tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77192821491642095782024-03-05T08:24:23.623-07:00Right Brain Right Lane RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.comBlogger471125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-82183650357565296112023-05-25T18:22:00.001-07:002023-05-25T18:22:06.669-07:00NEVER Trust Your GPS!!<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Sharp+Creek+Camp+Grounds/@34.3033511,-111.0074908,15.92z/data=!4m9!3m8!1s0x872ea6a0db5352b3:0x334992385ee7ff87!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d34.3035004!4d-110.9998418!16s%2Fg%2F11gzr8cjn?authuser=0&entry=ttu" target="_blank">Sharp Creek Campground, Payson AZ</a> </p><p>25 May, 2023</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">My GPS added a waypoint that took me off route!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I had checked out all the steps along the route and made sure that the end-point was the campground; but I wasn't really paying attention to anything but the scenery as I drove. By the time I realized that I was off-route, there was no easy place to turn around with a trailer. Checking the detail on the GPS, I realized that somehow it (or I) had added a way-point that took me off the main route and onto some hairy little county road winding through the mountains. It started to pour - making the dirt road even more problematic for turning around - then the county road turned into a forest service road. Checking the road atlas, I thought it was shorter to keep going than try to backtrack (once I got to a turn-around spot) - but, boy howdy! was that an afternoon that I don't want to repeat! From now on, I will have a paper copy of the route in hand to double check along the way!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sharp Creek Campground</span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just outside Payson, AZ, this is a small Forest Service Campground with a large group area and 3 small loops. There are other campgrounds nearby, as well as lakes, a trout fish hatchery, the Mogollan Rim Visitor Center - fishing, hiking, boating - a real camping destination area!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was camping in one of the group areas with RVW (RV'ing Women) and, after a very strong drink when I arrived (even with the detour, I got there before dark) and some rain on the first day, it was a lovely weekend.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8do7caXU_eVo_T62FwiCZym2CAzAp26U2EcGOv_mzWxK_G_pT9Z41NrP5HMTFzZNXOiKSBaQQORIugYKr7vCfY9NNdH1uxlFy3Zffi5yxbHq6kaWaLoHjH1McOE4q_QShdlZfjUeqYckHN5X-gTg23DTN2SSq-lX0yObyZkyHMGrm9AIf-7jwLDp9g/s1908/20230520_192042~2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="1653" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM8do7caXU_eVo_T62FwiCZym2CAzAp26U2EcGOv_mzWxK_G_pT9Z41NrP5HMTFzZNXOiKSBaQQORIugYKr7vCfY9NNdH1uxlFy3Zffi5yxbHq6kaWaLoHjH1McOE4q_QShdlZfjUeqYckHN5X-gTg23DTN2SSq-lX0yObyZkyHMGrm9AIf-7jwLDp9g/w346-h400/20230520_192042~2.jpg" width="346" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YF9Iairh2No4Sq0CyPQrEhibCSj6oOXmhO2Zf5AZ2r3xnV-CMZ1K30kNAk3ULfcCmTfNt5sZ-HPyhtBtZrvuaDIHc_yQspUpFUhOyLmcZJIMiEsJI-B3QOl0JV2U3sIzQ8nclb80BRh_QHh2JlfkNJ_6RJe_BRhHZd_TxWWGUKdhuYVjd2v7qUon-Q/s4032/20230520_192142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YF9Iairh2No4Sq0CyPQrEhibCSj6oOXmhO2Zf5AZ2r3xnV-CMZ1K30kNAk3ULfcCmTfNt5sZ-HPyhtBtZrvuaDIHc_yQspUpFUhOyLmcZJIMiEsJI-B3QOl0JV2U3sIzQ8nclb80BRh_QHh2JlfkNJ_6RJe_BRhHZd_TxWWGUKdhuYVjd2v7qUon-Q/w400-h189/20230520_192142.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNtUOHuDMD5hcvr404tW5lLqRF1SpS_jBvjBh8d8HuSosi9G-ZA4p_ibXsHhioNZTp-Qt3HgNxsvsOxjllXiIW7t6v9WBkXfJuR1NGAFhXqTx61qldSQMs0fXRj0-GcqXEhlvra0ZcSQoNzk7Xj-_FwdUGnzukFV3t3_kr-h45UDqAytCYPoJBVJHBQ/s4608/20230519_122142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="2184" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBNtUOHuDMD5hcvr404tW5lLqRF1SpS_jBvjBh8d8HuSosi9G-ZA4p_ibXsHhioNZTp-Qt3HgNxsvsOxjllXiIW7t6v9WBkXfJuR1NGAFhXqTx61qldSQMs0fXRj0-GcqXEhlvra0ZcSQoNzk7Xj-_FwdUGnzukFV3t3_kr-h45UDqAytCYPoJBVJHBQ/w190-h400/20230519_122142.jpg" width="190" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Willow Lake Paddle</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>Willow Lake was lovely to paddle - only electric motors allowed, so it was quiet. We got an early start so it wasn't too crowded (the boat ramp was getting crowded as we finished up).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8d9YpCDNuu4zLDm9dBVBryz9WY8BWOxcYlA2FwMXGlTTshXdZ2KT76OpWEOcd_cDgyK1bJm_5UYYCyradotlTYUhJkGZj8j29esf7v-U7zPtZ-t9c9Pr7wogy7qNp6vhNvnR67v_YKT3zkZUp7udyDVNY7FNnd4QDo3-zaQc4pJ8_DReNbGJr5yOJyA/s4032/20230520_100458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="1908" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8d9YpCDNuu4zLDm9dBVBryz9WY8BWOxcYlA2FwMXGlTTshXdZ2KT76OpWEOcd_cDgyK1bJm_5UYYCyradotlTYUhJkGZj8j29esf7v-U7zPtZ-t9c9Pr7wogy7qNp6vhNvnR67v_YKT3zkZUp7udyDVNY7FNnd4QDo3-zaQc4pJ8_DReNbGJr5yOJyA/w189-h400/20230520_100458.jpg" width="189" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_SpegvRLs-VvguWsqLY55xOAZYjermQF8GlFkwo2VE7PWuQWH0snHMZ2nM8fet8cfCDEtgUv5A6eOiDBQzdRS8dXPL4hs8LtAJyznKSXte_218NOkZA1QY1bZ_fbA7rDCFbr9OhiLb79poTomJV-XL8d2nqciGTcOHBxfXrvtiInRLsFxKi1LGphTQ/s2944/20230520_100051.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2208" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY_SpegvRLs-VvguWsqLY55xOAZYjermQF8GlFkwo2VE7PWuQWH0snHMZ2nM8fet8cfCDEtgUv5A6eOiDBQzdRS8dXPL4hs8LtAJyznKSXte_218NOkZA1QY1bZ_fbA7rDCFbr9OhiLb79poTomJV-XL8d2nqciGTcOHBxfXrvtiInRLsFxKi1LGphTQ/s320/20230520_100051.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRGjBDEX7dRH6tGvW8lu0BG7XIN74tTQdc5EEW3e7w1Sj8JfMH4dJHDeDemmTWykzo0ylUZaG_hFtpNkX5lwGRIrc_MEAdcfKvUHIJAVfVs1P3GikJPgAGJbS_fHSVRoyqMJ8YYcF04NVqTOLwfwyHVCaPX8N3DL0sNajQKiA_jQFJCj1bwGyHuke0w/s4032/20230520_093828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxRGjBDEX7dRH6tGvW8lu0BG7XIN74tTQdc5EEW3e7w1Sj8JfMH4dJHDeDemmTWykzo0ylUZaG_hFtpNkX5lwGRIrc_MEAdcfKvUHIJAVfVs1P3GikJPgAGJbS_fHSVRoyqMJ8YYcF04NVqTOLwfwyHVCaPX8N3DL0sNajQKiA_jQFJCj1bwGyHuke0w/w400-h189/20230520_093828.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqUBHoMMTePp8ZedH5XfygaEzrp7Y46EssNV4PaEPf1VUrFJ0xAQ_Rou3pq7cPrwsCe1vKVPJiWWEdmtPvRRNZ2Rag3BB1k_uVdbuIRpGlLaeRH6x346-UrOcn1v6wd0EJ-22p7WtR-fDVo9-nYVSJQh8SArz1vYH5X5kvkPs1zveyY5G-woE5PxSwA/s4032/20230520_093159.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4032" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHqUBHoMMTePp8ZedH5XfygaEzrp7Y46EssNV4PaEPf1VUrFJ0xAQ_Rou3pq7cPrwsCe1vKVPJiWWEdmtPvRRNZ2Rag3BB1k_uVdbuIRpGlLaeRH6x346-UrOcn1v6wd0EJ-22p7WtR-fDVo9-nYVSJQh8SArz1vYH5X5kvkPs1zveyY5G-woE5PxSwA/w400-h189/20230520_093159.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-5677554321920412192023-05-11T19:35:00.000-07:002023-05-11T19:35:43.572-07:00Chiricahua National Monument<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Bonita+Canyon+Campground/@32.0113394,-109.357603,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m9!3m8!1s0x86d9c35ff7f7b355:0x91cd47c6be8a4b46!5m2!4m1!1i2!8m2!3d32.0113349!4d-109.3550281!16s%2Fg%2F11b73vb327?authuser=0" target="_blank"> Bonita Canyon CG: Chiricahua NM, Wilcox AZ</a></p><p>8 May, 2023</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I-10 Was Closed!! But the detour was prettier . . . </span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>It's rare that an interstate is closed for days on end - but in the days leading up to this latest trip, there was a big accident that closed the highway both directions and the west-bound exit by Wilcox will be closed for awhile because the overpass was compromised. But, I detoured on county roads to get into the Chiricahua NM and my campground. By the end of my get-away, the highway had re-opened.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Bonita Canyon CG is an old CCC campground</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>There are 26 campsites mostly very small tent sites; There are maybe 6 sites suitable for a trailer. My site was plenty big enough but, like a lot of older CG, the 1 way loop made for a very difficult back-in. I ended up going the wrong way around the loop in order to back into the site. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGuclukOie3nLg_SWw-vvGPFfNrIZ6ZkXWC0bE8C-cKrqQordvqbFcRQJxJ5Fb-zOBIPhOZAhCgZs8WJHVwxaurl_o8F2W0jlTGac6hRweioiZbEtanoiaPM1j25xAHXtF5QRea8lHHgavkLc8Ux2kQSg6WPihZLGB3OwF9oAmjMWBElKh2XBKkipvw/s604/20230507_113522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGuclukOie3nLg_SWw-vvGPFfNrIZ6ZkXWC0bE8C-cKrqQordvqbFcRQJxJ5Fb-zOBIPhOZAhCgZs8WJHVwxaurl_o8F2W0jlTGac6hRweioiZbEtanoiaPM1j25xAHXtF5QRea8lHHgavkLc8Ux2kQSg6WPihZLGB3OwF9oAmjMWBElKh2XBKkipvw/w400-h400/20230507_113522.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The campground is at about 5400' so the temps were just lovely! The air smelled like juniper, pine and oak and wild turkey and white-tailed deer were everywhere. While I love the Sonoran desert, a brief get-away to the mountains was pure joy.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqF9oJUb9TZjKyKTSNWnXJMtMyS2kbgmJQbE7czyCN5VSQedLmADE8BUsES2JOskjFCw5A7VYTcX0P3Y52OdawrAjrp6MIOB9sYkmPkBi6606VhlLGAOHMUfdj3kkZtFxjIyFkdfNyooAbeuR5e_p28RK9kOj-MtiidEFhHYLIFMkKgddo1TBgoTAJg/s3024/20230505_142048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqF9oJUb9TZjKyKTSNWnXJMtMyS2kbgmJQbE7czyCN5VSQedLmADE8BUsES2JOskjFCw5A7VYTcX0P3Y52OdawrAjrp6MIOB9sYkmPkBi6606VhlLGAOHMUfdj3kkZtFxjIyFkdfNyooAbeuR5e_p28RK9kOj-MtiidEFhHYLIFMkKgddo1TBgoTAJg/w400-h400/20230505_142048.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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My campsite had a beautiful view of the canyon - as well as occasional views of the resident Burros (often heard braying). The lake is one of biggest in Arizona it was very pretty with a couple of small islands. I would have liked to get out and paddle - but it was too hot to leave Phoebe in the trailer.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHZ9saaxzs-aAgVxvYhTe0yxVqCNcEPp4CPOq1hJnBt1YbffXIakLbk-TBlurxeSHyAYjHWYlT38P3xdMpcPT1me3TxmHqwKKfYfCUsbeNY-fomqMuarIK8K8xFBwicVp5RCojvrNDVWPQr7pMo2JN66ljIbdXDph5CJCi28sN6T7t2yvRbcF_B3D0w/s3024/20230410_143215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHZ9saaxzs-aAgVxvYhTe0yxVqCNcEPp4CPOq1hJnBt1YbffXIakLbk-TBlurxeSHyAYjHWYlT38P3xdMpcPT1me3TxmHqwKKfYfCUsbeNY-fomqMuarIK8K8xFBwicVp5RCojvrNDVWPQr7pMo2JN66ljIbdXDph5CJCi28sN6T7t2yvRbcF_B3D0w/w400-h400/20230410_143215.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hpQMf1FgnhO_2dJYibLvvnkMvD6Tow6TnceUdjCxwnZWHpmRntxsWixpPwKLSnj7R2nQNrLRbvTrH5QcwFdS-r0uXk0-MgHFwhPmkbdtEarVUG8eap2-HppIS_F6NWgRjCAH17kUDtD6414ZHvckqTVOTUs_Ad9Zi_o9oabjIez_aEdfemGMm5m16A/s3024/20230410_185313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hpQMf1FgnhO_2dJYibLvvnkMvD6Tow6TnceUdjCxwnZWHpmRntxsWixpPwKLSnj7R2nQNrLRbvTrH5QcwFdS-r0uXk0-MgHFwhPmkbdtEarVUG8eap2-HppIS_F6NWgRjCAH17kUDtD6414ZHvckqTVOTUs_Ad9Zi_o9oabjIez_aEdfemGMm5m16A/w400-h400/20230410_185313.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelIbBNHSmjbglxrnuTYVc4B-RAS_qT8RFrnc6iyvFgtpNKK7L2rBZ2fGc-2KxjVplp8sjrvb9osuUmUhrwrZtn_enZxWtu6qc2YjWwYKhsUFC6TQTEfqksDh37aycJPvxt-zUguTV6oFt1RFm6JdLz1rKExy7te9nhj4chgp1QkOIk3WDfhyDoPXAyQ/s3024/20230411_073816.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelIbBNHSmjbglxrnuTYVc4B-RAS_qT8RFrnc6iyvFgtpNKK7L2rBZ2fGc-2KxjVplp8sjrvb9osuUmUhrwrZtn_enZxWtu6qc2YjWwYKhsUFC6TQTEfqksDh37aycJPvxt-zUguTV6oFt1RFm6JdLz1rKExy7te9nhj4chgp1QkOIk3WDfhyDoPXAyQ/w400-h400/20230411_073816.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Learning how to camp in Frijole</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>Each camping vehicle brings new challenges in camp set-up. My moonshade easily attached to the van with the super-strong magnets - but Frijole is fiberglass and doesn't have a level surface anywhere!</div><div><br /></div><div>But, the moonshade is nothing if not versatile. Some gearloops and the suction cup attachments worked well enough (I'll probably get the larger suction cups to offset the SW wind). I think I need to add a pool noodle the top pole to ensure it doesn't rub on the fiberglass roof. Over-all, once I got it staked down really well, it handled some pretty breezy conditions. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwqMdB27LS52qrHHCS5XZ_he-QD-mSS2Ci_JLme9J3ZsTXuS5lhYzCJikeFv3WSNMR5AvuI5nzm7PCzRtmAWjdRcnC99mn8rp69dqIgXOU69FYIBXFauJ8T5uOSa9ejpcMcot-vm2XgLwjTYwj1Fn_HJ-DYAbrFHfeRrea0nd3aY6xpCGZVhKVNLkrw/s3024/20230411_105857.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjwqMdB27LS52qrHHCS5XZ_he-QD-mSS2Ci_JLme9J3ZsTXuS5lhYzCJikeFv3WSNMR5AvuI5nzm7PCzRtmAWjdRcnC99mn8rp69dqIgXOU69FYIBXFauJ8T5uOSa9ejpcMcot-vm2XgLwjTYwj1Fn_HJ-DYAbrFHfeRrea0nd3aY6xpCGZVhKVNLkrw/w400-h400/20230411_105857.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hL_raR5LjW1-tukKb4z5sU_WumfpEuRbcsV4I6OkX1TbplGokCyKK3MRyblYPIDBTrrvW3dK_59nz8Q4_FFFQhf4qTKlRIlOZj7Ppj-oAhIXznkfZwuGz1B6O2yHB4kDsC8AbbzOTVCFe6u5Az7KnXEXDmTu3q0fnGsASjiHHLCx8Ybd8PaoquK-iA/s3024/20230411_105945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7hL_raR5LjW1-tukKb4z5sU_WumfpEuRbcsV4I6OkX1TbplGokCyKK3MRyblYPIDBTrrvW3dK_59nz8Q4_FFFQhf4qTKlRIlOZj7Ppj-oAhIXznkfZwuGz1B6O2yHB4kDsC8AbbzOTVCFe6u5Az7KnXEXDmTu3q0fnGsASjiHHLCx8Ybd8PaoquK-iA/w400-h400/20230411_105945.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My cute little campsite</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>Luckily, the nights cooled down very nicely. However, I think I'll have to consider leaving Phoebe behind when I want to do any paddling. Without AC, leaving pets in the trailer while camping in Arizona is only reasonably safe in the winter.</div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-23226768909201136912023-04-29T15:05:00.000-07:002023-04-29T15:05:03.309-07:00"Frijole", the Teardrop!<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.010181,-110.7626313,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206!16zL20vMHFxams?authuser=0" target="_blank">Vail, AZ </a></p><p>29 April, 2023</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I sold the Van!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I just couldn't see keeping it and not traveling more than I do these days. A hard decision because it was such a spacious and comfortable camper. Selling it cut my insurance almost in half. Congratulations to new owner, Pam, who flew down from Montana to drive it home.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo73q4ke8sk4mwhBu2ZmFbQsu5pZfjfppMDQ4ewVM1Wb2H0budn9itqVT3t7htEBa6L0soNyE9YBs8o358EqcQh0yP800ICG2MeNXjz9nPxzLTb-77MUQA1hfGoACu7RjwXwavYpyMhXGbUwszPXaSNvlUHSvMMoELulN3sqzy0GGuJNdWgRXdmXsAA/s3024/20230421_124315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBo73q4ke8sk4mwhBu2ZmFbQsu5pZfjfppMDQ4ewVM1Wb2H0budn9itqVT3t7htEBa6L0soNyE9YBs8o358EqcQh0yP800ICG2MeNXjz9nPxzLTb-77MUQA1hfGoACu7RjwXwavYpyMhXGbUwszPXaSNvlUHSvMMoELulN3sqzy0GGuJNdWgRXdmXsAA/w400-h400/20230421_124315.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy Birding, Pam!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">So, what's next??</span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Something that would have all of the following:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Fit in my garage (max; 80")</li><li>Be fiberglass, cause I hate leaks</li><li>Enough headroom to comfortably get dressed (even if I can't stand up totally straight)</li><li>Enough room for Phoebe to have water (not on the bed)</li><li>Pass-through cabinets to maximize storage flexibility</li><li>Solar</li><li> Furnace and a 12v fan</li><li>Within relatively easy travel distance</li></ul><div>The <a href="http://beantrailer.com" target="_blank">Bean Trailer</a> Classic fit perfectly!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">They even had one in inventory!!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I drove up to Salt Lake City in between winter storms (early March) and picked up my new Bean teardrop. The first couple nights I was SO glad I had a furnace!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEVunXWQuQ9y2dEinMyPuYNA9kmYn3IgUvXa3ao2o5ZzAPGKJ_fVcH0eDc6ReDw5Qp91hC757xG_P_DywLrWM9zyLgGf15-S-h7S3CbUM9WGjzzRVwp5m_F0Be7kPVFdohKc6l3JS3n5ciQpC-s3sfMRMS0fvAJIXpDPeqaT4AIl0j7EYGQEgXKmD3w/s3024/20230307_150737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFEVunXWQuQ9y2dEinMyPuYNA9kmYn3IgUvXa3ao2o5ZzAPGKJ_fVcH0eDc6ReDw5Qp91hC757xG_P_DywLrWM9zyLgGf15-S-h7S3CbUM9WGjzzRVwp5m_F0Be7kPVFdohKc6l3JS3n5ciQpC-s3sfMRMS0fvAJIXpDPeqaT4AIl0j7EYGQEgXKmD3w/w400-h400/20230307_150737.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqNGVopz5XGuxpx3W2GU9JW5vqRYU7crSk2R9ilR0zMwa8bNmJT_NDkYMoZOrRcmWficOdsUNzx7ls0woGPLIAyNOM17cvIqdYEKdFYJ6KX4WCJQeRuLPMZOREzVbHdGmXfGho2l08mSTHelhphNseL51yuQK-UP7XFe7MHszmOfPjL-qSJ6X4E7PmQ/s3024/20230307_163537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPqNGVopz5XGuxpx3W2GU9JW5vqRYU7crSk2R9ilR0zMwa8bNmJT_NDkYMoZOrRcmWficOdsUNzx7ls0woGPLIAyNOM17cvIqdYEKdFYJ6KX4WCJQeRuLPMZOREzVbHdGmXfGho2l08mSTHelhphNseL51yuQK-UP7XFe7MHszmOfPjL-qSJ6X4E7PmQ/w400-h400/20230307_163537.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just outside Provo UT; my first very cold night!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Soon enough, we were back in the warm Southwest</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>Before coming home, I spent 4 days at Lost Dutchman State Park in Apache Junction AZ. The factory had winterized Frijole, so I didn't have access to the on-board water, but that wasn't really a problem.