Mar31Art

Last day of March, where does the time go.  Finished reading 'Shut your Monkey' by Danny Gregory,  good book, lots of excellent insights.  I think I need to read it again, more slowly next time.  Threw some paint colors on the page, and then added ink to create flowers.

Mar30Art

The local Palmetto trees are producing seeds now,  I don't think they are edible, based only on the fact that squirrels and birds have no interest in them.

Mar29Art

Just a bunch of Spring flowers, doodled while watching TV.  My SD card reader came in the mail today, tried it out on the iPad and it worked like a charm.  Now I'll be able to load pictures from my cameras to the iPad so that I can upload them to Ipernity to store them until I get home from my trip.

Mar28Art

Monthly flute lesson tonight, need to break some bad habits I've gotten into... Jessica notices every detail, she is an excellent teacher.
A fun toothy monster fish, for today's journal page.

Mar27Art

Happy Easter everyone.   We had another day of rain, all day long.  I expect to see the College of Charleston students with kayaks in the streets tomorrow at high tide if this rain doesn't let up soon.

Mar26Art

Rained on and off ALL DAY LONG,  Ron had to work, so I putzed around the house and drew a couple more states in my ride journal.

Mar25Art

The wisteria is in it's glory today, especially in Columbia, the fences and trees were loaded down with lavender flowers everywhere I looked.  I try every year to capture the essence of these gorgeous blooms, here's my 2016 attempt.

Mar24Art

Got a pack of 8 of these pencils today, already sharpened this one several times today with the provided wooden pencil sharpener.  Finally, got out my knife and shaved back the wood like I do on my watercolor pencils, this method works the best for this fun colored pencil.  The pencil is very soft so it uses up a sharp point quickly, but I think it works best with a blunt end so all the colors are in play.  That's what this pencil is, play time, I LOVE just doing swirls and doodles with it.

Mar23Art

I do hope this is true, that's all I have to say about it. 

Mar22Art

A few watercolor blob chicks, and an inspirational quote, is all I could muster for today's journal entry.  I did get Texas and New Mexico added to my trip journal. Spent way too much time trying to figure out how to connect my camera to my iPad (which I think is impossible).  I guess I'll use the camera until my SD card fills up and deal with the pictures when I get home... or use my phone to take pictures... ugh,  I really prefer to use my Nikon 360D to take photos, or even my little pocket Nikon... sigh.

Mar21Art

Happy Birthday to me, I'm 65 today, I don't feel like I'm 65, well most days I don't, some days I feel 85.  It was cool today, I want that 80 degree weather back, at least a few days before it's 90+ every day.

Mar20Art

Ron and I went to a funeral today for a friend that died suddenly last week.  We knew him from the HOG club,  he was the club photographer.  He was a Fire Chief for many years, and after retirement he started his own business as an arson investigator.  He was 62 years old, his mother attended the funeral as did his great-aunt who was 97 years old... and lots of firemen were in attendance too.  Ben will be missed.   Here's a picture of Ben that I took March the 5th, he's in the orange cap with his camera in hand.

Mar19Art

What a difference a day can make, tonight the Rays held on to beat Florida 2 to 1 and put the Rays in first place in their division.  Only 5 more home games left in the season now.  I have a trip planned in June, and I've started working on my travel journal.  I'm pre-drawing each state I'll be traveling through and the route thru the state we plan to take.  I plan to take the journal with me, and hopefully do a little drawing and at the very least write something each day.  I'll take my camera and load the book with photos too, when I get home.  I seriously doubt I'll ever be able to do something like this ever again.  Take a peek at the route here http://www.womensfreedomride.org/index.php/2016

Mar18Art

Exciting game, sadly we lost in a shoot out.  Now it's almost midnight and WAY past my bed time...