Sketches from where the Sun Shines

What is so marvelous about sketches is their

ability to take us back to where they were done,

even tho it can be years. We stayed in a

little cottage on Kauai six or seven years ago, surrounded by plants

rescued from the local dump! They were lush and

thriving and rich with color! I could go there now..

this record rainy March.....

Yes, and Ke e Beach!

Seven Pools on Maui, just past Hanna.

We will have colors like this here soon,

when the rhodies bloom.....

This was the early morning view from our house

in San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. A mixture

of sounds came with the light, church bells,

roosters crowing, dogs barking and often fireworks.

Colorful doorways everywhere in San Miguel.


Some of our best trips have come from visiting my 2 sons
in their adventurous  travels.
While Sam  was in the Peace Corps in Guatemala,
we spent some time in Antigua.

 Each morning we   took our coffee and

sketch boxes to the rooftop of the hotel. This is

the volcano Agua. Somehow it is more impressive

in my sketch than in the photos we took.

The next morning we painted this direction,

Volcanos Fuego and Acantenango.

And then we painted this way.

This takes me back to sitting under

the Arch of Santa Catalina in Antigua,

waiting for yes, Frida's to open, so we

could go in and have a late afternoon beer.

One of the old convents in Antigua had been converted

to an elegant hotel. The courtyard was filled with scarlet

Macaws. Someone came in the evening with a long pole

and each bird climbed onto it and was carried in for the night.

Ambergris Caye, Belize. I could definitely go

back here now..

From the ruins of Iglesia y Convento de la Recoleccion

near Antigua, Guatemala, destroyed by an earthquake in 1773.