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbFEtuVTG39gBptGMhQ9_Z992f86GdWm_X9D_FksqZbnYxOkQjQ7GIQjLFuvHYt7oAq0QHteBfUr9g6A5z776pbbHppRnosxc8XxOOibL8LJOMLZnvxChA5lHRw5BuiFeuRoWNSGr-PYY2VwlE8E9L3FCXlCq0v-3Iq2wOpHSji5Rmb9ylft3o9GF7A/s3024/20230310_143645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbFEtuVTG39gBptGMhQ9_Z992f86GdWm_X9D_FksqZbnYxOkQjQ7GIQjLFuvHYt7oAq0QHteBfUr9g6A5z776pbbHppRnosxc8XxOOibL8LJOMLZnvxChA5lHRw5BuiFeuRoWNSGr-PYY2VwlE8E9L3FCXlCq0v-3Iq2wOpHSji5Rmb9ylft3o9GF7A/w400-h400/20230310_143645.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My solar panel was in the shade; but Phoebe was recharging her batteries!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUSqPD9c5Lfu6jHiscMuOkbJw47LHHcn7CvSplyAVQuP8N2EjE326y6tDoHsff083MgMiH4hm3NZOyvg5_mOVVurlmDn-JwXyAMR46bxlyGQ6-wf3q_INTuLF7JEgvXyqt5CxqpjJG5XS_WAuNR_RnJFl8Vcl10DlfAOVV4RLRGpg27HlwdhPKQaHEg/s3024/20230310_182730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCUSqPD9c5Lfu6jHiscMuOkbJw47LHHcn7CvSplyAVQuP8N2EjE326y6tDoHsff083MgMiH4hm3NZOyvg5_mOVVurlmDn-JwXyAMR46bxlyGQ6-wf3q_INTuLF7JEgvXyqt5CxqpjJG5XS_WAuNR_RnJFl8Vcl10DlfAOVV4RLRGpg27HlwdhPKQaHEg/w400-h400/20230310_182730.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sunset is always pretty here</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">And, yes, it DOES fit in the garage</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>Despite measuring a million times and making sure I had a Plan B, I was still very anxious that I would have a hard time getting Frijole into the garage without incident.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioYtnAgxlJtXWJ7FIuQPjgm8xjrjw_plkVVRjscrKBQbt6GjhgabhxOT1C-sEmJ8Xo3s7VFJRIhCKsHTwANed02ozUlvK9cFBSYkKHSyGKChMzKMUOPvb3V_iUQ-z7kmemMJZ66pGgW9MJCo0MlO06Y4mdqNBql2xSdNIvNb6_1YpcmNBTz3RAnTPCA/s3024/20230314_110500.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiioYtnAgxlJtXWJ7FIuQPjgm8xjrjw_plkVVRjscrKBQbt6GjhgabhxOT1C-sEmJ8Xo3s7VFJRIhCKsHTwANed02ozUlvK9cFBSYkKHSyGKChMzKMUOPvb3V_iUQ-z7kmemMJZ66pGgW9MJCo0MlO06Y4mdqNBql2xSdNIvNb6_1YpcmNBTz3RAnTPCA/w400-h400/20230314_110500.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First, check the side</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQsnVEnbpnWZANsNtHijkVtyM6OmjZl7rxKpTERUl-fd6MxpZ81iQzTX_j8RjhG_ttBaG5UXBgAfyBz6PSNNJXki_P828oSVoIlrAVNfXKo07SatYzA2PzSjhXXTJtMZyHj390yc7TqsZFPuqGgiWeQa7V66Nc-30Hyf4BLkd5ydOXpm0xFDgKpO2Ow/s3024/20230314_110648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIQsnVEnbpnWZANsNtHijkVtyM6OmjZl7rxKpTERUl-fd6MxpZ81iQzTX_j8RjhG_ttBaG5UXBgAfyBz6PSNNJXki_P828oSVoIlrAVNfXKo07SatYzA2PzSjhXXTJtMZyHj390yc7TqsZFPuqGgiWeQa7V66Nc-30Hyf4BLkd5ydOXpm0xFDgKpO2Ow/w400-h400/20230314_110648.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Prop up the garage door to provide maximum headroom</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkLx1enHZ8iVjlRh0OBsnBlwkB3XdGHqRIwzjn6_dhVlNbvhReekUck11gqf4350LUxH0mhDeUWAaufeGszVIcn9zpgdgtgtgseumLKJSZp_y-i7DsR8lqAwyOQj4BhDNOAGQ2wjkEXtrsujx_8lkJFZuSj2C9R_sWQunM-8QWxO2dP2B5V867xxOxQ/s3456/20230314_114619.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkLx1enHZ8iVjlRh0OBsnBlwkB3XdGHqRIwzjn6_dhVlNbvhReekUck11gqf4350LUxH0mhDeUWAaufeGszVIcn9zpgdgtgtgseumLKJSZp_y-i7DsR8lqAwyOQj4BhDNOAGQ2wjkEXtrsujx_8lkJFZuSj2C9R_sWQunM-8QWxO2dP2B5V867xxOxQ/w400-h400/20230314_114619.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SUCCESS!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div></div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-40100969724454839532023-02-21T08:00:00.001-07:002023-02-21T08:00:00.224-07:00Back home to ???SNOW??!!!! <p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502692,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank"> Vail, AZ</a></p><p>16 Feb, 2023</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sometimes I forget that February is still winter</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>My pipes were frozen for about half a day when I first got home on the weekend, and then I woke up this morning to THIS.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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this was all gone by the afternoon.</div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-60070339024229910172023-02-19T11:15:00.004-07:002023-02-19T11:15:53.372-07:0017th Annual Molded Fiberglass Trailer Rally in Quartzite AZ<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Dome+Rock/@33.6419194,-114.3303064,15.37z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80d1590ba427cc35:0x9e0d1a25abd6bfbb!8m2!3d33.6455174!4d-114.3259932?hl=en"> Quafertzite, AZ</a></p><p>6-12 Feb,2023</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Like a pioneer fur trappers rendezvous!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>Once a year for 17 years now, owners of small molded fiberglass trailers have been coming to Dome Rock BLM to share travel stories, modifications, tips and techniques, make new friendships and renew old friendships. It's really a lot of fun - even when the weather doesn't entirely cooperate. This year was cooler and windier than most, but still really, really fun.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>My windsock <span style="text-align: center;">was a great landmark when trying to locate my white van in the sea of white trailers.</span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="text-align: center;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREbSFUTlCj0Uqdbu45Zbue58yN4T6PjW3gRTA0cGLNvTOV6xBm4XpJMUxWFUkTrFwTDvZ-xd4vDT99Uk9V6ZCN5NGp2nvq9JdNGnfwjvEIhYCQiuJEdEMIxd9fVCC2Gm9buUXnDvpVkVIw4nefDwsK-_5rInP-QzWbGSwJeRKN1XNL5RWmN_jb-mpLQ/s3024/20230209_122434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhREbSFUTlCj0Uqdbu45Zbue58yN4T6PjW3gRTA0cGLNvTOV6xBm4XpJMUxWFUkTrFwTDvZ-xd4vDT99Uk9V6ZCN5NGp2nvq9JdNGnfwjvEIhYCQiuJEdEMIxd9fVCC2Gm9buUXnDvpVkVIw4nefDwsK-_5rInP-QzWbGSwJeRKN1XNL5RWmN_jb-mpLQ/w400-h400/20230209_122434.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My windsock got quite a workout! </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Just when I thought I had seen everything!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I'm always amazed at what folks can bring along in such tiny trailers - entire sets of cast iron cookware, insta-pots, etc. This year there was a coffee lover who has taken this hobby to an entirely new level. In his 21 foot trailer, he manages to not only grind and brew each cup of fresh coffee - but he brings green beans and <span style="color: red;">ROASTS THEM ON THE SPOT!</span> Apparently, there is an entire sub-culture of people who modify old steel air-poppers (popcorn) and roast, then grind, then aero-press fresh coffee all the time! He was offering free samples, demonstrations and a $10 class (you got to roast some coffee and leave with a pound of custom roasted coffee and some supplies).</div><div><br /></div><div>I have to say, the coffee was exceptionally smooth - none of the bitterness I usually associate with hot coffee (I only get such smoothness with cold-brew).</div><div><br /></div><div>Green beans in the bag, roasted beans (it only took about 7 minutes) on the tray, and modified air-popper.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfOlY1WQVltF2rdKOg_2NU8DftDU9GyWAkI2OYHCKL8VqnrvCMpd8kjkG0PYs1R6lXC3QRpBaGu5-iK0vg6BAKgL6pPzv5uEceGgvIetUBzi1f066CaLj-LdpsohldpIhLsKQ9zMLfjSbwbrRjHC7_s49MJ5oT_yr93RoC_M_H5gCqS-8Lqz7MpbJ_g/s3024/20230210_101828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfOlY1WQVltF2rdKOg_2NU8DftDU9GyWAkI2OYHCKL8VqnrvCMpd8kjkG0PYs1R6lXC3QRpBaGu5-iK0vg6BAKgL6pPzv5uEceGgvIetUBzi1f066CaLj-LdpsohldpIhLsKQ9zMLfjSbwbrRjHC7_s49MJ5oT_yr93RoC_M_H5gCqS-8Lqz7MpbJ_g/w400-h400/20230210_101828.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Warm enough out of the wind and in the sun!</span></h3><div><br /></div><div>Phoebe loves to soak up the sun. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusXQ_vmEU8TQL3h9ipp5W_u_pRVduoIXdInLlHPXnfT8iNpf1sFBDagrKyJataug22JmBmLJxNbrumSFxFAooatDO2HVT1MA0OclWttKGnqRZxd0gcRKooVnVPSrplsWtNHFLmEYn9fCPvAY5i5qFOxfgFwv46y-a9K15mFdFdOUuBSryPUL3QKZxQw/s3024/20230210_145143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusXQ_vmEU8TQL3h9ipp5W_u_pRVduoIXdInLlHPXnfT8iNpf1sFBDagrKyJataug22JmBmLJxNbrumSFxFAooatDO2HVT1MA0OclWttKGnqRZxd0gcRKooVnVPSrplsWtNHFLmEYn9fCPvAY5i5qFOxfgFwv46y-a9K15mFdFdOUuBSryPUL3QKZxQw/w400-h400/20230210_145143.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She likes being able to hang out with other dogs - here she is with her friend Scruffy and new friend Sunny. The hooman in the picture is Mary, only wearing shorts because she's down from the Yukon and probably thinks it's warm :)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQOZSwZqPmYw53zBBvRQpNUtbDsnHM2YTkWBrHlViCsmnFTDDKau0cBKyk9OGeQV7RE0jZ5AOcOfskSwGwr0y1fnaFYAPgqdBbYUZ0pgHEKxxb65L5WQbE0c9OWeSF_t3sru3BTF9RpgfJT6RHg-o6aJZSi9vrBkpo8GbJqZaD0gKV4IXpjX2PYkY3w/s3456/20230211_101014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibQOZSwZqPmYw53zBBvRQpNUtbDsnHM2YTkWBrHlViCsmnFTDDKau0cBKyk9OGeQV7RE0jZ5AOcOfskSwGwr0y1fnaFYAPgqdBbYUZ0pgHEKxxb65L5WQbE0c9OWeSF_t3sru3BTF9RpgfJT6RHg-o6aJZSi9vrBkpo8GbJqZaD0gKV4IXpjX2PYkY3w/w400-h400/20230211_101014.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I really enjoyed this opportunity to visit with some of the friends I made while full-timing and snow-birding.</div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-35082532035074276332023-02-09T08:00:00.002-07:002023-02-09T08:00:00.443-07:00Oh Oh - I hope that there was no drama off-screen!<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank"> Vail, AZ</a></p><p>09 Feb, 2023</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">I love seeing what shows up on my game camera.</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>I have a game camera set up in my side yard and it catches all sorts of wildlife that wanders through the area. Usually coyotes or javelina, but this is the first time I've seen them together. I'm hoping that the coyote was just curious - I wouldn't think a single coyote would take on a full grown javelina (and truthfully, the javelina doesn't look too worried), so I'm hoping that nothing dire occurred off screen.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy7ZuRLa5eYEYVe8VQ9-r1ywoBOQI1b2QstF-ekC5oGsRBjH68igVGDjIYRFcdYnBSFkRfPCzCXEZwoJqNQ0A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-12274889042802537042023-02-06T08:00:00.001-07:002023-02-06T08:00:00.259-07:00WOO HOO! Gifted some great Cacti cuttings<p> <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank">Vail, AZ</a></p><p><br /></p><p>06 Feb, 2023</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">I've wanted some of these for many years!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>While staying in Apache Junction several years ago, I had seen these cacti in bloom. They are some kind of 'Queen of the Night' and have the biggest, most beautiful blooms that only come out after dark. I can remember watching the cacti bud out and then going out with neighbors with flashlights on the night we expected them to bloom.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYiJXzjwjhQMLiktANqM9fJWES_7hfe6TfQQ38vnhdeN9zTPd4PN8HBdLk6wDPKngeHEzOTCak75iXLF1jtXtAvVCanf4MTXIVdwZOOAq6q6OGBSpliyywsv8BkMBNgb6Z_UOvxVSmpWXIWUvR9eWOGek4U5rvvzk0gHhJOybnihgFp9mTw-M-JR4XA/s4608/IMG_20181025_200648925.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYiJXzjwjhQMLiktANqM9fJWES_7hfe6TfQQ38vnhdeN9zTPd4PN8HBdLk6wDPKngeHEzOTCak75iXLF1jtXtAvVCanf4MTXIVdwZOOAq6q6OGBSpliyywsv8BkMBNgb6Z_UOvxVSmpWXIWUvR9eWOGek4U5rvvzk0gHhJOybnihgFp9mTw-M-JR4XA/w300-h400/IMG_20181025_200648925.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC96YjFpX6S15uxoL1dO1ewHax2K87Fv4TZMCF3lzzkJEMlWI7MRD8qOlU6KK_M0FJ3at83ogAsm4O4CqrHJX9vXQhM3pk6XMMvIZ8zsO7fESMWYiFJoKlfduhcN-iEljt9GHxM5VarMDxYwbx-oV2E9ZT-deHOZepdtoqfM6DGw9Pw-1LMQLrjlTdlQ/s4608/IMG_20181025_201240745.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4608" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC96YjFpX6S15uxoL1dO1ewHax2K87Fv4TZMCF3lzzkJEMlWI7MRD8qOlU6KK_M0FJ3at83ogAsm4O4CqrHJX9vXQhM3pk6XMMvIZ8zsO7fESMWYiFJoKlfduhcN-iEljt9GHxM5VarMDxYwbx-oV2E9ZT-deHOZepdtoqfM6DGw9Pw-1LMQLrjlTdlQ/w300-h400/IMG_20181025_201240745.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>You can see a post of when I first saw these beauties <a href="https://rightbrainrightlane.blogspot.com/2018/11/i-love-cactus-and-sunsets.html" target="_blank">here</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Recently, I was back in Apache Junction and was gifted some cuttings!</span></h3><div><br /></div><div>Needless to say, I am thrilled!! I know it will be years before I can hope to see any blooms, but so is the nature of gardening in the desert - I can dream and future generations may get to enjoy.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ihvjg0ON_E4s1FHuM-zeVa5IrSTPCRkQM__Pk8CeyxzN_1eG3DikxGloEw37379wizZGefbY0ybZvv_frcfBg5bKxkEWcOlM5-O7w7mFHaPlsBHl-90yMPHgp3vExT9nnG_Y3FraoSN1lrR1PlxvvSh8pu8B7S8U0JLMmN2uEUGxSbB68IT0WFQ95A/s3024/20230131_142944.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ihvjg0ON_E4s1FHuM-zeVa5IrSTPCRkQM__Pk8CeyxzN_1eG3DikxGloEw37379wizZGefbY0ybZvv_frcfBg5bKxkEWcOlM5-O7w7mFHaPlsBHl-90yMPHgp3vExT9nnG_Y3FraoSN1lrR1PlxvvSh8pu8B7S8U0JLMmN2uEUGxSbB68IT0WFQ95A/w400-h400/20230131_142944.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-78758997853287836292023-02-03T15:19:00.001-07:002023-02-03T15:19:04.611-07:00Two Successes and One Failure<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank"> Vail, AZ</a></p><p>03 Feb, 2023</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">I can't stop tinkering with the Van!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>Getting in and out of the Van with my tiny step on uneven desert ground seemed a bit problematic - so, I added a grab handle. This was a pretty straightforward mod with a kit from ProMasterWorld.com - came with tools, good instructions and except for a couple holes through the plastic column - no drilling holes. The grab handle made use of existing holes in the Ram frame. It's very sturdy and just the right height.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvN2KPrX3eOjdVea4hFSQ-xnaPJ18uyTg7DFXrGA-VHcDPhfuCyB8s2z9Nf-1mnAIBokwXs9Jz1mCMPPnxaQrHKS_oNVueDXT65AqYCnatgUVoYHN4FVsODdt_VJLx-GWIZFFoUO4o9FqezaQ0tvccjh1r7q-8Fqqv7mjUl9gT5Jh7YaYpQ03n7Uohw/s3456/20230131_161356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVvN2KPrX3eOjdVea4hFSQ-xnaPJ18uyTg7DFXrGA-VHcDPhfuCyB8s2z9Nf-1mnAIBokwXs9Jz1mCMPPnxaQrHKS_oNVueDXT65AqYCnatgUVoYHN4FVsODdt_VJLx-GWIZFFoUO4o9FqezaQ0tvccjh1r7q-8Fqqv7mjUl9gT5Jh7YaYpQ03n7Uohw/w400-h400/20230131_161356.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p>The second project was to add some rain gutters over the front and cargo doors. I hate that rain comes into the van when the cargo door is cracked for ventilation. This project was also pretty straightforward; the rain gutters came in a long roll with adhesive backing. We'll see how the adhesive holds up to the brutal summer sun.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4uIliYyhkPZ9DKTs4fSNww3QfjcbO7KMOmF3UzD8EDR5qlB2wM8X1IOHLDF2xfmmQGtJ40l-9qGd7ue4MR5BHJ-IUDPTLdYjetXoL5tWo_mYGk32GVLkCB0kZOBP7gkN_n374Hu3knC7twYbpF1-n6qcAcsrLoViLvsFVFmTxKPkjTndoepFR4cjpw/s3024/20230131_161331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4uIliYyhkPZ9DKTs4fSNww3QfjcbO7KMOmF3UzD8EDR5qlB2wM8X1IOHLDF2xfmmQGtJ40l-9qGd7ue4MR5BHJ-IUDPTLdYjetXoL5tWo_mYGk32GVLkCB0kZOBP7gkN_n374Hu3knC7twYbpF1-n6qcAcsrLoViLvsFVFmTxKPkjTndoepFR4cjpw/w400-h400/20230131_161331.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>The 3rd project was to add some light to the bins - at night, the bins are very dark and it's hard to find anything without a flashlight. I had found a bunch of very bright, very small (size of a quarter) LED battery lights with adhesive backs. I stuck one in each bin and was very pleased with the amount of light they cast. Unfortunately, the adhesive lasted less than 24 hours! Every one had come loose and disappeared into the bottom of the bin. I could try glueing them in; I checked and could still unscrew the tops to replace the tiny, flat batteries. But, I hate doing something permanent until I'm sure of the location, and that the placement won't interfere with getting stuff in and out. Of course, even glue isn't necessarily permanent in the Sonoran Desert heat. Guess I'll wait and see on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZIJCDDjnxOrII828yYpM58k9kAYlyEMzWLlf_BgFQY6Q1iqEoMBaUDZ7S83jhxMGO_uStDEaWtF4iBnccZaKMA9-lQJ3sYz9QTN0TFam8aN-GXR-P7qNa8sdOoyZV7OacjZ72VWazwQNGSnNBMXBjG8GMvI5XpHb9HAanMqcTtPWOZ41xCV-m3O9YA/s3456/20230131_162207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKZIJCDDjnxOrII828yYpM58k9kAYlyEMzWLlf_BgFQY6Q1iqEoMBaUDZ7S83jhxMGO_uStDEaWtF4iBnccZaKMA9-lQJ3sYz9QTN0TFam8aN-GXR-P7qNa8sdOoyZV7OacjZ72VWazwQNGSnNBMXBjG8GMvI5XpHb9HAanMqcTtPWOZ41xCV-m3O9YA/w400-h400/20230131_162207.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>So very bright - I do like them a lot.</p>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-83817334922774174812023-01-30T13:18:00.000-07:002023-01-30T13:18:04.857-07:00Very COLD trip to Quartzite AZ!