Anatomy sketches inspired by the eight x-rays I had today. Filing this one under “things that happen when you fall down stairs and ignore the pain for months”. Silly me. Anyways, the turkeys are back! Hurray!

Graphite on paper.

Graphite on paper.

Graphite on paper.

Staying warm as snow starts falling.

 

Designed a logo for the observatory we are building. Also, any ideas on how to best pot up four root bound 15 year old cacti? 

Graphic design.

Questionable cacti.

Finished the bedroom, hallway and three closets in the unit I’m working on. 

Watercolor on paper. Doodles.

New flooring.

Fly away.

 

Heading home.

Watercolor on paper.

Feeling crabby? Just let go.

 

We got to see Depeche Mode. It was epic! 

Watercolor on paper.

Growing walls at Climate Pledge Arena.

Swoon.

In art, and in life, certain questions should be asked… What are your thought on this? How did that make you feel? 

Watercolor on paper, adipocytes.

Sunset.

Opting outside and traveling.

Watercolor on paper.

Views into the past.

 

Happy Thanksgiving! Unsurprisingly, the flock of 25 or so wild turkeys has not been seen in a day or two. I think they are in hiding. But a very, very cool bird was spotted this morning instead! A MERLIN! He was wet, fluffy, preening and didn’t stay too long, but still I am so excited about this! I hope he comes back! (Sorry for the poor picture quality.) 

Watercolor on paper.

Merlin.

 

Worked on the kitchen and living room flooring in another unit today.

Watercolor on paper.

New flooring.

New flooring.

Grape hyacinths soaking up the last of fall.

 

Returning with the right tools this time *eyeroll*, the kitchen floor in one of the units was finished and blinds were hung in another unit.

Watercolor on paper.

New flooring.

Sunrise.

 

Finally decided how I want to finish the chevron quilt & sewed the borders onto the quilt top. Then got it set up on the racks for quilting. Forgot to take a picture of it though, so I that will have to wait until it’s finished. Also painted some flowers while watching the wild turkey roost today. I’m glad they feel at home here.

Watercolor flowers.

Turkeys roosting.

Today was a lesson in not being able to do what you want if you don’t have the right tool. *face palm* So instead here is a painting of some ornaments. Also, it dusted snow this morning, which was by far the best part of the day.

Watercolor on paper.

Snow dusting.

Made a snuggly blanket for a friend’s upcoming grandbaby. The back has whales, so it’s a mix of the southwest and the northwest.

Quilted cotton.

Sunrise.

 

Tweet.

Watercolor on paper.

Sir pups a lot.

 

Turned on Christmas music, decorated the Christmas tree and painted some cards. Tis the season.

Watercolor on card stock.

Not too early!

 

Meh. I got the flu shot and the Covid vaccine booster yesterday. Now today I am dead to the world. The turkeys came to check on me.

Laser engraving on slate.

Turkey friends.

Doing some engraving today.

Laser engraved slate.

Beautiful day.

 

Finished another scarf today. I also had a job interview today. I’m a firm believer that when I’m supposed to do something the path is very obvious, clear and not full of obstacles. This seems to be a good match.

Knitted scarf, heathered tweed polyester blend.

Turkey lurkeys.

 

Finally received some slate in stock that didn’t arrive broken. So of course I had to have a little laser fun today…

Laser engraved slate.

Laser engraved slate.

Stargazing.

 

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, it is to live by them. -JFK

Graphite on paper.

Sunset.

Finished with the quilting today. It was lots of practice with ruler work! Not sure what color I’ll do the binding in yet.

Quilted cotton, unbound.

Beautiful skies.