some arty=ness

I did this sketch at the Cocohatchee Preserve...en plein air.(while i was having my morning coffee from Dunkin donuts..hahah)  I am not a 'drawing kind of gal" .   After buying  Danny Gregory's book Every Day Matters to try and improve  I finally gave it away...... it drove me crazy to try to draw every seed on a bagel..haha believe me, you won't see many sketches from moi.  I have been doodling with my extra fine point sharpie quite a lot in my journal..Above..   And these 3 panels below are a paint and pass  I am doing with 8 friends!  It is really cool. Each person paints a background and it gets sent to the next one in line to add something!  I added the turtle on one.....  THe Palm Trees.... and the green shore/bank   It is cool to see what each person adds!

Full moon!

The moon is gorgeous right now!   I know I have been really slack in my postings as of late.   Also slack in my art...and also slack in getting out some swaps!  Just call me Mz. Slacker .  The weather  is so nice right now I cannot stay indoors.  Soon it will be too hot to be out for very long., so I must get in all the outside activity  possible ..haha.  Summer time is caliente! I will post some doodles and dweedles  tomorrow.  Go  Run out and Howl at the moon now>>>>>Oooo00OOOooo  !

Ahhhh....Hope you are having a great Sunday!

I had a great Birthday yesterday...

Thank you all for the sweet BD wishes! Last night I had a giant slice of chocolate rasberry cake and a glass of vino.  Look at the wine lable  !!! Love it !

Woo hooo! It's my birthday! I love my birthday..I used to have a Spring Fling birthday party every year. This was taken 3 years ago at my house. This time of year in Charleston is spectacular ..so it was always fun to start  Spring with a partay with all my friends. Looking at this photo...I see all the 'stuff' I got rid of when I left for the West Coast. I had so much junk it was unreal..it took me months to go through it all and purge  myself of piles of  this and that.  I don't miss any of it except my chandeliers and garden.  My lifestyle has changed...I've paired down to just a few things. ..now that I lead the gypsy life. I have to say I am a lot happier with a lighter load. It was overwhelming me to have so much stuff.  I was beginning to feel like one of those hoarder types..haha.  Happy Spring everyone!!!!

Mangroves...

One of the main reasons I love to ride my bike everywhere is to discover all the secret places that one would miss if driving a car!Actually this is in a gated community that you can only get in by bike anyway.  There are beautiful trails for miles.A long wooden pier meanders through the Mangroves and it is so peaceful and serene. At the end of the pier..this is the view...

Rarely do I ever see another person...but I saw dolphins chasing their dinner! no matter how crappy things might be sometimes...this is bliss.

I painted a piece of cardboard ,then folded it in half...it is going to be a cover for a journal I'm making out of watercolor paper and some other papers I have lying around. I think the flamingo is from a card .. an Anahata Katka card...