<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Quartzsite,+AZ+85346/@33.6639771,-114.2870348,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80d1596416dd727d:0x907998648bdd0b32!8m2!3d33.6639137!4d-114.2299486?hl=en"> Quartzite, AZ</a></p><p>29 Jan, 2023</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Annual RVW Rally in Quartzite</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>This rally for RVing Women has been taking place for 30 years! and is timed for the opening of the big Quartzite RV Show (and all the amazing shopping in the 'Big Tent'). As usual, there were a lot of interesting discussions and presentations by various RV maintenance guys; including, if I may boast, the discussion group that I led on 'Converting a Van for Personal Use'. We talked about Van Conversions ranging from professional conversion RV's like the Solis and Trevado, to partly professional, part-self conversions like my rig with the base Wayfarer Van conversion, to completely custom personally constructed Vans. This last category was especially interesting and I viewed several completely tricked-out vans that left me just in awe of the mad skills demonstrated by the women who have made these vans.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwLMn2Q80itYhZspKuA1QvqEOKGeQlgwFdRFJBAl0DP1hXeljwpEzb-J-kRYtuCecAMSZl1YGSJDQmRq10nfynYQ7VCoh6ZNtG-0YeYO4oAXfhh-yPPXD5_5dxOBIuLO5KfJFGHs-scPk0r3FTbVoFJxM7y5kJWPpnTPX0EbuGY8b5pZSvcugZxTaQg/s3024/20230117_173933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLwLMn2Q80itYhZspKuA1QvqEOKGeQlgwFdRFJBAl0DP1hXeljwpEzb-J-kRYtuCecAMSZl1YGSJDQmRq10nfynYQ7VCoh6ZNtG-0YeYO4oAXfhh-yPPXD5_5dxOBIuLO5KfJFGHs-scPk0r3FTbVoFJxM7y5kJWPpnTPX0EbuGY8b5pZSvcugZxTaQg/w400-h400/20230117_173933.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My campsite - finally figured out how to put up my windsock!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLqwXSJHZ_8RHRKXxrMN4neeILx414OWV69X0flritCsjuIsHDLa-wIOwSlzhUj3WkII1ATnrfq7ts14ye2sILWVsOw_q4MM2grOtEfgchgzOxpdPHV-Ui8D4vP4PnHNOy2D9cQ-GIq7efpsxhdlAEqCDpNMfRCU1p_fpdCzstYKkRn6mspglsdQt7A/s3024/20230117_174514.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGLqwXSJHZ_8RHRKXxrMN4neeILx414OWV69X0flritCsjuIsHDLa-wIOwSlzhUj3WkII1ATnrfq7ts14ye2sILWVsOw_q4MM2grOtEfgchgzOxpdPHV-Ui8D4vP4PnHNOy2D9cQ-GIq7efpsxhdlAEqCDpNMfRCU1p_fpdCzstYKkRn6mspglsdQt7A/w400-h400/20230117_174514.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The sunsets behind my rig were really pretty!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzH29-uXLEAnwlTC98QCGsuak04icEL-63ZGNVf-vvvmP3z785VU2j-jwb3IaEw897NV3ih7yD_iaV4OjQKfYNbF7JPaNjpknA6g1Q369_HTcSxx1IWCpG1ik__ztGfhDMvfkszeTBddauAv781MPDk6rrms4XLTupVDgiuiNdV7a4UjESC_QeQ_Haw/s3456/20230122_182939.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfzH29-uXLEAnwlTC98QCGsuak04icEL-63ZGNVf-vvvmP3z785VU2j-jwb3IaEw897NV3ih7yD_iaV4OjQKfYNbF7JPaNjpknA6g1Q369_HTcSxx1IWCpG1ik__ztGfhDMvfkszeTBddauAv781MPDk6rrms4XLTupVDgiuiNdV7a4UjESC_QeQ_Haw/w400-h400/20230122_182939.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Although it was too cold to stay out for very long, my Fire Dancer adds a lot of ambiance.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Almost 20F below normal temperatures!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>This was one of my coldest trips to Quartzite - getting down to the high 30's at night, and even though most of the days got up into the high 50's/ low 60's, a brisk wind kept it feeling pretty cool. The final 2 days were cloudy, windy, and temp's only in the high 40's - so, just cold!</div><div><br /></div><div>My shy little dog Phoebe was so cold (even in her sweater), that she overcame her shyness and sought warmth in every available lap - even complete strangers!!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9NdlJvY6vAawRzgqP4VLRqXxS6PBnzDkOU43JWHRVF6hR7zwQ1e38VcOJAV-kZJH5IvPiQvlq7wsFLDSKtUS5OqEai6nWDMyq8VF0lD0N2FUbKjvntGZWDA9VUxCZ6DK11I1wpLnum9M3dn9Yl7vKQ0bPHYsZngpUpDYozvcyv93G_pDAVpSeG5b6w/s3024/20230122_140106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9NdlJvY6vAawRzgqP4VLRqXxS6PBnzDkOU43JWHRVF6hR7zwQ1e38VcOJAV-kZJH5IvPiQvlq7wsFLDSKtUS5OqEai6nWDMyq8VF0lD0N2FUbKjvntGZWDA9VUxCZ6DK11I1wpLnum9M3dn9Yl7vKQ0bPHYsZngpUpDYozvcyv93G_pDAVpSeG5b6w/w400-h400/20230122_140106.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />"Mom, get my sweater!!"<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkMmho-BrYSjfwfVNV8ODUYZ03bPX6qlRNIDV4_f8X4-uwsyjV-sOm7k719Epf2l3EMsWr0g2o6Cpe1Y-re7999QQ2gT9_dJbcFIUpAw59rvr57-d1_XNmcNwiRYsMbDXjILA3uMYgEPWWTWBIYag7lzdCduahf74spD3xaCLFmz30Bi7PYTl29SgFg/s3024/20230122_140952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYkMmho-BrYSjfwfVNV8ODUYZ03bPX6qlRNIDV4_f8X4-uwsyjV-sOm7k719Epf2l3EMsWr0g2o6Cpe1Y-re7999QQ2gT9_dJbcFIUpAw59rvr57-d1_XNmcNwiRYsMbDXjILA3uMYgEPWWTWBIYag7lzdCduahf74spD3xaCLFmz30Bi7PYTl29SgFg/w400-h400/20230122_140952.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I don't care that she's in a t-shirt, I need more warm!"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy4JRYTMuw_btx0FiC-aAi1pVhBZF0gH4o_25Q_ft-gBtLpajRsNk2EO2Zo6ZnmWHXjv1RxMwsMScy5Nb1u6ekj-qmuTfVXwqfb0W9ZM8aKeUQYGJYHp5rxgtq7aspHqze8N_aCpevP5E2nE-29akO1V_IzxLhoGEXLYlFDaPoStFpqaNTTpGsBFu8Q/s3024/20230123_190454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXy4JRYTMuw_btx0FiC-aAi1pVhBZF0gH4o_25Q_ft-gBtLpajRsNk2EO2Zo6ZnmWHXjv1RxMwsMScy5Nb1u6ekj-qmuTfVXwqfb0W9ZM8aKeUQYGJYHp5rxgtq7aspHqze8N_aCpevP5E2nE-29akO1V_IzxLhoGEXLYlFDaPoStFpqaNTTpGsBFu8Q/w400-h400/20230123_190454.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Yes, we're inside, and I have my coat on - but dang it, turn on the heat!!!"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Next Stop, Lost Dutchman State Park </span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>On my way home, I took a longer route to visit friends in Apache Junction. Very near to the very pretty Lost Dutchman State Park. I couldn't remember whether my site had electric or not - I was so very happy to drive in and find that I had a hook-up!!! My boondocking heater is a non-vented Propane heater - so I don't sleep with it on, just use it to warm up the van in the morning/evening. But, for this very cold trip, that meant waking up to temps in the van that were colder than the inside of my fridge!! Kind of unacceptable (certainly for one very thin-skinned little Chihuahua).</div><div><br /></div><div>We were both thrilled when I could plug in my electric ceramic heater with temperature controls to keep the Van nice and warm all night.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvqC4AbhxGHLGg82vR_BZHmVlff6Y4hhwIQ7G2pP-mydXd09C0MVNBZMp3YzOcJuIYBHGX4mB8cCOpLjoG8Gg0iRpohAoLArdvonj8O-jjgtnPfeZTdVIwlSXEWkOQTxvGrRVi1XiDETfBXrLlSGciRQcb8X4Oi9qO1kHmWZ7QlKmhGbkEeQCx2nBIg/s3024/20230123_175343.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTvqC4AbhxGHLGg82vR_BZHmVlff6Y4hhwIQ7G2pP-mydXd09C0MVNBZMp3YzOcJuIYBHGX4mB8cCOpLjoG8Gg0iRpohAoLArdvonj8O-jjgtnPfeZTdVIwlSXEWkOQTxvGrRVi1XiDETfBXrLlSGciRQcb8X4Oi9qO1kHmWZ7QlKmhGbkEeQCx2nBIg/w400-h400/20230123_175343.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mvqd6pawtb_JEr2SN_KpNTvrIiPsauns4NzOXTxHQHxnDT53m8911__UzTw9poqB1EjIOlKo5bslT8NdKGJZqCi88leeXyvSG_a4uIhWVw1hNjeyTHo2K5cHe9RpfVKGE9281fbkCZbwV2smsmOhreW-KAW6EQFzJYpzrV-_rxQ66zOzDf6APqfbPA/s3024/20230123_175218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2mvqd6pawtb_JEr2SN_KpNTvrIiPsauns4NzOXTxHQHxnDT53m8911__UzTw9poqB1EjIOlKo5bslT8NdKGJZqCi88leeXyvSG_a4uIhWVw1hNjeyTHo2K5cHe9RpfVKGE9281fbkCZbwV2smsmOhreW-KAW6EQFzJYpzrV-_rxQ66zOzDf6APqfbPA/w400-h400/20230123_175218.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-74508612501185334762023-01-12T13:56:00.001-07:002023-01-12T13:56:30.768-07:00Puttering around and visiting critters<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0100429,-110.7502699,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank">Vail, AZ</a></p><p>12 Jan, 2023 </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Putting up a new birdfeeder</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>I'd been patching up the old birdfeeder for about 6 months; one of the plastic sides had broken in the sun (both plastic sides had dried out, yellowed and become brittle - the fate of plastics in the desert), and the wood had warped to the point that I had to wire the feeder together. Finally, I broke down and purchased a new, and bigger one. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL90OaUxG_xyHPxRvLiz3XfyFxnx7pLTMft64rswRK5-DVct2yxn8L0uAaZDEC_HWbc7t9fZDTFdsJoyLj6WhfIf7-8tomcwyEn0P9XGCPPU4Uhlzx4r_me5I_-jfG946I3o4KyVUd-9Viv-jsk6EF-YspymB6YvtWHGyBRT_PMpKMIsZ-ychC36C-Q/s3024/20230109_094553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmL90OaUxG_xyHPxRvLiz3XfyFxnx7pLTMft64rswRK5-DVct2yxn8L0uAaZDEC_HWbc7t9fZDTFdsJoyLj6WhfIf7-8tomcwyEn0P9XGCPPU4Uhlzx4r_me5I_-jfG946I3o4KyVUd-9Viv-jsk6EF-YspymB6YvtWHGyBRT_PMpKMIsZ-ychC36C-Q/w400-h400/20230109_094553.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lWoSo7yLx-7UIraXoazh2-Sk55ppp2QS-Qu1etZJVbPwFjxqaiZvk8Mvarvdnro8LdgIIh8t9D9vHAvVn8IKhSqa49cTqBA4bfdaoDA3-iAR9EUbNquztCpvQdBKFBTEAHU2t-0AO_s1tRyCOyJIv20RmLTn1-vj7GewgLCe8SELSWLYq3_GplVogA/s3024/20230109_095039.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4lWoSo7yLx-7UIraXoazh2-Sk55ppp2QS-Qu1etZJVbPwFjxqaiZvk8Mvarvdnro8LdgIIh8t9D9vHAvVn8IKhSqa49cTqBA4bfdaoDA3-iAR9EUbNquztCpvQdBKFBTEAHU2t-0AO_s1tRyCOyJIv20RmLTn1-vj7GewgLCe8SELSWLYq3_GplVogA/w400-h400/20230109_095039.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">This Roadrunner wasn't afraid at all!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>I kept expecting it to notice me and run away - but, it came up to within 6 feet and wandered around for a bit, only casually jumping to the wall when I moved to get my camera. Still, it didn't flee, but took a long look around before jumping into the back yard.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOo2i59GHu3evlKgycwrOayN-2kOnv8mcJlyZ_JIcqgkUGx2kWWygWPDTRNTiS2H7UF3m9sPaYREm42HlwA8_tgqa9hM8xmSekMmWy006wlFPX5lBkCs-mfdeshZRX5a3xSI_N11rbceSknJwEib6NVJBiRyiyCFyWcpkwwtpMYwrTW2z_XMYNr9FmDQ/s3024/20230103_140606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOo2i59GHu3evlKgycwrOayN-2kOnv8mcJlyZ_JIcqgkUGx2kWWygWPDTRNTiS2H7UF3m9sPaYREm42HlwA8_tgqa9hM8xmSekMmWy006wlFPX5lBkCs-mfdeshZRX5a3xSI_N11rbceSknJwEib6NVJBiRyiyCFyWcpkwwtpMYwrTW2z_XMYNr9FmDQ/w400-h400/20230103_140606.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The javelina were more shy</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>I was doing some pruning of the mesquite in my back yard and saw this small family on the other side of the wall. They knew I was there and were nervous - the boar kept snorting and scaring the baby. But, they stayed very close (again, just about 6 feet away, just on the other side of the wall) for several minutes before taking off into the underbrush.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPiZhVYO_bkcVx0BDwpK1Ws-OqAJcS-7Fv3Df-Qq6yFnaC_mSsicNTk3UP41Yy1fpG9j9S67d9aX1JXrf-rr0XaVrlMb9RxBqPZSIVT9mmIoIVbWvuAt1_3YPJMbilOQrL42a7idDOuSknn8ZOixZxC44h9r7Vy00yv12NklKu7niuWQ7iZQT8FiozKQ/s3024/20230103_163016.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPiZhVYO_bkcVx0BDwpK1Ws-OqAJcS-7Fv3Df-Qq6yFnaC_mSsicNTk3UP41Yy1fpG9j9S67d9aX1JXrf-rr0XaVrlMb9RxBqPZSIVT9mmIoIVbWvuAt1_3YPJMbilOQrL42a7idDOuSknn8ZOixZxC44h9r7Vy00yv12NklKu7niuWQ7iZQT8FiozKQ/w400-h400/20230103_163016.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='385' height='319' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxHAAJ2DvUO8mAqk5apaRQ3-IGkW8wWbbsJp-KoRS9bj7dulxszSm5U_uN41yjPWALFI8KAFBR2htAz-ymu4Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Flew into one of my big mesquite trees and hung out for awhile</span></h3><div><br /></div><div>Huge! Along with the great horned owl that occasionally visits, this is the biggest guy I 've seen here.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAgUvbIQuFwdZTfucbIdFC01qVe6ZlgUl__A3A3LA0l5tTLbc7Me7dDV8A5CCuej2fnrRplj3xODPP_1gJ4pZCVapnfgRA_Z_hUF4c4PxsbExsltYcclmE7FBPWLj7lFiALMXZLpPJkF5TgibujgGJe7szlNAOGqdmM2jmkNc7t6qjsB3qXJYNIyFhw/s798/0111Hawk2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="745" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmAgUvbIQuFwdZTfucbIdFC01qVe6ZlgUl__A3A3LA0l5tTLbc7Me7dDV8A5CCuej2fnrRplj3xODPP_1gJ4pZCVapnfgRA_Z_hUF4c4PxsbExsltYcclmE7FBPWLj7lFiALMXZLpPJkF5TgibujgGJe7szlNAOGqdmM2jmkNc7t6qjsB3qXJYNIyFhw/w374-h400/0111Hawk2.JPG" width="374" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Always interesting critters to look at while I'm puttering around outside - and sometimes I'm even up early enough to catch the sunrise!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiXMKsOhEsMvJv1DxO5pE_TXi6vgprI8VTwVzCjIQOUfEQJnnR_nzlDuTSkTXr7-m-BxcWyoaXp-gHJNb9Hfqyu3rFBhHVISkh7a7IsdYJboMsc9RMScvjnnE-hIHBvy5MptC5kkqVZiwnCzAv91drNYQxQj0gvA7rGTxEo0pUsjgClxqQKuGvE5w_A/s3456/20221229_071413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiXMKsOhEsMvJv1DxO5pE_TXi6vgprI8VTwVzCjIQOUfEQJnnR_nzlDuTSkTXr7-m-BxcWyoaXp-gHJNb9Hfqyu3rFBhHVISkh7a7IsdYJboMsc9RMScvjnnE-hIHBvy5MptC5kkqVZiwnCzAv91drNYQxQj0gvA7rGTxEo0pUsjgClxqQKuGvE5w_A/w400-h400/20221229_071413.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-52392590944261673292023-01-06T08:00:00.001-07:002023-01-06T08:00:00.233-07:00Those Dang Javelinas!!! Southern Arizona can be a harsh place to live<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005245!4d-110.7009244?hl=en"> Vail, AZ</a></p><p>15 Dec, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">I'm not much of a gardener . . . </span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>About 18 months ago, I saw some discarded single pads of Indian Fig Cactus and brought them home. I planted them in my back yard and have been carefully nurturing them. They have been thriving and growing like crazy!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-w0pVvoLAxdJXWpZ7i1qKfyRE1hqTpelwaHNVAbAwk7bMpZC0y-annZkuHc98v4Ko9f0a82dePIqvX3a-FS_cC1qNEo5LNs0JhIkRRX42h31x5EleVUm41_aGgSpSIPMM1Rh-VDkLT1tmFmOaxyO7T4Aw0erttey1S78f2qppE7pad5ORIy7N3cZTLQ/s3024/20220930_103441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-w0pVvoLAxdJXWpZ7i1qKfyRE1hqTpelwaHNVAbAwk7bMpZC0y-annZkuHc98v4Ko9f0a82dePIqvX3a-FS_cC1qNEo5LNs0JhIkRRX42h31x5EleVUm41_aGgSpSIPMM1Rh-VDkLT1tmFmOaxyO7T4Aw0erttey1S78f2qppE7pad5ORIy7N3cZTLQ/w400-h400/20220930_103441.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This month I decided that they were big enough to release into the wilds of my front yard. Unfortunately, I wasn't quick enough to fence them in - and my local marauding squadron of javelina destroyed 3 of the 4 I planted!! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxevC-045QOxmR6uMUposRlG7Ha2jyWjCZ9JD_dykXKMxwxByB6NYQyZ8nXhXwBYg6361yB-VUyvR1MmkOHhowPFlZT_x4QJAihWFiexEYE1av80420Uf9sVT26Kpxge4R29dXd57f4yKLnB1mor6TqRx8W1-WHJRd6ecDGzXcWhBev_9W2vqyXYaWw/s3024/20221215_093315.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpxevC-045QOxmR6uMUposRlG7Ha2jyWjCZ9JD_dykXKMxwxByB6NYQyZ8nXhXwBYg6361yB-VUyvR1MmkOHhowPFlZT_x4QJAihWFiexEYE1av80420Uf9sVT26Kpxge4R29dXd57f4yKLnB1mor6TqRx8W1-WHJRd6ecDGzXcWhBev_9W2vqyXYaWw/w400-h400/20221215_093315.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTw9uM12FGKWSMbvsM23eFwz53se0D3cqccauxRAiXz12kgyZPbqyurdr0lSKTX6V5DkWxAvMwUVknzwAfeBSRphql4rfRuxhqZyFp9Lg9JnjN0AvP63nk9PQt-8me42kD8dohrJpjywKaKN5-X89-iLtccd3KKleCUMPLfCh3IVZFuvDb2Le6CAiACQ/s3024/20221215_093356.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTw9uM12FGKWSMbvsM23eFwz53se0D3cqccauxRAiXz12kgyZPbqyurdr0lSKTX6V5DkWxAvMwUVknzwAfeBSRphql4rfRuxhqZyFp9Lg9JnjN0AvP63nk9PQt-8me42kD8dohrJpjywKaKN5-X89-iLtccd3KKleCUMPLfCh3IVZFuvDb2Le6CAiACQ/w400-h400/20221215_093356.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHQgAD-B01QR2yLLUiQ_nob7WnbWNPauk0_8lIuvMxOGBNSgj039XAIv7zn5FKfUTBq2D0hwphK6vimUdL6IkxnxqMY5HuinUzCDxBV2l1FOnlpTFzOITznHxN6C1vMU85geh7mGF_W9HslaMHIwP3oZZTFi1gciuNImthqK12GmN-d6-JRoZD2UwxQ/s3024/20221215_100735.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHQgAD-B01QR2yLLUiQ_nob7WnbWNPauk0_8lIuvMxOGBNSgj039XAIv7zn5FKfUTBq2D0hwphK6vimUdL6IkxnxqMY5HuinUzCDxBV2l1FOnlpTFzOITznHxN6C1vMU85geh7mGF_W9HslaMHIwP3oZZTFi1gciuNImthqK12GmN-d6-JRoZD2UwxQ/w400-h400/20221215_100735.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The broken off part is back in the raised beds - hopefully, it will survive!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>I fenced in the chewed up cacti - perhaps with protection and care, they will survive. But, I'll be asking friends for more cuttings!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49_gd6QE7nyPVdBw3h18MtA89puZVt2NlLIRs9HLS1yzbW1QxiLsXAqOwH153rQ9Gvyr0x17AIdTRPlx0VXjaBvf_sxwnQCx8G8bI0tDwb80hnOAuH4BjpQIOcmL5n6H3SFo_rAL0MSnT81G_5IqpbFe41u1BkmTtXuGZxPCBXDJeKMjTXd2ULxzGTQ/s3024/20221215_150629.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg49_gd6QE7nyPVdBw3h18MtA89puZVt2NlLIRs9HLS1yzbW1QxiLsXAqOwH153rQ9Gvyr0x17AIdTRPlx0VXjaBvf_sxwnQCx8G8bI0tDwb80hnOAuH4BjpQIOcmL5n6H3SFo_rAL0MSnT81G_5IqpbFe41u1BkmTtXuGZxPCBXDJeKMjTXd2ULxzGTQ/w400-h400/20221215_150629.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvBExLkzuY9wjlzBfPSHoJjkoTyiYWCeLYwXn3MBN_G4Ye0jGBxTQE4VUnT-G__MjqgazXOYJAwsXJet4y5YklKdl2Jd67q5dwsTWr70HMbEw5LZ-tq02oRTv7EKE5XBnmNHT2VYX3EzaT_qBMTUSmrc_zDIe972wcBn2xWJ7ngFOroczcPShBAGKNQ/s3024/20221215_150614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvBExLkzuY9wjlzBfPSHoJjkoTyiYWCeLYwXn3MBN_G4Ye0jGBxTQE4VUnT-G__MjqgazXOYJAwsXJet4y5YklKdl2Jd67q5dwsTWr70HMbEw5LZ-tq02oRTv7EKE5XBnmNHT2VYX3EzaT_qBMTUSmrc_zDIe972wcBn2xWJ7ngFOroczcPShBAGKNQ/w400-h400/20221215_150614.