Fall Leaves

For one reason or another,  I skipped a few pages here and there throughout my sketchbook.  I am eager to start a new journal but before I do,  I am making myself completely fill this one. 

We normally don't have many trees that turn bright colors here but this year we were blessed with a few days of beautiful color!  Gus was very happy to help, so we took walks around the neighborhood and picked up the prettiest leaves we could find and I came home and painted them into my sketchbook.  I found the perfect empty page across from berries I had painted last month.

Urban Sketchers Dallas/FT. Worth in Denton

Our local Urban Sketchers group met up today at the Historic Courthouse Square in Denton, TX.  We had a great turnout and it was a beautiful day!  Although hot, it was windy and there were plenty of shady areas to sit and sketch so it was very comfortable.

The courthouse is beautiful!

My sketch...

The Throw Down at the end....

This part is so much fun. I love seeing everyone's sketches!  There is so much talent in this group!

Golf Course

I've been going to the driving range with Wayne.  I sketch while he hits balls.  We've had some great weather to enjoy being outside.  The first sketch I did about two weeks ago. The trees were still bare. Only the Redbuds were beginning to bloom.

  This week we went and the trees were filling out, the grass is turning green and the Redbuds were in full bloom.

A funny note:  I did the first of these two sketches upside down in my sketchbook. So, I did the second one, facing it, upside down too.

Jury Duty

I did my Civic duty today.  I got to do a lot of waiting, which gave me plenty  time to sketch!

This is the Central Jury Room at the George Allen Courts Building in Dallas:

I did my ink drawing  at the courthouse,  but I didn't add the watercolor until I got home.... with a cup of coffee on the back porch in my beautiful Adirondack chair that Wayne made for me.

I wasn't picked to serve on the jury.  I had mixed emotions about it.  I think it would be interesting.  But on the other hand,  catching a train to Dallas before the sun was even up was a bit too early for me.

Spring Cleaning

Wayne and I recently spent an afternoon cleaning our back porch.  There was a thick layer of yellow pollen in every nook and cranny and leaves and dust that had blown in.  Wayne moved everything into the yard and scrubbed the concrete.  Then we cleaned everything and moved it back in.  Wayne repaired the screen where the squirrels chewed their way in.  (That is another story!!)

I put a clean table cloth on the table and put our very large rescued plant (I picked it up from our neighbor's trash!)  and we rearranged things to work better.

Since then, I have been enjoying afternoons relaxing and painting and bird watching.