Egrets? Herons? It’s hard to tell when they’re big and bronze.
egret fountain
Tag: urban sketching
Woolsey tribute?
We have a fairly new, almost empty, shopping centre in town (like we needed another one!). I had a bit of a wander through, and noticed this public art out front. It’s comprised of columns of burnt burls of wood. Between some of the lumps are ceramic collars stamped with words like ‘fire’, ‘ash’ and ‘transform’. There’s no plaque, but I’m guessing it’s meant as a reminder of the Woolsey Fire which wreaked such devastation on our area nearly six years ago.
Traveling home
After leaving the Field Campus, I spent the night with friends in Sacramento, before making the long drive back home. I’d never seen a yellow-billed magpie before. What a gorgeous bird!
pub lunch
I stopped in Grass Valley for lunch on my way to the Nature Journal Retreat in the Sierra Nevada.
at Red Cross
I was at Red Cross to give whole blood, but the phlebotomist let me know that I would be an ideal candidate for platelet donation. Maybe next time, I said, knowing that it involves the immobilisation of both arms for two hours. In the recovery area, this bald poster child added her persuasion. So yeah, next time🩸.
at the dentist
I spent too much time in waiting rooms today.
at the hairdresser’s
This sketch was done in the few minutes while I waited my turn at the hairdresser’s.
pocket park
Lauren and I had lunch in a little park in Beverly Hills; apparently we were in an historic cactus garden.
seen in malibu
I actually don’t mind doing laundry, so I guess I can risk parking here 😂
illuminatin’
Where am I, Narnia? I wish! For some reason my mother-in-law’s house includes a lamp post in the middle of the back lawn. I guess it’s a good place to look for your car keys.
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