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I guess that this is the downside to having all the lovely wildlife surrounding me. I talked to a neighbor who said that they estimate that they lose about 50% of their planting - to the harsh desert climate or animals like javelina, bunnies, and pack rats. Some critter dug down below my new saguaro right after it was planted - I know some critters dig down and eat the plant roots. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfW8b8AK67K4bq5DH3-bpB26hlcuFhkigkhjkrfQWsh5L1k94o2iSgiCNLMOwtPbOZ4aB26PuhsY2xNPi382LdFDxRq-GcUI0xcrc-jkQAAjQHIz_HBhz96yzowupizBLiRlmwLkGUAr7uszg4p5kdj7C8vQ4fyWGUhpUHYx3TNLQ7aQVnfrHMegD2A/s3024/20221017_081525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfW8b8AK67K4bq5DH3-bpB26hlcuFhkigkhjkrfQWsh5L1k94o2iSgiCNLMOwtPbOZ4aB26PuhsY2xNPi382LdFDxRq-GcUI0xcrc-jkQAAjQHIz_HBhz96yzowupizBLiRlmwLkGUAr7uszg4p5kdj7C8vQ4fyWGUhpUHYx3TNLQ7aQVnfrHMegD2A/w400-h400/20221017_081525.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-5500509114975840612023-01-04T08:00:00.001-07:002023-01-04T08:00:00.227-07:00Thanksgiving in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Organ+Pipe+Cactus+National+Monument/@32.0280064,-112.8342299,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x80d5588a70508043:0x6358b8129694d4a0!8m2!3d32.0280019!4d-112.8320412?hl=en">Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument</a> </p><p>25 Nov, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Thanksgiving with friends at Organ Pipe</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>This trip has become somewhat of a tradition. Not too far from Tucson, it's a nice drive and a lovely place to hike. We've become quite versatile camp cooks and our mostly vegan thanksgiving dinner couldn't be tastier. Last year I started bringing sourdough starter so I could make sourdough pancakes for breakfast on the Friday after Thanksgiving. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwmm5-IkhaoeUAwkkWyqDk-MBjyoJvXeBt3WaZNVRudZPdQwxeMhnqmOnn_fYTLhMTV7qA5xiYxQwmUcjMr3ayahqH1nyNP1A3WXVTFYuXub2dpSSbdS2J6-7xNvRnpedMZxf_KQ13NIMGXc89i4XvZfuwQ1m-k-Gnz8WE3dn1Dq9T1AaJXvVdumA1g/s3456/20221124_104648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLwmm5-IkhaoeUAwkkWyqDk-MBjyoJvXeBt3WaZNVRudZPdQwxeMhnqmOnn_fYTLhMTV7qA5xiYxQwmUcjMr3ayahqH1nyNP1A3WXVTFYuXub2dpSSbdS2J6-7xNvRnpedMZxf_KQ13NIMGXc89i4XvZfuwQ1m-k-Gnz8WE3dn1Dq9T1AaJXvVdumA1g/w400-h400/20221124_104648.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxdM4ivcbVB_tV7Zu8b2T6ZEekV3mzdbb-6XEKM3aitpCEHJgkc1RMwvBhgxsG2bL6CRXshJUxrDH7hTdwbX3dhguQhn1phIORS9mPUOXWb1CxFxcEOsNYobmxI8Law3FGqHbi1d7LrlQ4j8Pi7fdHtC6uR0qs5M59xcshNyPvoIvkFJj5pCw9Kxljw/s3456/20221124_104753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRxdM4ivcbVB_tV7Zu8b2T6ZEekV3mzdbb-6XEKM3aitpCEHJgkc1RMwvBhgxsG2bL6CRXshJUxrDH7hTdwbX3dhguQhn1phIORS9mPUOXWb1CxFxcEOsNYobmxI8Law3FGqHbi1d7LrlQ4j8Pi7fdHtC6uR0qs5M59xcshNyPvoIvkFJj5pCw9Kxljw/w400-h400/20221124_104753.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9H9WetGk-4Qf730oq68n4xud5WgtlRRAngXChPaDj2XlhpTWSnAtGjTpngVLh0xxFztz_iZLPW7CFBLokkX3VhHgSr_oVuhTk6XUrJN9g73Z24tJQlO95-y2jByzNxt8MBPRS5tF22fiG--w_9DcSOo6DqL2v1fbKFRse5gr1bZ4CTblXdw1mRIJWQQ/s3024/20221124_112021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9H9WetGk-4Qf730oq68n4xud5WgtlRRAngXChPaDj2XlhpTWSnAtGjTpngVLh0xxFztz_iZLPW7CFBLokkX3VhHgSr_oVuhTk6XUrJN9g73Z24tJQlO95-y2jByzNxt8MBPRS5tF22fiG--w_9DcSOo6DqL2v1fbKFRse5gr1bZ4CTblXdw1mRIJWQQ/w400-h400/20221124_112021.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqgSw9-Cfw2gagBHKN14y0oOt-2Zxf3qUDH04BKf3Wpk7Te37Ann5Kgm1yuFSgURaE4KuDJGBMrS4X37jhHU2yv_4QNFOFU0R63_LRMzk0MftIE8yUIIbUpT9GlTlcBWxsUEjwlrHQCKascYZj1mNqex2_XYOS2xvFY1LmPTEuo9SauJHYamFrafCig/s3456/20221125_100319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCqgSw9-Cfw2gagBHKN14y0oOt-2Zxf3qUDH04BKf3Wpk7Te37Ann5Kgm1yuFSgURaE4KuDJGBMrS4X37jhHU2yv_4QNFOFU0R63_LRMzk0MftIE8yUIIbUpT9GlTlcBWxsUEjwlrHQCKascYZj1mNqex2_XYOS2xvFY1LmPTEuo9SauJHYamFrafCig/w400-h400/20221125_100319.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">This year was extra special</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>My friend Julie (met many years ago when I first started to snowbird in the Southwest), joined us for the week. Julie and I traveled together off and on about 6-7 years ago. She has been living on Whidbey Island in Washington for the last few years and we haven't spent much time together. Phoebe and Julie's dog, Scruffy, had fun getting reacquainted - in their 'you do you,I'll do me' sort of way.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCf0Ey_ZFtH3dDatCpZPbJaPF5xOvp0ne-O0FihmuW4aoGmDq0ybCRxtclc6h_d3bPx0JUg0smQsbXyw35MN_B3kMQGRAljxn5i-mcqmXXGHRb3dZS65-Vvb_y0uDNlZOAPTCFdzp1A6liOgiNHqkbYC4VP0Fzwfnm5np0m8BI8rO4Miag5WjQ1_PMpA/s3024/20221125_100136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCf0Ey_ZFtH3dDatCpZPbJaPF5xOvp0ne-O0FihmuW4aoGmDq0ybCRxtclc6h_d3bPx0JUg0smQsbXyw35MN_B3kMQGRAljxn5i-mcqmXXGHRb3dZS65-Vvb_y0uDNlZOAPTCFdzp1A6liOgiNHqkbYC4VP0Fzwfnm5np0m8BI8rO4Miag5WjQ1_PMpA/w400-h400/20221125_100136.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Scruffy stayed with me for a week while Julie flew off on some other adventures.</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhmp6tunovUmJZUjTtU0Acy2PdLMItbl6tgzaQSD3VNJ-DPDWegB9sOYvhIEqkKFkjZ9d7P_7OgbzDtU2MzL6sjuO6GKRt_5NHbD5dY8wV6GjAyLBwXWA5k5_DKpXCE3uxlruoyi1Mvtgf0sPGo0qGGJPSY41WM6d5CB1SCrYE8rWsOuSpL9IEgtxmQ/s3024/20221129_112331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihhmp6tunovUmJZUjTtU0Acy2PdLMItbl6tgzaQSD3VNJ-DPDWegB9sOYvhIEqkKFkjZ9d7P_7OgbzDtU2MzL6sjuO6GKRt_5NHbD5dY8wV6GjAyLBwXWA5k5_DKpXCE3uxlruoyi1Mvtgf0sPGo0qGGJPSY41WM6d5CB1SCrYE8rWsOuSpL9IEgtxmQ/w400-h400/20221129_112331.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfV2ULcgV2bh4crejPGwp5bXXINohTSIldH59_nhqQ6r4GqHOD7TS45C3IJhRtjnwJwxh_74Mm3qezTBunZvLQFE1v7NqYaMaX_NM19uURFh8WcIdg89XJtTL8uyFFD33dCT6G7ig_BAFcBv7ls07q27MrB_EeTQMdPv2ZTQ4ht7WRG9ZhmMjjwamkg/s3024/20221205_180853.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyfV2ULcgV2bh4crejPGwp5bXXINohTSIldH59_nhqQ6r4GqHOD7TS45C3IJhRtjnwJwxh_74Mm3qezTBunZvLQFE1v7NqYaMaX_NM19uURFh8WcIdg89XJtTL8uyFFD33dCT6G7ig_BAFcBv7ls07q27MrB_EeTQMdPv2ZTQ4ht7WRG9ZhmMjjwamkg/w400-h400/20221205_180853.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Phoebe eats much better when she has a little competition for her dinner - Scruffy made it clear that he'd eat it if she didn't! Phoebe gained a whole pound during Scruffy's visit 😆</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtTUSX40VGzEzC6E6sX6rhWTpHNBEPV94SxcGMulMz-l0DmD_mmwCLUQAArQZy0V6gVqnBFhpXtwZurOea4q3v3MP1CXDFsQxFM9dOA-biApgGAG14h0Ug8TlGSoiWHmuFz1u5Hngd9ij4olRyNmdWHxIZWwG8D_nlm7ivJwRD4ieA2Nbk-4OrqDL6A/s3024/20221209_161201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtTUSX40VGzEzC6E6sX6rhWTpHNBEPV94SxcGMulMz-l0DmD_mmwCLUQAArQZy0V6gVqnBFhpXtwZurOea4q3v3MP1CXDFsQxFM9dOA-biApgGAG14h0Ug8TlGSoiWHmuFz1u5Hngd9ij4olRyNmdWHxIZWwG8D_nlm7ivJwRD4ieA2Nbk-4OrqDL6A/w400-h400/20221209_161201.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-20416124825346090372023-01-02T08:00:00.023-07:002023-01-02T08:00:00.216-07:00San Antonio Missions National Historic Park<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/San+Antonio+Missions+National+Historical+Park/@29.3261283,-98.4497449,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x865cf7debf487a37:0xde8be4fc850ff8bb!8m2!3d29.3261236!4d-98.4475562?hl=en"> San Antonio Missions National Historic Park, TX</a></p><p>15 Nov, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">5 Missions along the San Antonio River in San Antonio</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>The missions established in the 1700's as the Spanish colonized the Southwest have always been special for me. While the stories of colonization and subjugation of indigenous populations are sometimes difficult, the missions themselves are very beautiful window into a time in our history. </div><div><br /></div><div>Part Church, part community, part fort, the missions had very large forecourts surrounded by walls. The walls often contained small apartments built into the fortifications for the indigenous laborers. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTp4J4mweL8QVRlQ9P0vVYn59Fx_TUdy1k4s9SjgU4rmY8Weg0h8dGGrQeyOaEshh9c70Y57tNH4rP9AqKkMDpWoNDZH2Vwc5j9OX9Wz9qIcgyUHjIXTfMeEbWevaQp4RuSGn8UHAqqmPsRBzFIXYxdllQpf-7kz6GEgbJUSI3uJryrHnin1pe3BLFA/s3024/20221115_121042.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTp4J4mweL8QVRlQ9P0vVYn59Fx_TUdy1k4s9SjgU4rmY8Weg0h8dGGrQeyOaEshh9c70Y57tNH4rP9AqKkMDpWoNDZH2Vwc5j9OX9Wz9qIcgyUHjIXTfMeEbWevaQp4RuSGn8UHAqqmPsRBzFIXYxdllQpf-7kz6GEgbJUSI3uJryrHnin1pe3BLFA/w400-h400/20221115_121042.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Usually I boondock and just use a Little Buddy propane heater to warm up the van at night before bed - but this trip, I stopped in RV parks so I could plug in an electric heater overnight. Even with my 'big coat', it was a chilly drive! My time for this trip was constrained by some medical appointments on the front end and camping plans for thanksgiving on the back end - so, I had to take the highway (I-10) route to San Antonio. There really isn't much along I-10 but lots of semi-trucks and way too much of the boring parts of Texas. </div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-31241797705404006442022-12-30T12:17:00.045-07:002022-12-30T12:17:00.227-07:00Camping with friends at Apache Lake <p> <a href="Apache Lake, AZ">Apache Lake, AZ</a></p><p>20 Oct, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">Camping with friends is the best</span></h3><div><span style="color: #0b5394;"><br /></span></div><div>A fall trip to Apache Lake is becoming a tradition. 4 days of paddling, lazing about, and visiting with friends! One year it was way too hot, sometimes the bugs are horrendous (this year was mostly just annoying), but it's always fun to hang out around a campfire with friends. Last year I almost burned up my camp stove (leaky propane connection - no such issues this year. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The road into the lake is not for the timid! It is a very winding, single lane of very poorly maintained dirt running right along a cliff down to the river. I dread it every year - but every year I see a few large motorhomes and trailers that manage the road - so I guess I'm just overly cautious.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2O6qFXGmBT77Y-AfncC-O-MrqOaFNoEQleeR3zcK_ZIL9VY-MXwbXEipJzWEG2fLZl0ZZSEFqsVytkQnnDg2gwVQcVlhELTclzM8gOPfz375LTodud9iJKWIqYX-giD60I6itK8GKKLFVX297MMlq1jFLN6hHy9dbSPZJKX4eKqYF0C-1O615Xh6FjA/s3024/20221017_162753.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2O6qFXGmBT77Y-AfncC-O-MrqOaFNoEQleeR3zcK_ZIL9VY-MXwbXEipJzWEG2fLZl0ZZSEFqsVytkQnnDg2gwVQcVlhELTclzM8gOPfz375LTodud9iJKWIqYX-giD60I6itK8GKKLFVX297MMlq1jFLN6hHy9dbSPZJKX4eKqYF0C-1O615Xh6FjA/w400-h400/20221017_162753.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phoebe has decided she can trust other people's laps too.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It took me a long time to visualize what I wanted to plant - while also being cautious not to plant too much at one time - I'll have to keep the new plants watered until they are fully established. I'm loving seeing some new plants in the front yard, while realizing that I'll be long dead before they mature. My gift to the future.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCaFz9MxLL-MyYYiCeWPSf3dFbM44jDrpXYCmDvRUOY71vT_P6gOFMefvAJF8MJRRgrcY9Ez4xfQM9T-sjnXx9hnAJcoEh12QphJX7uajuYTpbSS093YJnZWih_CaHSL_iaFef9VdhDE32vulRQzpAIxo8YJ9pXMFkFjJLZeAnr-qEJ4OLotVPsPc-A/s3024/20220930_145954.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmCaFz9MxLL-MyYYiCeWPSf3dFbM44jDrpXYCmDvRUOY71vT_P6gOFMefvAJF8MJRRgrcY9Ez4xfQM9T-sjnXx9hnAJcoEh12QphJX7uajuYTpbSS093YJnZWih_CaHSL_iaFef9VdhDE32vulRQzpAIxo8YJ9pXMFkFjJLZeAnr-qEJ4OLotVPsPc-A/w400-h400/20220930_145954.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Golden Torch - imagining them a lot taller in the future, with more shrub like plants sround them.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZQ0ZwBcVZgdf7U9Y6NU6ZbbpoYi6vht6W3r8YZ2zGB1bMY0B-VhsB4uEkiGHIb3cnCldtFk6qC0PMPjG8LKDCWIbrvj6G4yF4ktZOPiMknBe69EY9Tft8G7mNcJLIKcBSUjdzph5lFsL_w80xb6yq8aU6-hwyvi7bl3YpzfyAokh-z0gLHHoztQkwQ/s3024/20220930_103441.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ZQ0ZwBcVZgdf7U9Y6NU6ZbbpoYi6vht6W3r8YZ2zGB1bMY0B-VhsB4uEkiGHIb3cnCldtFk6qC0PMPjG8LKDCWIbrvj6G4yF4ktZOPiMknBe69EY9Tft8G7mNcJLIKcBSUjdzph5lFsL_w80xb6yq8aU6-hwyvi7bl3YpzfyAokh-z0gLHHoztQkwQ/w400-h400/20220930_103441.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've grown these from single pads found in someone's trash pile - time to put them into the landscape!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ib2_Vq4TWr9soCwV7GOrbtU_696KGJ7t0Gx_gLlboritlv6rrFOmlxQi4Q_DPA5fIBHh_vkcvfXL6-lIFj_RnbE3xSPiUBoWBx8_H2Vj300yTvK8GuzuM7knNdfVMPCfqDeR-7kmFlROY3n7dyxzF9LWBUMACvZUgIteNJyjRrexJ_y2wmdX844cHA/s3024/20220930_103340.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ib2_Vq4TWr9soCwV7GOrbtU_696KGJ7t0Gx_gLlboritlv6rrFOmlxQi4Q_DPA5fIBHh_vkcvfXL6-lIFj_RnbE3xSPiUBoWBx8_H2Vj300yTvK8GuzuM7knNdfVMPCfqDeR-7kmFlROY3n7dyxzF9LWBUMACvZUgIteNJyjRrexJ_y2wmdX844cHA/w400-h400/20220930_103340.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">3 Texas Ranger and 3 Emu Bushes planted along the side yard - very cute but currently tiny!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAkrFGw8WQhqL7fWQjym4ScF_AVhLZSCHhJr3hqlckxTCByQr8R37brqnOo5nSBuTyF90oKqP4CDcvKZDRGKfZ7kYrbx2OSytf-lN_u_MPM7RkrmzdzmtvRuw6vR968xvBFj2GnOoNSiz89PieREdi3G5zflLhP9vgGspUW6gDzWxfVbnj2LE7dY-4g/s3024/20220930_103137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgAkrFGw8WQhqL7fWQjym4ScF_AVhLZSCHhJr3hqlckxTCByQr8R37brqnOo5nSBuTyF90oKqP4CDcvKZDRGKfZ7kYrbx2OSytf-lN_u_MPM7RkrmzdzmtvRuw6vR968xvBFj2GnOoNSiz89PieREdi3G5zflLhP9vgGspUW6gDzWxfVbnj2LE7dY-4g/w400-h400/20220930_103137.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the nursery this Ocotillo looked like a dead stick. Again, very tiny - but I have visions of it soaring into the sky - someday.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9nfzXRQeuVuvHfGe6uWehhnUyK2v_cOAMU08ZHgTzoA9OXvX8Lv1DYfwMQL_3UXFkmR6a646AbNrxnN17zLcKzJdQhebZ6Z6M0x0NoKYN4w_6oueigsVfNZmtxLFtpbGK-34jwpre-eyPuHDQj_WWMqMDdIBTToi1NwXVqvBdmc4vwi9ZNxvlbmrdA/s3024/20220930_103011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB9nfzXRQeuVuvHfGe6uWehhnUyK2v_cOAMU08ZHgTzoA9OXvX8Lv1DYfwMQL_3UXFkmR6a646AbNrxnN17zLcKzJdQhebZ6Z6M0x0NoKYN4w_6oueigsVfNZmtxLFtpbGK-34jwpre-eyPuHDQj_WWMqMDdIBTToi1NwXVqvBdmc4vwi9ZNxvlbmrdA/w400-h400/20220930_103011.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A splurge - a 5' Saguaro which will someday be the centerpiece of the front yard.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnowKjpAGs9Eo2SA_K1Kirf7nOfCRiaQ_swjbopuFzzEaHBsM1XUl7QZDle7T7ZRz-GMRiTCyzV3zQJxlvmCGR2QtJoxnuUX-nYcZl0fRbYJzehC75wcH29ntEOo6n8Rg-lPwIoRaz2edaGMs3kObpWUHdFqaA49SDMHWpiE1_-6WPufr3nwNjwhUPUQ/s3024/20220930_103048.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnowKjpAGs9Eo2SA_K1Kirf7nOfCRiaQ_swjbopuFzzEaHBsM1XUl7QZDle7T7ZRz-GMRiTCyzV3zQJxlvmCGR2QtJoxnuUX-nYcZl0fRbYJzehC75wcH29ntEOo6n8Rg-lPwIoRaz2edaGMs3kObpWUHdFqaA49SDMHWpiE1_-6WPufr3nwNjwhUPUQ/w400-h400/20220930_103048.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another splurge - a beautiful variegated agave. Hopefully, protected against the javalina.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1B3j4LzHqAHezf7QFlyOEYbCU0AkrDfVPmwC5ipHDwlihS47I_2tMu0FSvbMiH3AOof2j4IfAvjzwZ-bnf7vZr5DdLlZPYH2u5cuizJawtzGBfDO4nCzhHs7KoCokxnfJucvdr0OOGsKYyrxS52YBoK19SG_j2tNARs8-zMOYPBNS9BAZrIPf8Gb_w/s3024/20220930_103117.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1B3j4LzHqAHezf7QFlyOEYbCU0AkrDfVPmwC5ipHDwlihS47I_2tMu0FSvbMiH3AOof2j4IfAvjzwZ-bnf7vZr5DdLlZPYH2u5cuizJawtzGBfDO4nCzhHs7KoCokxnfJucvdr0OOGsKYyrxS52YBoK19SG_j2tNARs8-zMOYPBNS9BAZrIPf8Gb_w/w400-h400/20220930_103117.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've been replanting Agave Pups; I have a ton of them - probably another 4-6 will be moved next spring.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">I love the sunsets in the Southwest!!</span></h3><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeW8xGqjyo9PDUjTz2piQ7FBoME5WXqr4-32E-3lHb-_mgBQMlUHxjuzH-zSJsyZA8Dxafis_bEudaSLrzhwU1NoTQcjK570EIObwZZybg8Cz3NjObTZuCTrgHPaCx4XddwyK_A7t3VMsKoKqOj17lEWcsUsoVZerg1HGHqr2rJVk-TF1u_pqfvTPA-g/s3024/20221007_171906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeW8xGqjyo9PDUjTz2piQ7FBoME5WXqr4-32E-3lHb-_mgBQMlUHxjuzH-zSJsyZA8Dxafis_bEudaSLrzhwU1NoTQcjK570EIObwZZybg8Cz3NjObTZuCTrgHPaCx4XddwyK_A7t3VMsKoKqOj17lEWcsUsoVZerg1HGHqr2rJVk-TF1u_pqfvTPA-g/w400-h400/20221007_171906.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Phoebe and I enjoyed a good visit with friends that I see too little now that I live so far away.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fzgecNdwccFeyQzs6cvKljBxTh809Wip881ijlm5h8j6L3ZbtSAmaLnXFU0LAxm6cGSJjSXsqp6iST3uY8ygExN3biZIuGAO0lQMPcp7S7ZbaRTB535dDGqIBI02wdbpupaxWw3bbCUVUNLU72w_eoFOAZBuYbVRE3h_Jd4y5m41BF6aSIOzXgFFHw/s3456/20220922_162941.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="3456" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fzgecNdwccFeyQzs6cvKljBxTh809Wip881ijlm5h8j6L3ZbtSAmaLnXFU0LAxm6cGSJjSXsqp6iST3uY8ygExN3biZIuGAO0lQMPcp7S7ZbaRTB535dDGqIBI02wdbpupaxWw3bbCUVUNLU72w_eoFOAZBuYbVRE3h_Jd4y5m41BF6aSIOzXgFFHw/w400-h400/20220922_162941.