Sketches from Whidbey Island

The birdfeeder in our neighbor's yard is what

I look out at when sitting at my computer.

From North Whidbey, looking toward Mt Erie

on the left and across to the La Conner area.

Deception Pass bridge on the north tip of Whidbey.

One of my favorite places on the Island is Crockett Lake

near the Port Townsend Ferry. It changes constantly

with the light and the seasons, and is filled with a wide

variety of birds.

Greenbank Cellars Vinyard in the fall.

Greenbank Farms , many many great walking paths.

Chochokum is Langley's summer Arts Fair.

This was the view from Whidbey Island Fine

Art Studio's booth, a center of demonstrating

artists and much fun.

Lucy is a landmark at the Recycling Center

near Freeland.

Music for the Eyes in Langley. I sipped

hot mint tea as I sketched, surrounded

by rugs and fabrics of every color

from all over the world.

Bayview Corner is the home of our

summer Farmer's Market. Definitely worth

a visit if you are on the Island!

High tide at Deer Lagoon

Barns at Hedgbrook, a creative retreat for

women writers.

Summer dahlias in our front yard.

Scarlet runners in our backyard.

Oaxaca cricket on my desk.

Day trips from our house

Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo is fun in any weather. Almost...

The Primate House is always entertaining!

Colorful Kyaks, and a crow, on the Port Townsend

waterfront. This from one of our sketcher's trips!

Point Wilson lighthouse, Port Townsend.

The new ferry, Chetzemoka, makes this a relaxing

and scenic trip.

Looking toward the Cascades from the PT waterfront

Happy Hour at the Brick in Roslyn!

It is often more winter, and...summer on the

other side of the mountains. I sketched this from

the window of our friends' house in Roslyn.

December.

In motion, driving up Snoqualmie Pass.

Tulips near La Conner. This is an old sketch,

I hope it dries out soon for the crop of flowers this

spring!

Early morning looking west from Orcas Island.

From a sketcher's trip to Guemes Island.

Valentine's Day color in the Keystone

Center in Anacortes. With the

Anacortes Sketchers!

More rainy March sketchbook revisits....

By the pool in Cabo...

Picking bananas right from the tree in Alamos, Mexico

Cabo Bello view, Cabo san Lucas

Morning in San Carlo, Mexico

Superstition Mountain, Arizona

Sketch at the Grand Canyon

Closer to home, a view from our tent

camping at Second Beach, WA

Another tent view, Lyon's Ferry in the Palouse, WA

Elk River Falls, Idaho

Sketched on rice paper, not so close to home, on a visit to son Jake.

Tokyo, Himonia Park

Definitely not in any logical order,

a ginko tree and one of many

churches in Brooklyn.

I had a fabulous pastry while

sketching this. It was June, hot!

Coffee under the colorful umbrellas.

The Brooklyn Library is at the edge of

Prospect Park in Brooklyn.

Dupont Circle, DC. from a visit to son Sam while
he studied at SAIS.

Several years ago we went with friends

to see the John Singer Sargent show in

Boston. This is an early morning view

from Cape Ann, MA.

A painting trip with Stellar Arts took

us to Tsaravets Hill, the main fortress of the medieval

Bulgarian capital, Veliko Tarnova.

This hill was inhabited as early as the

2nd millenium BC. Many old stone

walls, layers and layers of history.