This stone buddha has been beside a local trail for quite a few years. He is hidden when the weeds are lush and re-emerges as summer ends and the grasses die back.
trail buddha
Tag: urban sketching
coffee shop
While the mechanic worked on my car, I wandered down the road and found this cafe. Good coffee, yummy chia pudding, friendly staff. Recommend!
waiting
I arrived at the appointed spot 10 minutes early, so sketched the ficus on the opposite corner. Waiting is never boring when you have a sketchbook in your bag!
egret fountain
Egrets? Herons? It’s hard to tell when they’re big and bronze.
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.