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uOsGSY9dYHuxooN-Qy92fjLrwuG8-0I4RLpZnd_QL4QI877893lCtwB2M4aGH2jhsQdec2UjMv9I_4e9oaLZNMN4A-YJLdLLG4lFXNZrnDRjfpw2OaGe5L1buGzrZ044Da0c1rFM0R1ZG6XAl4gm5GD9ENyAd5iyPg8FhPmM8SpqiCRSaqTTz0RmiA/s3024/20220922_161416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6uOsGSY9dYHuxooN-Qy92fjLrwuG8-0I4RLpZnd_QL4QI877893lCtwB2M4aGH2jhsQdec2UjMv9I_4e9oaLZNMN4A-YJLdLLG4lFXNZrnDRjfpw2OaGe5L1buGzrZ044Da0c1rFM0R1ZG6XAl4gm5GD9ENyAd5iyPg8FhPmM8SpqiCRSaqTTz0RmiA/w400-h400/20220922_161416.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cWJ2ZjXRFzX5wfhVWW1y2Ax7q3jcKLydjSWz6LD4XVEdGt7zkT3rRQO6CrLxy0vr-TMvIrq5tjpvYhmqF228hlFEzBozZsOVZoSln1dYLBUf9NEg3LJL9r-K0IGFO6SlTVaBjZXE5RexFJu3vp72c5JhATUQ21uy_iwsvQcYzBslNySL0l_x8NwaBA/s3024/20220922_102121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9cWJ2ZjXRFzX5wfhVWW1y2Ax7q3jcKLydjSWz6LD4XVEdGt7zkT3rRQO6CrLxy0vr-TMvIrq5tjpvYhmqF228hlFEzBozZsOVZoSln1dYLBUf9NEg3LJL9r-K0IGFO6SlTVaBjZXE5RexFJu3vp72c5JhATUQ21uy_iwsvQcYzBslNySL0l_x8NwaBA/w400-h400/20220922_102121.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394;">The Sanctuary is home to many critters</span></h3><div><br /></div><div>Besides dogs, cats, bunnies, and birds, Best Friends cares for a wide variety of other animals. They're all fun to visit. I think my favorite was watching volunteers taking giant pigs for walks around the facility!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4FpkEk0Z1wyFFtM5_x_knW8NhvX7pbaosQZSXXB4RgViCBltuiO05XBqp4D4ueE-VPoDEX0Um61_nMvCnHgPIYckfS-kmq8JL17hCXhLHsymklqg-Vn28ypqEKp0YnY3knPfVp8Oo7uiAtg5MKzQhAz_wG6QLlIMkOw46KLSw_CI68pOoL8c_NHQPQ/s3024/20220920_110841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL4FpkEk0Z1wyFFtM5_x_knW8NhvX7pbaosQZSXXB4RgViCBltuiO05XBqp4D4ueE-VPoDEX0Um61_nMvCnHgPIYckfS-kmq8JL17hCXhLHsymklqg-Vn28ypqEKp0YnY3knPfVp8Oo7uiAtg5MKzQhAz_wG6QLlIMkOw46KLSw_CI68pOoL8c_NHQPQ/w400-h400/20220920_110841.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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A LOT of work. But, portraiture is really my favorite. I'm trying to loosen up my painting, but, it's a real challenge for my relentlessly literal left brain!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyway, here a a few of my favorites from that month.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4oQtr5jWAZ-G-QjVrKkxtfEQphSb88Prjj4pPg8S5IcH6GBmugSGdJ_sCRHYC0iysAc_0jL49wseQ5_POrIYR5WNMI_PP7oXurJe5afU6RF7iEV75sBfE0FsFcZp0I1kwb41cg0n4rmM9MWXNzNVC23d-x46SWpa04Y3RZtlmjWJ2xEdKEPkvz9nMQ/s2878/20220417_212104.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2878" data-original-width="2080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf4oQtr5jWAZ-G-QjVrKkxtfEQphSb88Prjj4pPg8S5IcH6GBmugSGdJ_sCRHYC0iysAc_0jL49wseQ5_POrIYR5WNMI_PP7oXurJe5afU6RF7iEV75sBfE0FsFcZp0I1kwb41cg0n4rmM9MWXNzNVC23d-x46SWpa04Y3RZtlmjWJ2xEdKEPkvz9nMQ/w289-h400/20220417_212104.jpg" width="289" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I like the looseness of this one!<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuvTbbjmJXvU-Uq5cRR07Bcc1ery6DBzXJf5leWX6rLU6vdSTI1h4vd-ul1zBFOoBGVMs4hWmcfnpigfidWrmamuTVcZzHWvq7NCU1U6SBXAu5zVp-zwQMLH2veurlV6aWMl6g6F072kmt4HkfLKSFbzTuR6-6_6J7pb5Zx_-M8zWVNxIE0HLSlaoyQ/s3024/Day01b_30F30DH20C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuvTbbjmJXvU-Uq5cRR07Bcc1ery6DBzXJf5leWX6rLU6vdSTI1h4vd-ul1zBFOoBGVMs4hWmcfnpigfidWrmamuTVcZzHWvq7NCU1U6SBXAu5zVp-zwQMLH2veurlV6aWMl6g6F072kmt4HkfLKSFbzTuR6-6_6J7pb5Zx_-M8zWVNxIE0HLSlaoyQ/w400-h400/Day01b_30F30DH20C.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love doing older women (and men)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZD64j5mHGMg66ojqpCQqba8vu7LtPrAoPvL5AMnOl3aqQepOFrdC3n3zsLr27LYkvDOrLkA2is_Gdap3sglJuQtyW-uNyIYVXi_Iey08lkVfb97TcclSd03P3ArNkbi-9ezeOfSJX5QwIi4JgsP-ksoTkq6z1Gn-p-dj7qTI_1GHsJJV0fn6ie1epTw/s2944/20220501_142613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2944" data-original-width="2241" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZD64j5mHGMg66ojqpCQqba8vu7LtPrAoPvL5AMnOl3aqQepOFrdC3n3zsLr27LYkvDOrLkA2is_Gdap3sglJuQtyW-uNyIYVXi_Iey08lkVfb97TcclSd03P3ArNkbi-9ezeOfSJX5QwIi4JgsP-ksoTkq6z1Gn-p-dj7qTI_1GHsJJV0fn6ie1epTw/w305-h400/20220501_142613.jpg" width="305" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My favorite - a bit looser!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillekjMkY7xswY8ktijOZKRq9wduhNCCFFvWTx8ojcOCoN0DVsW8AsG8tseJVhdNRoi5fLRytxQlsVjwg-G40bLxtwI_yxqBozYF9iuP32F6iJyjHbHztcMQThZY4nT8iqAh4A7If8PmkvHcO1WDQkQzdb6VsWR78_2W_SQFMMUTgNJ1Q5zmfM_OzzXA/s2954/20220419_211757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2954" data-original-width="2115" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillekjMkY7xswY8ktijOZKRq9wduhNCCFFvWTx8ojcOCoN0DVsW8AsG8tseJVhdNRoi5fLRytxQlsVjwg-G40bLxtwI_yxqBozYF9iuP32F6iJyjHbHztcMQThZY4nT8iqAh4A7If8PmkvHcO1WDQkQzdb6VsWR78_2W_SQFMMUTgNJ1Q5zmfM_OzzXA/w286-h400/20220419_211757.jpg" width="286" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Monsoons bring even more spectacular sunsets</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I love the drama of the monsoon thunderstorms - sudden billowing thunderclouds, massive thunder and lightening and then drenching, flooding downpours (for max 20 min) - so different than the day-after-day gray skies and gentle rains of Oregon. While this year, I've had lots of gray days with on-and-off sprinkling as the big storms skirted my location, I did get a few big rains!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MlyJdT5zLZvAFcOK6RqHZQidaAyf_aFuPRd3rZfVEV5VK2dbvA3t9uQTdr_HvtWX_j1XMZsxiC7BT_V8vHo4dwnBHV4ZglawjPNH7ajqvdSQpKq1uur41sgA8_8mkYlrvPnwa3a9ICviRdCKXzKzsqvHizQpXfhDuyvD3Iv_35oQ7KByvBaAvlqEjQ/s3024/20220731_174914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_MlyJdT5zLZvAFcOK6RqHZQidaAyf_aFuPRd3rZfVEV5VK2dbvA3t9uQTdr_HvtWX_j1XMZsxiC7BT_V8vHo4dwnBHV4ZglawjPNH7ajqvdSQpKq1uur41sgA8_8mkYlrvPnwa3a9ICviRdCKXzKzsqvHizQpXfhDuyvD3Iv_35oQ7KByvBaAvlqEjQ/w400-h400/20220731_174914.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Around the house and across the driveway the water flows . . .</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This summer has just flown by!!<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@31.9881484,-110.7315745,11.92z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206" target="_blank"> Vail, AZ</a></p><p><br /></p><p>5 Sept, 2022</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">So much time has passed!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>One problem with on-line art challenges is that they are very time and energy consuming - I think I overdid it this spring by doing 3 and trying to video and IG about them all. So - what followed was a long period of extreme laziness. To be fair, I had to deal with a higher number of household challenges as well.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anyway, here's a whirlwind update on my summer!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Sketchbook Revival</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I love this annual intense workshop as a way to energize my sketchbook practice. 30 videos from other artists demonstrating lots of techniques, ideas, and projects in a very compressed 2 week timeframe really forces me to let go and dive into new things. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here are just a couple of my sketchbook pages from that workshop (I filled an entire sketchbook in that 2 weeks!). I like these because I so rarely do collage.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVz45I6v0vStSaG0TNMJuvjtMz1EDXZV1_g1jlQJ-dZrilbuiQfHrSUzdpMDWFYKd33xxRTooZog4domVRH_EM6xBj3tRKdKInHKv78Acu_eOUwoGDYKgCWniMRZMa96jASoSSweSIm-aH4Ayz32ul-0OqIhlkNxB4j_33mPDlR4YrUyqN699WlYwkw/s3024/20220401_125635.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVz45I6v0vStSaG0TNMJuvjtMz1EDXZV1_g1jlQJ-dZrilbuiQfHrSUzdpMDWFYKd33xxRTooZog4domVRH_EM6xBj3tRKdKInHKv78Acu_eOUwoGDYKgCWniMRZMa96jASoSSweSIm-aH4Ayz32ul-0OqIhlkNxB4j_33mPDlR4YrUyqN699WlYwkw/w400-h400/20220401_125635.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdGWSMMITPYtHWgBIU-MzBr8zBEho2iRtus7Rs4q1eX_nEkCv87hhfQSW_igjC0-sk4CiVugTBHJq8-FlqW57aLaGzXrk85yVuy5VjhvD03hps13W-X79zD7QxT7dT1K62vJ1s5x4YkGtUZGcrvCEUu1hOmAy1sjKaKdLPGKD7AhL67L9dX-D4VIOwQ/s3024/20220401_125805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwdGWSMMITPYtHWgBIU-MzBr8zBEho2iRtus7Rs4q1eX_nEkCv87hhfQSW_igjC0-sk4CiVugTBHJq8-FlqW57aLaGzXrk85yVuy5VjhvD03hps13W-X79zD7QxT7dT1K62vJ1s5x4YkGtUZGcrvCEUu1hOmAy1sjKaKdLPGKD7AhL67L9dX-D4VIOwQ/w400-h400/20220401_125805.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Followed by a quick visit Sedona - a lovely place to visit!!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I met up with a friend from Portland OR who was in Sedona with other friends at a time-share vacation place. So fun to visit with friends after so much pandemic isolation - it's been hard to meet people in my new home town!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZEESYPqOUjB_bxp77fIu_-5w1EdFGOBjYN_JovBOv3VqpMVxQE-TC0kPoE-x916wTZSy8_WbdlKGAJtbKOJtzatypRxzZEXvS2aG6MCRON9vO5Jcz3QSm7_SHk7T88LeXpyKsbjRVYUYDWYFClhjMOquRjjUqwdQWcYLnB6Yyo8YMCFQ6omRVDIf3A/s3024/20220314_160047.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPZEESYPqOUjB_bxp77fIu_-5w1EdFGOBjYN_JovBOv3VqpMVxQE-TC0kPoE-x916wTZSy8_WbdlKGAJtbKOJtzatypRxzZEXvS2aG6MCRON9vO5Jcz3QSm7_SHk7T88LeXpyKsbjRVYUYDWYFClhjMOquRjjUqwdQWcYLnB6Yyo8YMCFQ6omRVDIf3A/w400-h400/20220314_160047.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHU5Lq-7JjFR3FJTp_9RdG9Gej31W1Ub-yGiEvDGfjCPzuTK5yzFwLUOm1xlEPD0gwqvMefCFRZGTYc0CYmvyXVWBL9Cis1lAisT3ZDYHRhxFK5XAc_GAX2wHmpAK83Gib9fvUgmiAHFvFfvO_ecf-1P0oR5NvpqHf9xZTJXiIXvOqEO6oJf7Mix63Vg/s3024/20220314_161113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHU5Lq-7JjFR3FJTp_9RdG9Gej31W1Ub-yGiEvDGfjCPzuTK5yzFwLUOm1xlEPD0gwqvMefCFRZGTYc0CYmvyXVWBL9Cis1lAisT3ZDYHRhxFK5XAc_GAX2wHmpAK83Gib9fvUgmiAHFvFfvO_ecf-1P0oR5NvpqHf9xZTJXiIXvOqEO6oJf7Mix63Vg/w400-h400/20220314_161113.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdwT_18IZ7kkpe6IUkQHIWlbiGwXhX9Vy0rwuAfGoPZlvG167gTT1EpWKKh3vuIkfRpYc_zdzSW_5OTQSieoC546POVmUnjPKg60iu5tgP3m5mR-izDJM0AE56d6m1LzsEchGA-_ji4V656LZCw4pGniImnCRz1vnCiaWpycLVLwWcq3u15X_87cLUA/s3024/20220315_173859.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdwT_18IZ7kkpe6IUkQHIWlbiGwXhX9Vy0rwuAfGoPZlvG167gTT1EpWKKh3vuIkfRpYc_zdzSW_5OTQSieoC546POVmUnjPKg60iu5tgP3m5mR-izDJM0AE56d6m1LzsEchGA-_ji4V656LZCw4pGniImnCRz1vnCiaWpycLVLwWcq3u15X_87cLUA/w400-h400/20220315_173859.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Time to make progress on Home Projects!!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>This spring my priority was to find a landscape service to handle the summer weeds! When I got home from my month-long trip to the PNW last year, the weeds were thigh high - and, at 70 yrs old, getting rid of those weeds just about did me in! This project took awhile as everyone is pretty booked up with all the construction happening in Tucson.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>While I was at it, I hired an arborist to trim up my previously butchered mesquites and get rid of all the mistletoe (the HOA was complaining about the mistletoe). The guys did a great job and only left one little patch of mistletoe because of an active bird nest (thanks for sparing the birds, guys!).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9bP70DsGPNl74t3pSMsO78oMkHT0WTtuiL0XyXvWgyyiRT235aIgjKMM_VFlrytUQ5l8_rrVwlqsEUCgZ7Rsr1AR5Io9RYszvgaI0G-cN9MP1fBFF8DP7yAqwBBnucydzy4qqCRJONUiPkcrE5IqSxLzobSs2sh0XRbsS4pCe7bpcka6V3nXVez_Dw/s3024/20220513_091903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9bP70DsGPNl74t3pSMsO78oMkHT0WTtuiL0XyXvWgyyiRT235aIgjKMM_VFlrytUQ5l8_rrVwlqsEUCgZ7Rsr1AR5Io9RYszvgaI0G-cN9MP1fBFF8DP7yAqwBBnucydzy4qqCRJONUiPkcrE5IqSxLzobSs2sh0XRbsS4pCe7bpcka6V3nXVez_Dw/w400-h400/20220513_091903.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Plus, Phoebe got a rug to play on! Phoebe is still young enough at 6 to get 'the zoomies'. She has had to limit this activity to the outdoors because she gets no traction at all on my tile floors. So, this year I got her a rug of her very own. Perfect for running around and destroying her 'stuffies'.<div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwLa-TeaFTKLtk-xCd3n41XWX0P3rYPrUj9CHvM5dZFCMZv_ykAazMLq_kiw_h7UwFBNaQZv-fhPVkBgHRG3A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /><div><br /></div></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Then the house AC went out!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I wasn't particularly surprised since I had the original unit and it was almost 25 years old! Even though I knew it was going to be expensive to replace, I was astonished at the cost!! But, I was very pleased with the company who did the work and I'm already seeing the benefits in my monthly electric bill. I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly I got an emergency service/fix to keep me cool until a new unit could be installed (also VERY quickly - I had thought with all the news about 'supply chain issues' that replacement might be a problem). In Southern Arizona, in the hottest month of the year, service providers take air conditioning problems very seriously - and I'm glad for that.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Then, I got Covid!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>Fortunately, I am vaxxed and boosted - so, I didn't get very sick. I did however, get some of the really weird, uncommon symptoms - like extremely itchy hives all over my body. No pictures because, trust me, once you see those, you can't unsee them.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I did sneak in a weekend away in the mountains, and a couple day trips</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>When the heat gets really extreme, It's time to go camping in the mountains! Show Low is higher and cooler and just lovely.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcra1dU69ezgh05FGMGpDGPeiyzVUx2m657NTuqIQ1Lc7ILTgNWhszUcXIFKr-e5V279kzCwlviRVZ3MyHu0Lar5KJK9H_aMmH8SAnDlMImw8nFTKwgY_XGmtf3SFxstCa7l1J8sGKen3q5IjM2_g-TRx5WcT009VQ2FRnvEeJxCSyEnOLnKMq-RlZw/s320/1656365719617.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWcra1dU69ezgh05FGMGpDGPeiyzVUx2m657NTuqIQ1Lc7ILTgNWhszUcXIFKr-e5V279kzCwlviRVZ3MyHu0Lar5KJK9H_aMmH8SAnDlMImw8nFTKwgY_XGmtf3SFxstCa7l1J8sGKen3q5IjM2_g-TRx5WcT009VQ2FRnvEeJxCSyEnOLnKMq-RlZw/w400-h400/1656365719617.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fools Hollow Lake and Campground - a lovely place to cool off and relax</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6DmFZ59dfC_9M3V9prtvdHn1-x7575e_q53g7Oo36jaIOzDaD6exFEhfp5vr3u50iKmnp53UaHuNEM8XznkFiVSwfV2fNvx7s0K02ikjRb42Jo2a6qTSKH9WWTggA9VXUc8Fbal8-46xFrp8klJWLRZcKlrM2SGVt5nO3Ww1-VW9DOWQqeEK2wTU4w/s320/1656365741094.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje6DmFZ59dfC_9M3V9prtvdHn1-x7575e_q53g7Oo36jaIOzDaD6exFEhfp5vr3u50iKmnp53UaHuNEM8XznkFiVSwfV2fNvx7s0K02ikjRb42Jo2a6qTSKH9WWTggA9VXUc8Fbal8-46xFrp8klJWLRZcKlrM2SGVt5nO3Ww1-VW9DOWQqeEK2wTU4w/w400-h400/1656365741094.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And, on a day hike in Madera Canyon, near my home, my first ever Coatamundi!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzI9ifxSmJ1yiuJLCDahSbRYYk5Y83tzPIpOn6npcSpuHRBlM_fONkt6DH3cz1vHtZB3qIRHElLJnnkD5VXssYALYbC8TVQwN9aP32oQPGFqz69BI88aRCrpk3J-2eaxCQ5rgFn-eEz_2DvFZ36GKrTHWYEh4dcGNQZpvnIeNZP_ICrUqPEAVcTOWzCA/s378/snapshot_4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="378" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzI9ifxSmJ1yiuJLCDahSbRYYk5Y83tzPIpOn6npcSpuHRBlM_fONkt6DH3cz1vHtZB3qIRHElLJnnkD5VXssYALYbC8TVQwN9aP32oQPGFqz69BI88aRCrpk3J-2eaxCQ5rgFn-eEz_2DvFZ36GKrTHWYEh4dcGNQZpvnIeNZP_ICrUqPEAVcTOWzCA/w400-h400/snapshot_4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Whewww! Another post will have to finish off my summer . . . </div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-65246540329591668702022-03-18T07:00:00.138-07:002022-03-18T07:00:00.213-07:00The Perfect Sketchbook!<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!2sVail,+AZ+85641!3b1!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank">Vail, AZ</a> </p><p>18 Mar, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Perfect Sketchbook may be a myth.</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>The perfect sketchbook depends so much on personal preference and it's intended purpose. I have a few pet peeves that effectively rule out some sketchbooks. If I'm going to use watercolor, the paper has to allow for wet washes. Whether I'm in the studio or traveling, doing quick on location sketches or setting up for a live model figure class will affect what size sketchbook will work best. So, I think the best I can hope for is a set of workable sketchbooks customized for my most common sketching scenarios. The following are the factors that I consider most important when considering a sketchbook.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The paper is MOST important to me.