the Tulear Province of Madagascar. Unlike most ammonites with a tightly-coiled spiral shell that retains its shape throughout its life, heteromorph ammonites have irregularly-coiled or uncoiled shells. They are Late Cretaceous in age (Campanian Stage) or approximately 70 million years old.
Coryphaena hippurus
Just sitting here sketching fearsome fish skulls and sipping my morning coffee.
cornucopivase
Parasaurolophus
Our friends S and C are science educators, and their home is full of fossils, skeletons, sealife photos, and giant mounted dinosaur heads. I believe this one in the kitchen is Parasaurolophus (I peeked at the Dinosaurs flash cards on S’s desk.) We’re going to be here for a few weeks, and I plan to sketch many more of the myriad cool specimens we’re living amongst.
budding camellias
Continuous line drawing
china duck
bake a cake
This is not *my* Nana’s recipe; nor did I actually bake it (seems crazy rich and sweet). But I did follow along while the Draw With Me gang illustrated it.
- 12 ounces butter
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate
- 1 cup whole milk
- 2 tablespoons white distilled vinegar
- 2-1/4 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
hyacinths
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