Beautiful things today were overshadowed by the passing of our beloved Leo. 

Graphite on paper.

Pu’ukohola Heiau NHS.

Cattitude.

 

An excellent day to celebrate the love of my life, swim with dolphins and taste some rum.

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Sunset.

 

Snorkeling, sea caves and collapsed lava tubes. Oh my!

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This lava tube is larger in person.

 

Quick sketches are the name of the game today.

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Akaka Falls.

 

Of course we’d find snow on a volcano in the tropics! Coming to you from 13,000+ feet. 

Sketch on paper.

Mauna Kea Summit.

 

Airbus NEO321. I worked on these planes for many years, so it’s nice to fly on them.

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Clouds, mountains and tropical water below.

 

Tomorrow will be beaches and sunshine and no snow. Hurray! 

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Chillin like a heron.

 

Ribbit.

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Night lights.

 

Geckos are where it’s at today.

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The Eagle.

 

Playing with watercolor pencils.

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Dawn.

 

Thinking today about how easily a species can go extinct. In 1983 the woodland mountain caribou were put on the endangered species list. However the US failed to protect these endangered species and in 2019, the last three caribou in the continental US were transferred out of the country for their wellbeing. This is a sketch of the last caribou. 

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Turtle tapestries.

 

Happy first day of spring!

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Dawn.

 

It’s the last day of winter and it’s beautiful outside! I’m busy getting some home and garden work done today, including potting up plants. Hopefully this will be the last time for the tomatoes before they find their forever homes.

Acrylic on canvas.

Beautiful day for outdoor gardening.

Repotted nasturtiums.

72 tomatoes potted up to 4” pots.

 

This is my large March abstract painting. 

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Oh to be the wolf…

Sunny days above the river.

 

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! I celebrated with some cute little paintings today. In other news, I’m received two very broken trellises with paint peeling off them from a local community garden. Today I stripped all the non-adherent paint and repaired all the broken wood sections. Soon I’ll repaint them & get them back to the community garden in time for spring.

Acrylic on canvas.

Acrylic on canvas.

Stripped, repaired & ready for beautification!

Evening views.

This is the type of quilt where I almost don’t want to show off the top until the whole quilt is complete but whatever. The colors and spacing will look more balanced in the final product and I’m exited to see that. Also, props to the cutie doing the holding and the photobombing cat.

Quilt top, cotton.

Almost spring.

 

Today is for the birds.

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Tracks and more tracks.

 

It’s still snowy outside but all the birds are on their way back. Even refilled the feeders this morning. Soon Leo will have to do all his bird watching from inside the house.

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Leo enjoying a rare treat of being outside.

 

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve done some water colors.

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Moose in the snow.

 

Soon there will be warm sand, sunshine and oceans to play in! 

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Stalkers.

 

Did you know hibiscus is Hawaii’s state flower? Did you also know it’s snowed in some fashion everyday this week? After skiing today, I finally got around to plowing the driveway. Come on spring! 

Acrylic on rock.

Heaven.

 

Today’s theme is mouse and moose. We had three moose stop by to say hi. I think they were hoping for a treat but they only found tree branches to nibble on here. 

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Moose catching snowflakes with his tongue.