</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><b><i>General sketch paper</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>I have so many really horrible sketches where I tried to use watercolor, or even ink washes on paper that didn't want to cooperate. The worst papers buckle badly and don't flatten when dry; the color bleeds through to ruin underlying pages, and it's impossible to avoid really hard edges as the paper grabs onto the paint and refuses to let it move at all. Sketchbooks with this kind of paper work well with pens, markers, graphite, colored pencil and just maybe, if you push it, watercolor pencils with a tiny bit of damp brush. </div><div><br /></div><div>While I love this sketchbook for graphite, or pen, it really is horrible with any kind of wet media!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLxFFtATeLgd8sQmMwtDYRPlI6SHXbb_UPgt2NhYVqSreXbAn6BQtg3MPbZyNM70fOs0JE9yxrLgzZhBZM04i1lY2Fv-jnMXkcGvczgOMvmVhqvJormd5flGqNI-D39tnPUFYUu3xKU2sw0M_zjmp_Vonvc4bnG65wRxHuA1ucNRoheSYjy3VymSV2dA=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLxFFtATeLgd8sQmMwtDYRPlI6SHXbb_UPgt2NhYVqSreXbAn6BQtg3MPbZyNM70fOs0JE9yxrLgzZhBZM04i1lY2Fv-jnMXkcGvczgOMvmVhqvJormd5flGqNI-D39tnPUFYUu3xKU2sw0M_zjmp_Vonvc4bnG65wRxHuA1ucNRoheSYjy3VymSV2dA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXTLelVL8BH2GO_LXw60BVo7ibhlxawqxhaQY01qYhORpFZdMi_t_44x11qw6EIYYPrWhFqSk7gnLdvDNjzxZ_aERZSZkFNwOSq-2SGlEQ9BZuhVSOah3tXaHyNa-MR4YOSK8KN67NR6T19XK6DpwYg1uRbHOSbnJANeIW3CATP0G3OGTJIFRDBwOi_w=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXTLelVL8BH2GO_LXw60BVo7ibhlxawqxhaQY01qYhORpFZdMi_t_44x11qw6EIYYPrWhFqSk7gnLdvDNjzxZ_aERZSZkFNwOSq-2SGlEQ9BZuhVSOah3tXaHyNa-MR4YOSK8KN67NR6T19XK6DpwYg1uRbHOSbnJANeIW3CATP0G3OGTJIFRDBwOi_w=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really bad buckling!!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyrYyBxFDPWcnTxeXXErYZSNyTfJKtWcZ_DBvHtKOMZwqXKkYEz2XQDrOcM4ANbEBOvXIv5oOhluaYl8MVtJBSBVl26r6ZJ3LVBzh1iOFWbwyCNcLs2ZVBLoAmvv0cbIvC_kJ6A90OWh9uRRoxhwiTN3pmdu8nhu3VVgBGgSYhwGdCgn-LUlHwu4m8qQ=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgyrYyBxFDPWcnTxeXXErYZSNyTfJKtWcZ_DBvHtKOMZwqXKkYEz2XQDrOcM4ANbEBOvXIv5oOhluaYl8MVtJBSBVl26r6ZJ3LVBzh1iOFWbwyCNcLs2ZVBLoAmvv0cbIvC_kJ6A90OWh9uRRoxhwiTN3pmdu8nhu3VVgBGgSYhwGdCgn-LUlHwu4m8qQ=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stamping with watercolor worked well</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizL6D7hCxeSB2i9jStv0uGGY8IfB_CNHk5-GCE_3IWlWuXDxTPetqvyYDCUFIgD1U24ZJmlKHdNckeKjfCQKXmybIJfksVBf-4IgZjNon1COkLbUVZ3O9yWjB3leHbkRFHr81-8j44L6w29K-HqZTwJJpy7xiWAAmtM0qCIE1lwieRR24yDtufvk-WWg=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEizL6D7hCxeSB2i9jStv0uGGY8IfB_CNHk5-GCE_3IWlWuXDxTPetqvyYDCUFIgD1U24ZJmlKHdNckeKjfCQKXmybIJfksVBf-4IgZjNon1COkLbUVZ3O9yWjB3leHbkRFHr81-8j44L6w29K-HqZTwJJpy7xiWAAmtM0qCIE1lwieRR24yDtufvk-WWg=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These were done with watercolor pencil and a damp waterbrush - also OK.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Mixed Media paper</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>I had high hopes for sketchbooks labeled for mixed media work but, alas, while they are better about buckling and bleed-thru, they still don't take a wash and let the paint move the way I want.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRKVVpbwMcgh2N2hmGKOpm5-qw8N_PTWu9AuKpP3xc3TPet8yTOAHAkuq6p4LCp0OpcZ4sl2vdISAdo-k26QRa3YlMP6yFHgweN6yCTcbeINlcqyHysdeEf6Ofzn6CxWwYuUS_iunBS0zwAFKJzeu_6aOc3w33rZjC2sItXMs2jQVssSy-dnH1HVmYpA=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgRKVVpbwMcgh2N2hmGKOpm5-qw8N_PTWu9AuKpP3xc3TPet8yTOAHAkuq6p4LCp0OpcZ4sl2vdISAdo-k26QRa3YlMP6yFHgweN6yCTcbeINlcqyHysdeEf6Ofzn6CxWwYuUS_iunBS0zwAFKJzeu_6aOc3w33rZjC2sItXMs2jQVssSy-dnH1HVmYpA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mixed Media paper handled the wet glue for these collages well with no buckling</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhtf6GvFI5kSnqHVpB8BRL8t5gmf2WP5WL4EFvqEg4vFVKy3vfMc-Q4j-Etnu_vymFS6l92I0eep7WVuzV6VEZ0dPyUSXPBvN10pEHEm5AJBHKrNrBl04pcRwbNbaXBn2h6zBIVXY6M66twgtb6BrJnTI8Jfzjkb3uW8kWkhJxEReZAksW9W4KVRioVw=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhtf6GvFI5kSnqHVpB8BRL8t5gmf2WP5WL4EFvqEg4vFVKy3vfMc-Q4j-Etnu_vymFS6l92I0eep7WVuzV6VEZ0dPyUSXPBvN10pEHEm5AJBHKrNrBl04pcRwbNbaXBn2h6zBIVXY6M66twgtb6BrJnTI8Jfzjkb3uW8kWkhJxEReZAksW9W4KVRioVw=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ok - but no real watercolor magic</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2ZNIcBuyoFWkqOTNylGU_RmkXWtCLOO_MtqpO7bNrOTi5gonffqxocDUY0pqarJBgWkpqrnCECk92VotgL6f_CaR0soP4bXj6Wk2v8qDj7kYi_lKGX8MzINWhHNrHyHw9zcRJpokPRMvB1IVmRss-M7ILH5Iz2YtDFthO0N3dmxFHFGkiSlbWrsKMgA=s2592" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj2ZNIcBuyoFWkqOTNylGU_RmkXWtCLOO_MtqpO7bNrOTi5gonffqxocDUY0pqarJBgWkpqrnCECk92VotgL6f_CaR0soP4bXj6Wk2v8qDj7kYi_lKGX8MzINWhHNrHyHw9zcRJpokPRMvB1IVmRss-M7ILH5Iz2YtDFthO0N3dmxFHFGkiSlbWrsKMgA=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Difficult to avoid hard edges.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Watercolor paper</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>I almost always use a 140 pound watercolor paper sketchbook, The results for watercolor are just so much more reliable! Usually they are smooth enough to take some text and pen work. It does seem a bit wasteful to use such good paper for notes and glued-in ephemeral (when I'm doing a travel journal), but these days, I hate to compromise on good paper for watercolor work.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-U-pp7JljkGpy-Janm1iQsCU0ptJcIEhl3HZ1F1i1RtWpNMS4-PWEYXJAKc32xQZRCf96-T-2o0pAACPexYK5VbRQbCIvIL_1PnRB9mZpwJ1aVhYphNj4FAjGH7TxAruzu6zMp02kC0evLOSRbndfahozjKZbScejGZn36cykQaHYawiBYVIETg_YHQ=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-U-pp7JljkGpy-Janm1iQsCU0ptJcIEhl3HZ1F1i1RtWpNMS4-PWEYXJAKc32xQZRCf96-T-2o0pAACPexYK5VbRQbCIvIL_1PnRB9mZpwJ1aVhYphNj4FAjGH7TxAruzu6zMp02kC0evLOSRbndfahozjKZbScejGZn36cykQaHYawiBYVIETg_YHQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A quick sketch - but the color magic is there!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Mixed paper books</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>Another option might be to bind your own sketchbook with a combination of sketch paper for notes, thumbnails, ephemera, etc and watercolor paper for painting. Actually, Cheap Joe's Art Supply has the Watercolor Paintbook that does just that! I have one on back-order to try out. Unfortunately, it's a hard-bound spiral book, so I know I'll have those compromises - but, for travel sketching or workshops where I want to take extensive notes, it could work quite well.</div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Size and Format</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><b><i>Size:</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>If I'm sketching in my studio or in a class, I like big sketchbooks/pads - up to 18 x 24" - these aren't practical for travel or urban sketching. The largest size that I find fits in a bag or day pack and isn't too cumbersome to handle is about 9 x 12". </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnvSGX5l4HWRkVK7LJIBNjI3dgFs8-Ae1gbXfF3fx8MSI_e9lDBJGPZd2Dv-_7NcUPgt9JKVkSBvTcFO4mpUShP2MxlEPBUifFlkB_el2n-39JMWqCtoolhp5VfXsIwIENq6qTiNvB6hZbVqb-JvDquZ0jjz4AC7mt9osu_V-ByjPPWzKmM1SmbbnSjw=s2592" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2592" data-original-width="1944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnvSGX5l4HWRkVK7LJIBNjI3dgFs8-Ae1gbXfF3fx8MSI_e9lDBJGPZd2Dv-_7NcUPgt9JKVkSBvTcFO4mpUShP2MxlEPBUifFlkB_el2n-39JMWqCtoolhp5VfXsIwIENq6qTiNvB6hZbVqb-JvDquZ0jjz4AC7mt9osu_V-ByjPPWzKmM1SmbbnSjw=s320" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These big pads are great for the studio or a figure class!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On the other hand, the smallest size I would consider is about 3x5" and then only if it's bound flat enough that I can sketch across the binding (more about that in a minute). For most urban/daily sketching I use a <u>5.5 x 8.5" sketchbook</u>. If I'm hiking and weight is a real concern, 3.5 x 5.5" works (or sometimes I just take loose paper taped to a corrogated plastic support to keep it really light).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The tiny book on the left is vellum, 3x4" and really only good for graphite or ink - the paper is so thin, you see thru to the image on the other side so I couldn't really use both sides of the paper making the usable area for a sketch really tiny.</div><div><br /></div><div>The others are all 3.5 x 5.5" and fold flat giving a total area of 7 x 5" for landscape sketches. The two in the middle are hard bound, the bottom one is a Handbook (so it has light watercolor or mixed media paper); the one on the right is a soft bound book by Daler-Rowney. At less than $2.00, it's quite a bargain - it can take a very light damp waterbrush on water-soluable ink.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4CwNPKIiAvLDsVvv17kHVIlrgeplEWqNVlugrNryx52h3EusXImhbpkTq-Ge6B0LTM_JBYC-dMKGlnC1XimkMJSEwPrR1LshKxRG7G1VC8GJaOTNqdc8QHHu7njab1XoDei1xLdvJmNsi4QurxFSTi1ngyH1i9IljvdHzafvUuC5ltrCOCtWP45u78Q=s2592" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh4CwNPKIiAvLDsVvv17kHVIlrgeplEWqNVlugrNryx52h3EusXImhbpkTq-Ge6B0LTM_JBYC-dMKGlnC1XimkMJSEwPrR1LshKxRG7G1VC8GJaOTNqdc8QHHu7njab1XoDei1xLdvJmNsi4QurxFSTi1ngyH1i9IljvdHzafvUuC5ltrCOCtWP45u78Q=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>More usually, I use a larger format sketchbook. The biggest is a Pentalic 9x12" spiral bound watercolor book at the bottom; I've decorated the cover of the 7x10" Canson Watercolor Sketchbook for this year's Sketcbook Revival Challenge. My favorite daily sketchbook to carry with me is a 5.5 x 8.5" Sketchbook at the top right. I've been using the soft-cover Stillman and Birn Alpha sketchbook, but the paper doesn't really suit me for watercolor, so I'm trying this hardbound Hahnemuhle watercolor sketchbook. I think the 200gsm paper is close to 140# - so far, I've been enjoying it! I almost always decorate the covers or put on a sticker so it's easy to differentiate similar sketchbooks.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have an 8 x 10 Stillman and Birn Zeta Sketchbook on order - the Zeta Series is softcover with watercolor paper - so I think I'll love it!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqhlQAb_X16rjxj5Udr-hGcTU5_ioYvEFENKG8VN1XCpmRxfZgz6XqcGSUX2AcVNwazMBfM5lCm9iRUMOhNymUukbqzklueEGsiYuvfDCp0OgevmvPF2Z4-IfI5B_FAe6RHr48Y8b6saHg3EVrzyP0m5HAhNPFdxjR2bCJnlXHxn9F8mTI1hUk5cPRKw=s1117" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1117" data-original-width="1117" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhqhlQAb_X16rjxj5Udr-hGcTU5_ioYvEFENKG8VN1XCpmRxfZgz6XqcGSUX2AcVNwazMBfM5lCm9iRUMOhNymUukbqzklueEGsiYuvfDCp0OgevmvPF2Z4-IfI5B_FAe6RHr48Y8b6saHg3EVrzyP0m5HAhNPFdxjR2bCJnlXHxn9F8mTI1hUk5cPRKw=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Format:</i></b></div><div><br /></div><div>I absolutely abhor continually adjusting my sketchbook orientation (landscape or portrait) depending on what I'm sketching. My sketchbook has to allow either a portrait or a landscape format without turning it around. For me, this usually means either a <u>portrait or square format;</u> and it means that I intend to sketch across the binding using 2 pages for any significant landscape sketch. In order to do this, two more of my sketchbook requirements come into play; the sketchbook <u>must lie flat when opened,</u> and I prefer to sketch across <u>a stitched binding</u> rather than deal with a spiral in the middle of my sketch.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOsoDS98nxytCjfYvK5R9kMm2CuKTRi_MxFtbjt1I95gJbuLx2awqfUu_ck2kJCWZtApBk2Ryl4QLo_qodh7tkObpyafqBVheNxtdqlr8RcXIiWaQqdWOPYEOeLxnitv8xKJABTEI0bRnsjxzmqEG79BwzqLnv0WjXkcz14K5GP-ejqtGHjWXUdx5mbw=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOsoDS98nxytCjfYvK5R9kMm2CuKTRi_MxFtbjt1I95gJbuLx2awqfUu_ck2kJCWZtApBk2Ryl4QLo_qodh7tkObpyafqBVheNxtdqlr8RcXIiWaQqdWOPYEOeLxnitv8xKJABTEI0bRnsjxzmqEG79BwzqLnv0WjXkcz14K5GP-ejqtGHjWXUdx5mbw=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stillman and Birn's Alpha 5.5 x 8.5 opens flat for 11 x 8.5 useable area.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-DjkMCe7K5HhKcll3oIpQq2agIFVr7xNeLzRi-mXWqXoAkg3EJlCGQlBJpn1VhNAuW_YUetJvfCnHbOS-Aw2HnYFCVfsaDYCO5qzfZud4tqyi9FSJPH_MF26EZ4GH3NboKUe8KTilc37fSZcwBkIAV8VksbmV6dipJ2KYZbg78a3BKTpNA0OFeaDTiQ=s640" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-DjkMCe7K5HhKcll3oIpQq2agIFVr7xNeLzRi-mXWqXoAkg3EJlCGQlBJpn1VhNAuW_YUetJvfCnHbOS-Aw2HnYFCVfsaDYCO5qzfZud4tqyi9FSJPH_MF26EZ4GH3NboKUe8KTilc37fSZcwBkIAV8VksbmV6dipJ2KYZbg78a3BKTpNA0OFeaDTiQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Or, with it's soft cover, I can fold it over for a compact portrait format</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjy8iGJbAJh9uUiZVBM_wdS9v7niDev9Ln5ftRoLcnSWuCllm5CZorXD2nklZDPBxbIJyBOppBO1eWpzoe7zrTb982ITwYIRM9d6f5u92Od6N2QCm1u66RTuYJ0HHalQ3lvLL0HBPjorDLNrh9r0seWJo4JAKGE2UfVBo-jKPOJM-2DuaWhm5EPHp5y_g=s2592" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2592" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjy8iGJbAJh9uUiZVBM_wdS9v7niDev9Ln5ftRoLcnSWuCllm5CZorXD2nklZDPBxbIJyBOppBO1eWpzoe7zrTb982ITwYIRM9d6f5u92Od6N2QCm1u66RTuYJ0HHalQ3lvLL0HBPjorDLNrh9r0seWJo4JAKGE2UfVBo-jKPOJM-2DuaWhm5EPHp5y_g=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hmmmm . . . . how will I ever decide?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><i>Hard Cover or Soft:</i></b></div><div><b><i><br /></i></b></div><div>Because of my preference for a sketchbook that lies flat when open and not really liking spiral bound books, I mostly use <u>soft-covered sketchbooks</u>. They tend to lie flatter when opened than books bound with hard covers - although some, like Hahnemuhle and Handbook, do a very good job.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Misc Features: Pen Loops, Pockets, Place Marker Ribbons!</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>Accessory features like pen loops, pockets, and place marker ribbons are nice-to-have, but easy to DIY. Pen loops with self-adhesive come in packs of 5-10 from Amazon are relatively inexpensive, I often glue an envelope onto the inside of the back cover for business cards and glue dots for ephemera I want to add. Sticky notes and paper clips can provide bookmarks if you need to mark something in the sketchbook.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-72587848930956731892022-03-11T07:00:00.110-07:002022-03-11T15:51:12.327-07:00One Week; One Hundred People Challenge<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!2sVail,+AZ+85641!3b1!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank">Vail, AZ </a></p><p>Mar 11, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">This is harder than before the pandemic!!</span></h4><div><br /></div><div>I generally pass the time in waiting rooms and in-line by sketching the people around me. For the last couple of years, this has been kind of boring since everyone has been wearing masks. Outside, fewer people wear masks, but are usually going somewhere - so, hard to get much of a sketch before they're gone!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMJrPReeKymZViasg6GNH6FQfU22r26E25fqsG-916mAYIwJ9m_0eobmxhBDfil0bFCNKiR84NfROMfazr7HqDNPzjqHdH7oECtbSE2VDJgFWOyN5s11SDV1OYICXiR7JO4YkoN4KHH0yK09GUkuztmZaSUPCxa4MSFlwB_3sm4lswqPTFz3-DWvcNTg=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMJrPReeKymZViasg6GNH6FQfU22r26E25fqsG-916mAYIwJ9m_0eobmxhBDfil0bFCNKiR84NfROMfazr7HqDNPzjqHdH7oECtbSE2VDJgFWOyN5s11SDV1OYICXiR7JO4YkoN4KHH0yK09GUkuztmZaSUPCxa4MSFlwB_3sm4lswqPTFz3-DWvcNTg=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cardiologist Waiting Room</td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIfuIn-YFDmhaFrL3EYz0CT_eSkIwe8jmC-qdQ5VCfU2Xd1xgy0nl1wtPQq-1VNgq6hUYFRzJsH1YEePQTeWeR7exoFOk3iKLh1fhaZ2HSy8mPIPpZE9t_aH9IvwsAS5VsQbWSxd6PevAyeZ5MtnoUOcOI1bwEEkPYLl3h1IuqbViwEBDKPKVLx8JvKw=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjIfuIn-YFDmhaFrL3EYz0CT_eSkIwe8jmC-qdQ5VCfU2Xd1xgy0nl1wtPQq-1VNgq6hUYFRzJsH1YEePQTeWeR7exoFOk3iKLh1fhaZ2HSy8mPIPpZE9t_aH9IvwsAS5VsQbWSxd6PevAyeZ5MtnoUOcOI1bwEEkPYLl3h1IuqbViwEBDKPKVLx8JvKw=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waiting Room at the Honda Dealership<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>People are sad looking while waiting for jury duty selection! As it turns out, it took almost all day for jury selection and it was full before they got to my group - so, a very boring day.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgg5slEQ87e_suMY8z6Gp6XNBWy9olgm6JjNRTXf_Q2zLDbJo7wriJJgQqAsmknfkE7Ma7NLHglOz-6yDZsZseX3BY1kcpRDbIZfWw_HDKGm082TnqkVMRNHzb8S9jfBEXnR9rP_5yCeKWOREivYMYa65YnSvx4f0T16TPtdK9pdfFA482nWT-4_aMyxw=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgg5slEQ87e_suMY8z6Gp6XNBWy9olgm6JjNRTXf_Q2zLDbJo7wriJJgQqAsmknfkE7Ma7NLHglOz-6yDZsZseX3BY1kcpRDbIZfWw_HDKGm082TnqkVMRNHzb8S9jfBEXnR9rP_5yCeKWOREivYMYa65YnSvx4f0T16TPtdK9pdfFA482nWT-4_aMyxw=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7mTdoaQ-VdC6R8wwbYD1QoCjJ3sMVrVZ3khEG3l1mJsmbv9HwMPPPp3A6J67wCBg-dHUKSTYKJbqY1uPuxK6Ny2Wf36K8eU0LxWPmFIAkffAz4JtE1YBf8xfhvDWpFWD7WZtNuaBhhnKKr6bMQ4LuYjwJrCHV2nKyKPmV86P-opx9sapXN-hqzsI3hQ=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7mTdoaQ-VdC6R8wwbYD1QoCjJ3sMVrVZ3khEG3l1mJsmbv9HwMPPPp3A6J67wCBg-dHUKSTYKJbqY1uPuxK6Ny2Wf36K8eU0LxWPmFIAkffAz4JtE1YBf8xfhvDWpFWD7WZtNuaBhhnKKr6bMQ4LuYjwJrCHV2nKyKPmV86P-opx9sapXN-hqzsI3hQ=w225-h400" width="225" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It's still difficult to come up with outside places where I can expect people to stay still for a few minutes. </span></h4><div><br /></div><div>Luckily, I thought of the Reid Park Zoo, and the Horses in the Sun Winter Jumping Show at the County Fairgrounds. I still probably won't get 100 People, but we'll see how many I can do!