For my brother, who loves to eat fresh fruit. Unfortunately, he’s been experiencing the rough end of the pineapple lately. Hope things improve for you soon, Pete!
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This week in life drawing, we concentrated on shadow shapes. I was struggling with my full body sketch so decided to focus on the model’s head.
week 14
This week in the PerpJo.
seen in malibu
I actually don’t mind doing laundry, so I guess I can risk parking here 😂
Sisyrinchium bellum
Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum) is a perennial herb in the iris family, native to Oregon, California and parts of Baja California. It’s usually found in open places where there is some moisture, particularly grassy areas. It can also be found in woodlands and at altitudes up to 2,400m. It produces its pretty blue/purple flowers in spring and summer, peaking in April.
The Ohlone used an infusion of the roots and leaves as a cure for indigestion and stomach pain, and similar uses are recorded from other Native American peoples. It’s nice to see it blooming out on the trails now.
View from above
I visited my first presidential museum today. It’s an interesting concept, and one that doesn’t arise in Australia — individual prime ministers don‘t create museums to tell the history of their term in the best possible light. I mean, who would pay for them? I doubt many PMs have enough wealthy fans to finance such an institution.
Trachelophorous giraffa
A rainy day is a perfect time to take a John Muir Laws class on drawing insects. Isn’t this guy kooky? Trachelophorous giraffa is endemic to Madagascar, and shouldn’t be confused with the New Zealand Giraffe Weevil (Lasiorhynchus barbicornis). In both species, the males have extremely long heads.
Lost Cabin Trail
I created this page a few weeks ago for our Park docents’ newsletter. Now that it’s been published, I can post it here. A rattlesnake and a mountain lion on the same hike, that was pretty exciting!
Erythrina caffra
Erythrina caffra, the coast coral tree or African coral tree, is a native of southeastern Africa. It is often cultivated as an ornamental and street tree, and has introduced populations in California and India. We have one growing in our yard. It’s deciduous, and puts forward both leaves and flowers in early spring. The flowers are made up of a main petal of a gorgeous transparent pyrrol orange hue, and four small petals. The main petal curves back to expose the stamens.
Lobby flowers
I arrived five minutes early for my lunch date—just enough time for a continuous line drawing of the lobby flower arrangement (colour added when I got home).
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