Sketches, musings, and other stuff from my perspective. I’d love to hear from you (because I don’t know if anyone ever sees this) so please let me know if you’re out there.
Actually, most of these are of Barcelona. We went with my folks back in April. We came across this violinist playing Vivaldi’s Four Seasons in a courtyard by the cathedral. He was great!
We took one of those tourist buses around Barcelona and got off here. There was a beautiful view from that hill.
Holy water bucket at La Sagrada Familia. I love that it was a giant clamshell (faisua).
Porter’s Pavillion at Park Güell
This rooftop was pretty irresistible.
We LOVED Casa Battló!
…then Mitch and I went to Granada
This was while we waited for our ticket time at the Alhambra
Fantastic Jazz by Lorca Hart, Josh Nelson and Sam Bevan at the Howlings on November 15. It’s so great to sit right up front to see and hear the guys play. I didn’t get a decent sketch of Josh on Piano because he was moving too fast!
Cheers to Kelly and David for hosting such a swingin’ event. Thank you! Great company and hot food and music.
Lorca Hart
It was a special pleasure having my mom and dad there. I’d thought on other occasions how wonderful it would be to share this type of music in an intimate setting with them. Also great to have our friends Judy and Lee there.
Now my folks want to host a party like that in Ukiah. Okay Lee, get ready…I’m guessing they’re going to recruit you 🙂
We spent a week at the beautiful Salmon Lake Lodge in the Lakes Basin area of Northern California. The lake is about an hour north of Lake Tahoe. It was a hiker’s paradise and a beautiful place to CHILL OUT for vacation.
Mitch Chillin’
We hiked to several lakes, one more stunning than the last, and with Mitch on the trip, the only option was to jump in at least once a day. The water was cool and refreshing–quite the treat when it got hot, which it did most days.
Our friends Joan and Adam made the rezzie at this place, where they have been going for the last four years. Stayed in a tent cabin–canvas roof, cook top, small fridge, electric lights (and outlets), picnic tables in and out, outside bbq grill, full size mattress, bunk beds, and a stove with all the wood you can burn. An idyllic week with highlights of playing music.
In Burma, the temples are gathering placesAnanda PagodaBurmese HeaddressTemple detail. Pagan
NEPAL
Small Shrine. Kathmandu, NepalGaruda BronzeRickshaw at Shiva Temple. Kathmandu, NepalDurbar Square, KathmanduBuddah’s Birthday. Waiting in line to see Buddah’s bonesBrass GargoyleBaktapur RooftopGargoyle Head
THAILAND
Puppet Heads and Guard. ThailandThai GodThai Tribal WareThai Tribal Ware
Enjoyed the Marin County Fair today. Lots of rides, art, food, booths selling junk, fruits, veggies, animals, bonzai trees, ikebana arrangements, Star Wars Storm Troopers, Princess Leia, and R2D2, open mike singers, and Mickey Thomas Starship (not to be confused with the Jefferson Starship).
They had a pig race, which was pretty weird. I was compelled to draw this artichoke flower, which won some kind of prize.
There were lots of roosters and chickens and bunny rabbits as well. The roosters have some amazing colors and patterns.
The Polish rooster looked kind of like a cocky Rod Stewart with long black and white feathers.
Another rooster had white feathers with black edging which almost looked like someone had drawn them on with a black ink pen.
The paddock with llamas had a little placard which asserted that they are gentle, intelligent creatures but I have different experience with llamas.
When we went to the Turtle Back Zoo as kids, we used to feed the them RY-Krisp crackers. Once when we ran out of crackers, the llama spat at my mother which, of course, pissed off my mom and forever rendered the llamas an unpopular breed to our family.
Well, I haven’t done squat with this blog in a year so hopefully, the 3 month creative challenge will inspire me. Here are 3 sketches and a drawing. I think I’m still behind by one week but at least I’ve got something going.
The first are two from my favorite bakery in SF for incredible chocolate chunk cookies, Specialty’s.
I have to bring a sketch pad to work and get whatever time I can on it. I also have tried my time on the bus for this, as you can see with my next sketch.
The Golden Gate Transit bus is pretty great. Generally, I get a seat by the window and can watch the incredible scenery of the Marin Headlands and the GG Bridge which looks different every day. It takes me 45 minutes to get to my stop in SF so I have plenty of time to read or email or listen to music. Sketching is challenging, due to the very bumpy ride but I don’t mind. It’s a quiet ride as, amazingly, most people don’t use their phones on the commute.
The drawing is from our wonderful vacation in Tahoe. The snow situation was sad but we still had a fantastic, fun time with our friends Leila and Ron and Ron’s sister, Rhea.
Suzine II 