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvXvM3EzVxqkVhoxAIGXW1TwtkqS9LP24ueKsA2v-vVoKtP-5dsks4sXb9Uge2AObk8ZYzmKsGPxcOLxZpWA5-D5qyf9qlf_d8am5NCAQg5tHTB66JFzeBcag5Ie4GYzZeFV_efADH9N3TAM0jIRUlcSvCyBS3K-wYYuxrf09aDFWlA6Kr6pN2V_uyOg=s1212" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="1212" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvXvM3EzVxqkVhoxAIGXW1TwtkqS9LP24ueKsA2v-vVoKtP-5dsks4sXb9Uge2AObk8ZYzmKsGPxcOLxZpWA5-D5qyf9qlf_d8am5NCAQg5tHTB66JFzeBcag5Ie4GYzZeFV_efADH9N3TAM0jIRUlcSvCyBS3K-wYYuxrf09aDFWlA6Kr6pN2V_uyOg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Flamingoes are the first exhibit; people always watch them for awhile.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPKzmce3yZluFtZCViSahun6DcnBB5dElzTafY0qpDCVEbbqVY373UP-0cqto30bw6zqNyGF-CmSzP9d0QX2tnXIlF01ASwUKOBhyN5wng_yfcpLihyj4yQUr4oBBLwbEjH2wzeB1Z1kXMRV3Y1lbsLJmN3CSxdKbGTdJHjBmzHnwzVdwtGc9-7tp1SA=s1183" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="1183" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhPKzmce3yZluFtZCViSahun6DcnBB5dElzTafY0qpDCVEbbqVY373UP-0cqto30bw6zqNyGF-CmSzP9d0QX2tnXIlF01ASwUKOBhyN5wng_yfcpLihyj4yQUr4oBBLwbEjH2wzeB1Z1kXMRV3Y1lbsLJmN3CSxdKbGTdJHjBmzHnwzVdwtGc9-7tp1SA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I really like my giraffes the best on this spread!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7ACSWADzdbdHHdf_oKlmfishJ1mJ6InfwirrYxBYOmty6QMSXRqg8yXv8DX6efCgdQBDSf8-iC2yJ-GSRuYsn3QCORgBrJ6ONeyX9GvmoUnRdyCHW0v7rqqTQqb2XSDn6WdYlv9p9UnSZx1DAqr2S82R9P78ii3Lyn7hVVndNeNrQRl926kt2qnrasg=s1250" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1250" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7ACSWADzdbdHHdf_oKlmfishJ1mJ6InfwirrYxBYOmty6QMSXRqg8yXv8DX6efCgdQBDSf8-iC2yJ-GSRuYsn3QCORgBrJ6ONeyX9GvmoUnRdyCHW0v7rqqTQqb2XSDn6WdYlv9p9UnSZx1DAqr2S82R9P78ii3Lyn7hVVndNeNrQRl926kt2qnrasg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">1st day I got 18 (goal of 20 per day!) so not too bad.</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7mTdoaQ-VdC6R8wwbYD1QoCjJ3sMVrVZ3khEG3l1mJsmbv9HwMPPPp3A6J67wCBg-dHUKSTYKJbqY1uPuxK6Ny2Wf36K8eU0LxWPmFIAkffAz4JtE1YBf8xfhvDWpFWD7WZtNuaBhhnKKr6bMQ4LuYjwJrCHV2nKyKPmV86P-opx9sapXN-hqzsI3hQ=s1920" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a></p>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0Tucson, AZ, USA32.2226066 -110.97471083.9123727638211534 -146.1309608 60.532840436178844 -75.8184608tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-91713275890542617792022-03-04T07:00:00.036-07:002022-03-04T07:00:00.231-07:00Signing Watercolor Paintings<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!2sVail,+AZ+85641!3b1!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank"> Vail, AZ</a></p><p>Mar 4, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">How to sign (or whether or not to sign) a painting.</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>There's a lot of confusion around signing paintings; some artists do and some don't. Some watercolorists will sign the front with pencil or watercolor and put other details on the back. I am horrible with a brush, but some watercolor shows are very strict about using anything other than watercolor in a painting being shown as watercolor. </div><div><br /></div><div>So, I sometimes fill a dip pen with watercolor (some color or variant that I've used in the painting) and sign with the dip pen. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmokO9fz8JRR_U3hAO8LTWksrCbXVIrni0vEbuJX3hyFwm7UiTEAgUvi82Y8xDtbYnB0r994kAJhvggl4opeb2xB9tvcI5EJxOKOLkE3RK3xtH8WR0WQVZjJZebh8y2BvQ7ysBRWSK37xoRLPl4IJpOX7Iz_rYC63QwVaJHok9myzLoY9r49Trs6mHyA=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmokO9fz8JRR_U3hAO8LTWksrCbXVIrni0vEbuJX3hyFwm7UiTEAgUvi82Y8xDtbYnB0r994kAJhvggl4opeb2xB9tvcI5EJxOKOLkE3RK3xtH8WR0WQVZjJZebh8y2BvQ7ysBRWSK37xoRLPl4IJpOX7Iz_rYC63QwVaJHok9myzLoY9r49Trs6mHyA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loading a dip pen with watercolor</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8i4TfMSpCa8Av7F_Us5UCzulRsmjlMaRur7qFYSO0W5Lw7uEj-GHdnfvAJzR1lNb8JJWT_4oPfMFh8Xe_6YHNw999F9T75M4_0RdzuLMArwf2noUwUicKU_kRFK_B55RtrXGRtjbX4C1n2kmaTixar6OliqQfDz1lpsauJ2XlulhsJ5ugH3zrDrz8MQ=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8i4TfMSpCa8Av7F_Us5UCzulRsmjlMaRur7qFYSO0W5Lw7uEj-GHdnfvAJzR1lNb8JJWT_4oPfMFh8Xe_6YHNw999F9T75M4_0RdzuLMArwf2noUwUicKU_kRFK_B55RtrXGRtjbX4C1n2kmaTixar6OliqQfDz1lpsauJ2XlulhsJ5ugH3zrDrz8MQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't usually date paintings, but, well, apparently I'm inconsistent.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUmqEXLWkmwPbbeRq9lN3eaI5DR_lbx82mo3en7OGyPKZB6ayCaiWJ6Hkl8k37Bh9r6wafnBR1Z9qmrKDyXGSbvymra2l6xuuIWZpoo8sfTwZhrpvAX41GJjVrzu0kSqeTSG3wYsfbnkYbZ5SuTXLk-oIO5eYFoZhWHmxcu4y7_u5XkZPcs5bQLX5u8Q=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiUmqEXLWkmwPbbeRq9lN3eaI5DR_lbx82mo3en7OGyPKZB6ayCaiWJ6Hkl8k37Bh9r6wafnBR1Z9qmrKDyXGSbvymra2l6xuuIWZpoo8sfTwZhrpvAX41GJjVrzu0kSqeTSG3wYsfbnkYbZ5SuTXLk-oIO5eYFoZhWHmxcu4y7_u5XkZPcs5bQLX5u8Q=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before signing<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I don't like to date paintings on the front - I'm not terribly prolific and I don't like paintings to seem stale. I will put more detail in pencil on the back: my full name, date painted, size and materials used.</div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Another signature option I find intriguing - so here goes!</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I recently saw an article about creating and using your own custom 'chop' (like you often see in Asian art) or stamp to sign your art.</div><div>First, you mess around and come up with a couple designs.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWYFbaGnOp-O9F4eczmiSt_s21vZlCIIBamsFyKreTHF1aTyfuUY61vSvOPtlocNei6qKeIr1aik_B9PGoTHNQSXMNJ79hy3PkEkeie4Lr6b3Khz43ZTYUIbmVkf6G0NlpQJGYhUpWvsgV9dVDsQufhmgV6K7PoXYSKE7tbsoBmUMQF7kcRte2ZqPIsA=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWYFbaGnOp-O9F4eczmiSt_s21vZlCIIBamsFyKreTHF1aTyfuUY61vSvOPtlocNei6qKeIr1aik_B9PGoTHNQSXMNJ79hy3PkEkeie4Lr6b3Khz43ZTYUIbmVkf6G0NlpQJGYhUpWvsgV9dVDsQufhmgV6K7PoXYSKE7tbsoBmUMQF7kcRte2ZqPIsA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Transfer the designs to your stamp material, remembering that it has to be backwards in order to stamp correctly (like looking in a mirror). I went over the selected designs with soft graphite, then transferred the design to the block by rubbing the back of the paper design to transfer the graphite design.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtXiYVZO1QmXeUPDLr1KOBGtbRjfCO9Lz35bSmxB8OtGFVPHKWnq6Hwhd3AYg8cb-mf6z_6VkhPE78UrzislGYkNWfDrnWqhAFcVw1FHJ6261NgGiW5jFrEi31OeR93LgjcVjgDgpQVSLUcBvMLCjn1y_I8YUutJSMm_bFCUYJe7BdZDlY-vwM_vIijQ=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtXiYVZO1QmXeUPDLr1KOBGtbRjfCO9Lz35bSmxB8OtGFVPHKWnq6Hwhd3AYg8cb-mf6z_6VkhPE78UrzislGYkNWfDrnWqhAFcVw1FHJ6261NgGiW5jFrEi31OeR93LgjcVjgDgpQVSLUcBvMLCjn1y_I8YUutJSMm_bFCUYJe7BdZDlY-vwM_vIijQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnBDf1iUrZUBLgn6mWL-dBnOy2ZLKpeSjX0eLuYjKB0e60op0fYlBKov_RrF3oZdPQ5hyVn_xHkxM8YYl9DEJ_jK48OO3m25dHTmwNXMFQnj2dj_mN_4Tag6ZKPeVx7AnQBpdWLDMkRkEFNsnWSITO-g-kStCSNk1IxJCsA8tQNNyZjhasDHu7O_tNvQ=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhnBDf1iUrZUBLgn6mWL-dBnOy2ZLKpeSjX0eLuYjKB0e60op0fYlBKov_RrF3oZdPQ5hyVn_xHkxM8YYl9DEJ_jK48OO3m25dHTmwNXMFQnj2dj_mN_4Tag6ZKPeVx7AnQBpdWLDMkRkEFNsnWSITO-g-kStCSNk1IxJCsA8tQNNyZjhasDHu7O_tNvQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Then, you carve the designs into some stamp material (lino block, a plastic eraser, I'm going to use a speedball easy-carve pad).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu84TwK7Tw5ANVAaPs-oQhdUX7j4G8EsqOfrHS6fmRKOCcYKY70EAmPmXseKWsYQmmbou0OZfMyL_FNuCZvXcsQKT1_tsGqg1WU0RgND_gtB85yLn2Aro6FsF2tU5rdjw8awezqQOxZJRszFMBHCJdyqcsDvRuT0Sbt-e4S2WbL4d4TAMSXfr3oCcssw=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu84TwK7Tw5ANVAaPs-oQhdUX7j4G8EsqOfrHS6fmRKOCcYKY70EAmPmXseKWsYQmmbou0OZfMyL_FNuCZvXcsQKT1_tsGqg1WU0RgND_gtB85yLn2Aro6FsF2tU5rdjw8awezqQOxZJRszFMBHCJdyqcsDvRuT0Sbt-e4S2WbL4d4TAMSXfr3oCcssw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The material is very soft so an exacto knife or lino block cutters work fine.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5G5lQtt608L10uBQUoLTlMKCj736kZwhjwWcRTFxD1WvBELX4FtH4QY9s7z1KKFxxEcRXEejHeZXOYHOX__MEqlUT3CoU_c-p40dpKyfXjeOZ58Y2cSdho-opxowISQIYR5AT6bgYuuCm9V8mKstGOSek2KEtIK5kE-JdpdyolpiGxer3GdzgyhiURg=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5G5lQtt608L10uBQUoLTlMKCj736kZwhjwWcRTFxD1WvBELX4FtH4QY9s7z1KKFxxEcRXEejHeZXOYHOX__MEqlUT3CoU_c-p40dpKyfXjeOZ58Y2cSdho-opxowISQIYR5AT6bgYuuCm9V8mKstGOSek2KEtIK5kE-JdpdyolpiGxer3GdzgyhiURg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, in the size that I wanted (pretty small; less than an inch square) carving with any accuracy was difficult. Maybe I would get better with practice. I'm not sure I would actually use these but it was a fun experiment.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXMRtvimZDi-B0LIIsswg9wu4bXNm4GOxbFsaKXL9Kiw6qm8gzCp29XfyZLrWYdo7Bs_hnbIx0aYO3PkqjKb5uraKP6S7obZZKaAfZiDXC-IVJg944SJ02m1G9XyBvi0RzUcetuM9gtLJKIjYYQ3CfhON--d8n5_Igre1yL5hkkxESyWg_VpaCIdQi7w=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXMRtvimZDi-B0LIIsswg9wu4bXNm4GOxbFsaKXL9Kiw6qm8gzCp29XfyZLrWYdo7Bs_hnbIx0aYO3PkqjKb5uraKP6S7obZZKaAfZiDXC-IVJg944SJ02m1G9XyBvi0RzUcetuM9gtLJKIjYYQ3CfhON--d8n5_Igre1yL5hkkxESyWg_VpaCIdQi7w=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First tests, clearly some edges to clean up.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br />RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-62440520850822399692022-02-25T07:00:00.002-07:002022-02-25T07:00:00.234-07:00Watercolor Travel Palettes and Kits<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!2sVail,+AZ+85641!3b1!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank">Vail, AZ </a></p><p>Feb 25, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">I love gear!</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I especially love small really clever gear. So, it follows that I really love putting together really useful, easy-to-carry travel sketching kits. I now have more than I could possibly ever need, but it also means that I really don't have any excuse not to sketch when I'm out and about as I can stash a sketch kit in both vehicles and every handbag and even my pockets.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">First, the palettes</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I prefer palettes that have full/half pans that can be replaced (as opposed to built in wells for the paint). With replaceable pans, I can easily swap out colors to suit the situation. I have so many small travel palettes, that I'm now trying to fit them out with a color range to fit the locations I'm sketching - for instance, the colors I'm likely to use in a Southwestern landscape is quite different than one for sketching the oceans and forests of the Pacific Northwest.</div><div><br /></div><div>My studio palette is a massive porcelain beauty - but, of course, not at all suitable for moving around - it's heavy, breakable, and messy - no cover except tor the glass I cover it with to try to slow the paint drying out. The porcelain is lovely to mix on, there are lots of wells for paint and two really good sized mixing areas.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkpy2Nd3cT0qMYzd98oAd9i4-2wHNnz8qF5H0o6g3DD7YqzfbozQCToTqBXOSWMg-DQAk-9EqWF0838zSCGFs3W7TiXG06kVkN0vzHuvXKxgJT41Lg-kfuylkEeZXQXGFdC5TN587UKrK9-bSyQ1mND_W3vc3xVuZchd_olmhi5Al3eSOEc1-xI9QloA=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkpy2Nd3cT0qMYzd98oAd9i4-2wHNnz8qF5H0o6g3DD7YqzfbozQCToTqBXOSWMg-DQAk-9EqWF0838zSCGFs3W7TiXG06kVkN0vzHuvXKxgJT41Lg-kfuylkEeZXQXGFdC5TN587UKrK9-bSyQ1mND_W3vc3xVuZchd_olmhi5Al3eSOEc1-xI9QloA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really clean at the moment!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>I have a couple of mid-sized folding palettes that I use primarily (now, they used to be my primary palettes) for workshops where I know I'll be using a lot of paint but not moving around too much. </div><div><br /></div><div>They work pretty well - but even the one with the sealing lid does leak. They have the advantage of being easier to carry around, lots of wells (but not replaceable pans), and they are inexpensive, easy available and lightweight.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMxk3uYUG9hreeVAcqh6sJBQz7eCvIQ0gQ2dsLoykIJzprgqnLG6F77KGmA3Hc393uiokrEhthaGMpYRykMDpXvWJVrMyJQuGEhgv_3JPosXxpipfNcC_tMmA6I6QYE9nbQjKr0IwFvaEn6oK097osPaTNULmkfHmK6izGFVdq-UD78i24fDgE0lWW5w=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMxk3uYUG9hreeVAcqh6sJBQz7eCvIQ0gQ2dsLoykIJzprgqnLG6F77KGmA3Hc393uiokrEhthaGMpYRykMDpXvWJVrMyJQuGEhgv_3JPosXxpipfNcC_tMmA6I6QYE9nbQjKr0IwFvaEn6oK097osPaTNULmkfHmK6izGFVdq-UD78i24fDgE0lWW5w=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Folded, these are about 5"x11"</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuhvi_4RQrrwzp4MTf7RJcQSwg7cZlYjtZewXxNqFQLvAU5AbRaVv5rZoKK93THLRIZLzrktZDWwhuLdYgHBK5HF5392UuAUvzmUTiWfzMhja-tgw0wLQuWvzP5SkghYQKaDMi9eZ0ee0ibtVZ_CuowXCJeuTuTVpFRwxAsU11C32CeXcYlD5NSR-Szg=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjuhvi_4RQrrwzp4MTf7RJcQSwg7cZlYjtZewXxNqFQLvAU5AbRaVv5rZoKK93THLRIZLzrktZDWwhuLdYgHBK5HF5392UuAUvzmUTiWfzMhja-tgw0wLQuWvzP5SkghYQKaDMi9eZ0ee0ibtVZ_CuowXCJeuTuTVpFRwxAsU11C32CeXcYlD5NSR-Szg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_j1NBL3vkHtQQD4iHc1d9_IRY_HkeczxH7BVMCRp6GKOtj9irk21u2RM8rNHDdvUNEMHId0TSmsqCPHuprS147T45LSK9vVLceA9YrmwU2eshzqFuax_7RR6wUqiJr2zO5MVkIDXMnCxY2UxIyAFz6sdolMqpNFMz7a1A5uWuuFolfzrQUEtvkJv8sg=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg_j1NBL3vkHtQQD4iHc1d9_IRY_HkeczxH7BVMCRp6GKOtj9irk21u2RM8rNHDdvUNEMHId0TSmsqCPHuprS147T45LSK9vVLceA9YrmwU2eshzqFuax_7RR6wUqiJr2zO5MVkIDXMnCxY2UxIyAFz6sdolMqpNFMz7a1A5uWuuFolfzrQUEtvkJv8sg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">These next ones are really the most useful for urban sketching and travel sketching.</span></h4><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>My absolute favorite is the <b><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Winsor-Newton-Professional-Water-Colour/dp/B000N9964Y/ref=sr_1_2?crid=301M82WIB7RIW&keywords=winsor+and+newton+watercolor+travel+set&qid=1645674854&sprefix=winsor+and+newton+watercolor+travel+%2Caps%2C154&sr=8-2" target="_blank">Winsor and Newton Travel Watercolor Kit</a></b>. I've had mine for almost 40 years. It is sold with either Professional W&N watercolor half-pans or W&N Cottman (student grade) paints. Generally, I don't like pre-loaded palettes - the colors they choose to include invariably include several that I don't use (for instance, I never use black watercolor, and, if I'm going to need white paint - a gouache white performs much better than a watercolor white). Unfortunately, this W&N kit only comes with paint - I'd advise getting the Cottman set and just replacing the student grade pans with your own choices. I wish they sold it empty!</div><div><br /></div><div>By adding a couple of half pans, you can fit in an extra 2 colors, bringing your total to 14! Part of the cover pops off to provide a water container, and there is a small plastic bottle to carry water incorporated into the kit. They also provide a truly useless teeny, tiny itsy bitsy brush. The mixing areas are a bit fragile feeling - but, in 40 years, I haven't had mine break. The plastic hinge on the middle tray of paint pans did break - but it doesn't really make a difference.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXV-HQM_wsUD67rfWZud4BobanNZDjvucFSC-uBTleipo-0E_sizhsXqzdF7IaS2cYJUw1CaQ1fiLa-csjVYLkXqWPH7H93_b2-nziZ7C2lCO5KY8dCl1y_WxCmyadk4G8ExVzlLDrTAOEaRQJ-kZyOhWy7mtkI9NZeYPq9FT798xsCypxrSAu2sIbqw=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXV-HQM_wsUD67rfWZud4BobanNZDjvucFSC-uBTleipo-0E_sizhsXqzdF7IaS2cYJUw1CaQ1fiLa-csjVYLkXqWPH7H93_b2-nziZ7C2lCO5KY8dCl1y_WxCmyadk4G8ExVzlLDrTAOEaRQJ-kZyOhWy7mtkI9NZeYPq9FT798xsCypxrSAu2sIbqw=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've stored a color swatch ID of the paints underneath the water container.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH2oo9MPTx1jWE2sR5Rs6c8A-nw3xNViAhJDg7AFsINDDl1_4mJ5hoZm0C4j9q5loCgboIZgvONpDWxFdz0z1oqQEPS4HmgQDxHEVKPkfSgNsroWjw3tBeOfqtjV7yCnW8uokdzC77M8x_-tpUpDm7iBVStp3HAeF_So6ru7Gxd5440o7Bs7JGfAPlRg=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgH2oo9MPTx1jWE2sR5Rs6c8A-nw3xNViAhJDg7AFsINDDl1_4mJ5hoZm0C4j9q5loCgboIZgvONpDWxFdz0z1oqQEPS4HmgQDxHEVKPkfSgNsroWjw3tBeOfqtjV7yCnW8uokdzC77M8x_-tpUpDm7iBVStp3HAeF_So6ru7Gxd5440o7Bs7JGfAPlRg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really, just the cutest thing!! approx 2.5"x1.5"x5"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div>My next favorite is this <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071ZJSPKR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">Honbay metal palette</a>. These are made by a number of companies and are relatively inexpensive. You can also buy empty half=pans on Amazon quite cheaply (I got like 50 for about $10). I'd really love it if it had 3 mixing areas - but, at the time I was looking, the one with 3 mixing areas was like triple the price.