A Visit to Arizona

My loving husband and I recently got back from a trip to Arizona. We visited my father and his wonderful wife. We also visited my husband's father and his lady friend and his aunt and uncle. We had a really nice time. As a surprise as we were staying at my father's place my brother and his wife who live in Colorado showed up. What a nice surprise.

 My father, when we took Benji their dog out for a walk.

The whole gang out for lunch, yum.

These were taken at Ramsey Canyon. Very nice place to go for a nice hike.

This was taken in Green Valley where my husband's relatives live.

A Bear For a Friend

I sent my chimp sketch to a friend and they asked me if I could do a bear. I said I never have done a bear before, but I have never done a chimp before either, so I proceeded to sketch a bear. Here is the results. This one is for you Dick.

Some New Sketches

Here are my latest sketches.

We Recently Went to Cannon Beach Again

I never tire of the ocean. I love the sound and the smell. I love the feel of the sand between my toes. The cold water is invigorating to my feet and the way my feet sink in the sand and the waves receed feels neat. I never tire of the sunsets which are different every evening and of course I always have my camera handy for the colorful ones.

I also love the flowers in the yard of the house that we stay at. It always seems that there is something blooming everytime we visit .

A New Sketch

I have been working on this sketch for quite some time as I draw every single hair and it takes time to do that. I am happy how it turned out. I am not sure what I will be drawing next. I like working with graphite rather than color pencils.

I am Sketching Again

It has been many years since I have done any sketching. I got bitten by the sketching bug recently and went to my local Michael's art supply store and splurged on art supplies. I am now sketching again. It feels good to be back behind the pencils, charcoal, and pastels again. Below are my first sketches in over 10 years.

Cannon Beach in May

We went to Cannon Beach this week and some of our friends went with us. My husband has some very generous friends that let the four of us stay in their lovely beach home. We were so very fortunate as the weather was perfect for our stay. We walked the beach a few times and also walked around the town of Cannon Beach. What an adventure we had. It was wonderful going into all of the gallerys in town and checking out the art work and photography. Speaking of photography I did bring both of my cameras with me on this trip and managed to come up with a few pictures to post.

The sun was setting and the way it was shining it really showed the ridges in the sand and yes I had to lay in the sand to get this picture.

Okay it is just a rock, but I thought the light from the sunset was nice and it was a cool looking rock.

I know it wasn't a colorful sunset, but it was still awesome.

I took this one while we were in town walking around. The sky was so blue and all the trees around were blossoming.

A little wave action here.

I thought this was a cool looking piece of driftwood, it seems to be pointing the way and no I am not afraid to lay in the sand to get a different view for a picture.

So the tide was going out so my friend and I checked out some tidal pools and look what we saw. Pretty cool. We walked on the beach until it was almost dark and between the two of us we found 4 sand dollars the size of nickels. So I guess you could call them sand nickels. What a nice relaxing visit we had. Thank you God for the perfect weather and great friends.