</div><div><br /></div><div>With a little creativity, you can mix and match full pans and half-pans - this is a huge advantage as I think everyone has 2 or 3 go-to colors that will get used up quickly - so it's really nice to have a few full pans in your kit. I wedged 15 half-pans and 3 full-pans into this kit.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVoquErKUIKfVmf2AP5n6wboQwMFLdTLRuo-VJZn89Rsi4l55X-sXdAQs-UTKQJ_Z4Atce9SWotZ-KUoa6XjMj4OKsjo-jlQ79sxlwpGWcEzOb9HqGoEk6C7y5lTUQDWLOU6xQBtec2E1dw5MkaSeh_j8VZOYhQ06vuiygYYKxgmFL11cxJcVXttFAVA=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgVoquErKUIKfVmf2AP5n6wboQwMFLdTLRuo-VJZn89Rsi4l55X-sXdAQs-UTKQJ_Z4Atce9SWotZ-KUoa6XjMj4OKsjo-jlQ79sxlwpGWcEzOb9HqGoEk6C7y5lTUQDWLOU6xQBtec2E1dw5MkaSeh_j8VZOYhQ06vuiygYYKxgmFL11cxJcVXttFAVA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Here's another W&N field kit - I'm not sure it's being made anymore, but they have similar models filled with the cottman paints for around $20. The tiny brush is useless, the clip-on water container is a joke, but it does have a pull out mixing tray on the bottom which really increases the already generous number of mixing wells. Also, the thumb-hole is actually functional, unlike most of the rings that all the other travel palettes have (I find that the rings are very awkward to use!)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg5vDJh46E6cXkoedIUv11KVA7Teq-6f1ro8nPj0C7iVFgyV1TY-OCEEgqoN_Yok2n4o61onJDGJjPew4fTn-JZAwecekdIX5ZdiURswQbFzzjlqM3QBN0mNv5xPprCuhe0awCaDEJ0zYMcbbPS7bI7sDQ8rIyFqvG4dM6QxpyhllGBhAj7zZtxRqKuQ=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjg5vDJh46E6cXkoedIUv11KVA7Teq-6f1ro8nPj0C7iVFgyV1TY-OCEEgqoN_Yok2n4o61onJDGJjPew4fTn-JZAwecekdIX5ZdiURswQbFzzjlqM3QBN0mNv5xPprCuhe0awCaDEJ0zYMcbbPS7bI7sDQ8rIyFqvG4dM6QxpyhllGBhAj7zZtxRqKuQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>In terms of cuteness, the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08LG2YS64/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">Micro Portable Painter</a> is in a dead heat with my old W&N kit - except that it's MUCH tinier - squeeeee! SO CUTE. Yet, so functional - 6 half-pans, 4 little mixing areas and a generous water cup. It comes with a felt carrying bag - :) otherwise, you might just misplace it.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhHyPe2nRJb3l-Lw4dmvUKi4xgdRlQBVIx2XOXhmf5hNTzOwQXbyeYmCtNklQ9X5rTzd_AKi3459H8CRqrcpnqnMlXv4324vXGg-PKZuAhaylzpz52kphgXORi0oJ7cMg5P57qcYm9lz7tqzRBvvoHpI-MA7XHhnAeuHJH_ZhNQpr2idgl-CW14_HPXQ=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhHyPe2nRJb3l-Lw4dmvUKi4xgdRlQBVIx2XOXhmf5hNTzOwQXbyeYmCtNklQ9X5rTzd_AKi3459H8CRqrcpnqnMlXv4324vXGg-PKZuAhaylzpz52kphgXORi0oJ7cMg5P57qcYm9lz7tqzRBvvoHpI-MA7XHhnAeuHJH_ZhNQpr2idgl-CW14_HPXQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Folded up, this is approx 2.25"x2.5"x1" - truly pocket-sized!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Then we have the homemade DIY options!!</span></h4><div><br /></div><div>There a million DIY'ers out there with very creative ways to fill an old Altoid tin with watercolors. Basically, you need to stabilize your half-pans in the tin somehow - I use that blue tac stuff to stick them in place, but you can also use double sticky sided foam tape, or flexible sheets of magnetic tape (I've up-cycled old magnetized business cards that appliance companies hope you will stick on your fridge for future reference).</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are 2 that I've constructed. They do rust out eventually, but they're easily replaced. Or, take a look on Etsy - there are some DIY'ers that have spent a lot more effort and time to make some really nice versions!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNUwU1Nc_5_Lk_gKe6e8OosdW_vm6lYIyIpDnhrk1ftVQR3eLMmGRe-2H7npVbqL8YiiOLwqhJ112ZKK9OODf0bGSxbHQabXW16MB0CW5fytGrLAmp_qxQSgv-ktI2lM33ECvd-gaVutok9npn_KzhyXUMvvtP3BlrhRdP3i4sTlaJa-2SzAv6mjsMfg=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNUwU1Nc_5_Lk_gKe6e8OosdW_vm6lYIyIpDnhrk1ftVQR3eLMmGRe-2H7npVbqL8YiiOLwqhJ112ZKK9OODf0bGSxbHQabXW16MB0CW5fytGrLAmp_qxQSgv-ktI2lM33ECvd-gaVutok9npn_KzhyXUMvvtP3BlrhRdP3i4sTlaJa-2SzAv6mjsMfg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've used a water bottle cap for a small water cup, and sacrificed some space to hold a folding brush.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpOGsCisxSOfvHwaOzr3eh89iwHz9yXr7ERf4MOls7hVXJQkTMc364Fsag_9PRpg-3TWW7PTQrCfMpPQYeGQKx1OtkBZ5ACOqNgX1bV3pm-O0rmqCvd61ZzwTnNqf3HnwWQZEG5pjIwZpR5XnETMEJGZ0UMQ5CT-7VCRGTzAPZtiTxD0BXdh8K86ENrQ=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpOGsCisxSOfvHwaOzr3eh89iwHz9yXr7ERf4MOls7hVXJQkTMc364Fsag_9PRpg-3TWW7PTQrCfMpPQYeGQKx1OtkBZ5ACOqNgX1bV3pm-O0rmqCvd61ZzwTnNqf3HnwWQZEG5pjIwZpR5XnETMEJGZ0UMQ5CT-7VCRGTzAPZtiTxD0BXdh8K86ENrQ=s320" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I've glued a color swatch on top Identifying the colors in the box.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> </div><div>In this one, I used a tiny Altoids tin. It still fits 4 colors and I can put it into in my pen bag for quick every day sketching. The pen bag has a couple of water brushes that I use instead of carrying water. It still fits 5 half-pans! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXqsliIgMAZD3QmxgxEDGx96ab3ewGbBDkHUcjIThaX-QkzSdIXsOKpqsMHO07NOyRS5b9GGnc8iRNonOmBtODzHvocuiwnZENTwomsgPLVfMwxWCTAUCaGn5FsfTemIifv6LOi1VIwOEg0FpsP4zHQJIbLY-_G5-O5oWRdaS82nGFSJAWAFpVH_WSHA=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgXqsliIgMAZD3QmxgxEDGx96ab3ewGbBDkHUcjIThaX-QkzSdIXsOKpqsMHO07NOyRS5b9GGnc8iRNonOmBtODzHvocuiwnZENTwomsgPLVfMwxWCTAUCaGn5FsfTemIifv6LOi1VIwOEg0FpsP4zHQJIbLY-_G5-O5oWRdaS82nGFSJAWAFpVH_WSHA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8jU65q5Jes7KxDnAVptXNoggb4XnKVOacDUXCDcJs-D8JhTfiQVvV5sblDPNCtyAaQZCsciEV2DqNaw8LSJz0WtUdXw4nFZLq2KqWK3uPO2vEJovPL5KunrtXHiNbz-Zw3MvDdZ0xro74x7UrCppo2IRnL_dDw02AFtlsQZcaahfJIqj19Td5zLKBVA=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh8jU65q5Jes7KxDnAVptXNoggb4XnKVOacDUXCDcJs-D8JhTfiQVvV5sblDPNCtyAaQZCsciEV2DqNaw8LSJz0WtUdXw4nFZLq2KqWK3uPO2vEJovPL5KunrtXHiNbz-Zw3MvDdZ0xro74x7UrCppo2IRnL_dDw02AFtlsQZcaahfJIqj19Td5zLKBVA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I carry this palette with a very strong magnet on the bottom. By placing the magnet under a couple of sheets of my sketchbook, the tin will stick to the page - making it very convenient to used while sketching on location in a sketchbook!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyrfQ65O0s9jcwu5-V-DW62ayxF7lDKgmuOKDr9ENEbvsYKyexLpiMXNi2-2noTk8-sBaPUZUXr5OpADw3yWwI2X1gPqRVIOjCoa1xdM7H3wdCQZ414aYmIaDG0tgYoQrdAuVCPwuYpyt9U0sHrtVnDyyHcmyr3LW8z1QPRGizf6SmdQpmA9z885vJnA=s3024" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyrfQ65O0s9jcwu5-V-DW62ayxF7lDKgmuOKDr9ENEbvsYKyexLpiMXNi2-2noTk8-sBaPUZUXr5OpADw3yWwI2X1gPqRVIOjCoa1xdM7H3wdCQZ414aYmIaDG0tgYoQrdAuVCPwuYpyt9U0sHrtVnDyyHcmyr3LW8z1QPRGizf6SmdQpmA9z885vJnA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJAtTsXDbJ3QkOKPJtFlCrwgOp_iLb141BKiows3lAw1Tz9A4TFh1_lF6Pyxb3v3bo7CsXnil3px81WjQpIs2zFq4m2oszsgjiU4mVZavtoCMS--KvQHns52HZhTp5vse5ONFoBrbFVavEyCN-IbKxkJiOomCqRR-Q5gxY2eH5KpxAEpuU467kbCHeWg=s3024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJAtTsXDbJ3QkOKPJtFlCrwgOp_iLb141BKiows3lAw1Tz9A4TFh1_lF6Pyxb3v3bo7CsXnil3px81WjQpIs2zFq4m2oszsgjiU4mVZavtoCMS--KvQHns52HZhTp5vse5ONFoBrbFVavEyCN-IbKxkJiOomCqRR-Q5gxY2eH5KpxAEpuU467kbCHeWg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even almost upside down, the magnet holds this little palette tight!!</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The rest of the kit!!</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>All of the small palettes fit into sandwich sized zip-lock bags. I add paper towel, a travel brush or two, and a small cosmetic spray bottle (to activate the watercolors) to complete the watercolor kit. A small pencil bag with pens and pencils and my sketchbook complete my basic travel sketch kit. I usually stick these supplies into a shoulder bag or a day pack with the usual water bottle, hat, sunscreen etc. that one would normally carry on any day trip. If I'm really ambitious, I might take a very light folding stool.</div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-73070790416200349422022-02-18T07:00:00.001-07:002022-02-18T07:00:00.218-07:00Self Portraits<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!2sVail,+AZ+85641!3b1!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank"> Vail, AZ</a></p><p>18 Feb, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It's hard to find models . . . </span></h3><div><br /></div><div>Georgia O'Keefe once said that she painted flowers because 'They're cheap and don't move". I find it difficult to find models - I do used photographs off the Net for practice, but, if I want to paint for a show, copywright issues come into play. So, I tend to just use my own face. Plus, to paraphrase Georgia - I'm always available and come cheap!.</div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Self-portraits over the years</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I don't have too many sketches from my early years - too much vanity as a young person over my appearance. Now that I'm old and don't care, I actually find it fun to draw my wrinkles, age spots and sagging jowls.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This is the earliest self-portrait that I still have. This 8x10 sketch was done from a reference photo of me as a middle-schooler and was done in my early 20's. My typical pen and ink (on cheap drawing paper, which, over 40 years, has yellowed and become crumbly - an object lesson in what happens when you don't use artist quality materials).</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsONyuw8vRBby3AROVGcDI7LZ0kalShdFgbIkv8wemLSI3bY4Bh-gTfS4MYz3QhnyI1ivtD60F1JeEGRoSHqA5mufq-0w9UfqFFZeLVeKkcpveR1SfWPhaEywJR9HSPl9-8OhL5K5rpVCmQfryD1llLPsGp6bKLmzGKZPO_cTNt-Q4miQqIlIzu0jwPw=s1236" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="927" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsONyuw8vRBby3AROVGcDI7LZ0kalShdFgbIkv8wemLSI3bY4Bh-gTfS4MYz3QhnyI1ivtD60F1JeEGRoSHqA5mufq-0w9UfqFFZeLVeKkcpveR1SfWPhaEywJR9HSPl9-8OhL5K5rpVCmQfryD1llLPsGp6bKLmzGKZPO_cTNt-Q4miQqIlIzu0jwPw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This small pencil sketch was done quickly one evening while I was watching TV and realized that I could see my refection in a nearby window. This was done about 20 years ago - early 2000's.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFfBlMgsLRNOZUavk3TJ3gouwb_O-FJOF0_dLZZgFH16-YT595ZsY58gQNvOyY9pTp7tkBwndfYB9yIzNufB-jfW2dr9dNzdVxZFGYtXdQTVKuVxbI-JLyMzVX0i1x-o0U76C28QI5u78fQuSiHBtPw_xd_IqIqZlSu67Gy1rBNXHazpzzYiJhisXTbw=s1319" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="990" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFfBlMgsLRNOZUavk3TJ3gouwb_O-FJOF0_dLZZgFH16-YT595ZsY58gQNvOyY9pTp7tkBwndfYB9yIzNufB-jfW2dr9dNzdVxZFGYtXdQTVKuVxbI-JLyMzVX0i1x-o0U76C28QI5u78fQuSiHBtPw_xd_IqIqZlSu67Gy1rBNXHazpzzYiJhisXTbw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This 9x12 pencil sketch was done on toned paper and also by laying down a layer of charcoal first. Then the face was 'sculpted' by adding darks and pulling out the lights with an eraser. I used a photo of me in my early 30's as a reference, and the sketch was completed in 2020.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT4kQhUSfRocBz8TnWqFIV4w4KrYSxCwY7Ijt4V3qSqJRv9QzgXzYxttxBCR_HC7M5u9P6DTheoy178ztuBJVwzyR4Zeoq96DW4EKAcCfLEpqGOqAfYaGMWCAnT0PL0ozHoz8v-JYjDhBTrlDW1GQ1N7232A2jc2VFdThKMb3J7dE-q_TP7enoGox0IQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiT4kQhUSfRocBz8TnWqFIV4w4KrYSxCwY7Ijt4V3qSqJRv9QzgXzYxttxBCR_HC7M5u9P6DTheoy178ztuBJVwzyR4Zeoq96DW4EKAcCfLEpqGOqAfYaGMWCAnT0PL0ozHoz8v-JYjDhBTrlDW1GQ1N7232A2jc2VFdThKMb3J7dE-q_TP7enoGox0IQ=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />Another sketch done on toned paper, this time using soft graphite for the darks and white colored pencil for the lights. This is a 9x12 sketch also completed in 2020, done live (looking into a mirror).<div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBWDSt8vj40swYXWtRZ9o4v_2ilpZXUmAChIh-LD8ocMMFwr9b-76krqOAymDPURtnNVfGJH-ozncrtUjk90saXJeoWPiGsQW_HehUrgQfJ-MPJiZgFJ-hsd9xI_97yKKoiGIjpqWa5aNYxHyy3-5-LMczf75cwtMYa9sEBV9goBkB0YByNYW90AY65g=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBWDSt8vj40swYXWtRZ9o4v_2ilpZXUmAChIh-LD8ocMMFwr9b-76krqOAymDPURtnNVfGJH-ozncrtUjk90saXJeoWPiGsQW_HehUrgQfJ-MPJiZgFJ-hsd9xI_97yKKoiGIjpqWa5aNYxHyy3-5-LMczf75cwtMYa9sEBV9goBkB0YByNYW90AY65g=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The self-portraits continue</span></h3><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>Blind or semi-blind contour drawing is a great way to improve hand-eye coordination and provide a stress-free warm-up. So, one aspiration for 2022 is to do a quick (~2 minute) small (3.5x5.5) semi-blind contour self-portrait as a warm-up exercise EVERY SINGLE DAY.</div><div><br /></div><div>I started this in December 2021, but already I can see the benefit. Here's one of the first one's I did with one I did after about a month of regular sketching. I'm finding that doing these quick sketches is enormous fun and I really love the quirky results!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb4UG0ZZ4NBD759qitHOD7rsqWfM4zmYJ9zKShF_t4SpBJVx0aiqpyYFyqmSihRoO0cWe6ZI2-PyaOdCqt-63qOYkLMjkyPrW_NB-adr3MF7-2fRRFI-q8UyaNceNpDorggmTeZ5G-JPYUzVy49VSQZp4rKEvsvu3RvUkectDty_MqoXkxOqUdG61XZg=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhb4UG0ZZ4NBD759qitHOD7rsqWfM4zmYJ9zKShF_t4SpBJVx0aiqpyYFyqmSihRoO0cWe6ZI2-PyaOdCqt-63qOYkLMjkyPrW_NB-adr3MF7-2fRRFI-q8UyaNceNpDorggmTeZ5G-JPYUzVy49VSQZp4rKEvsvu3RvUkectDty_MqoXkxOqUdG61XZg=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDfOY7izp1I62ISDKGsY1-DfVPM1fKWQmN0m0DtoNGL2P3tALwdxtYVf4zEkJ0Fa7vArIbmKFwZleJjSPcMVt0JYfruz5e-1YrfUHN57QIKbus8jVWGOWd-_1_vj1Owgh1ByGHGbuJgoND0mnGwc6dj70zW4ueHdR7MyQIDpwvHEk9Gp1Yp-lhPst5Sw=s1982" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1982" data-original-width="1486" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjDfOY7izp1I62ISDKGsY1-DfVPM1fKWQmN0m0DtoNGL2P3tALwdxtYVf4zEkJ0Fa7vArIbmKFwZleJjSPcMVt0JYfruz5e-1YrfUHN57QIKbus8jVWGOWd-_1_vj1Owgh1ByGHGbuJgoND0mnGwc6dj70zW4ueHdR7MyQIDpwvHEk9Gp1Yp-lhPst5Sw=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I'm finding that my goal of doing one of these little sketches daily is more aspirational than achievable, but I'm still finding them valuable and just a whole lot of fun - hard to think of new poses though.</div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7719282149164209578.post-39679270655188148262022-02-11T07:00:00.001-07:002022-02-11T07:00:00.209-07:0030 Faces 30 Days: 26-30<p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Vail,+AZ+85641/@32.0101884,-110.7502697,12z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!2sVail,+AZ+85641!3b1!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206!3m4!1s0x86d65fffcda2b5bf:0x6707546fffe4d54d!8m2!3d32.0005283!4d-110.7009206?hl=en" target="_blank">Vail. AZ</a> </p><p>11 Feb, 2022</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Day 26</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did this one mostly in charcoal on a toned paper; I am getting so tired of graphite pencils! They tend to be very shiny under my studio lighting, which makes it very hard to see. This muse was kind of fun to draw with his funny expression.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS1Y7VJPq4EDU2qGyNvdeyyRYWjhPpiJPNiIkYhubPlvt2idClt_5yF3cG3alZGH08Pdt5CyCovKdGBjzTowFyzoDAESaa3EBwXVMFIW4yGZnpI_H6giNfkXGYLmvYsVH4S7Re7OWxYaXy2i_1ANdUN7lDxZk2R7TrO2QTFR_HbMqbtzPezzqxvpWg6g=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjS1Y7VJPq4EDU2qGyNvdeyyRYWjhPpiJPNiIkYhubPlvt2idClt_5yF3cG3alZGH08Pdt5CyCovKdGBjzTowFyzoDAESaa3EBwXVMFIW4yGZnpI_H6giNfkXGYLmvYsVH4S7Re7OWxYaXy2i_1ANdUN7lDxZk2R7TrO2QTFR_HbMqbtzPezzqxvpWg6g=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h3><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Day 27</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div>Finally - a mature woman! For this challenge, fully half the models were young women; the other half men (young to old). As an older woman (much older than this model), I feel somewhat under-represented!</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjV5F84wZVPcugLzHzSnTT1I1bI9_2Sg9I1Us0KS4EBQtGJqfeUIbeTlI_m50ZBHFZwrysKo6V1aIWi_6sJWOCo0QbHMvgbin9BELvafsyDJvNgR5d6tcK_k9Zc8vldSJNnbtEk7oiuqfYDxEDtCFdIEs9_FpQTpkyY4jrAdrPAs7cKUTA2Gt8wtjKVQ=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhjV5F84wZVPcugLzHzSnTT1I1bI9_2Sg9I1Us0KS4EBQtGJqfeUIbeTlI_m50ZBHFZwrysKo6V1aIWi_6sJWOCo0QbHMvgbin9BELvafsyDJvNgR5d6tcK_k9Zc8vldSJNnbtEk7oiuqfYDxEDtCFdIEs9_FpQTpkyY4jrAdrPAs7cKUTA2Gt8wtjKVQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h3><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Day 28</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div>This young woman in costume was fun to sketch. I did her bow in somewhat a stylized manner (so did the artist doing the demo) - mostly because in the reference, she was holding it out in this way.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiulmrVuAMnC8ISS9VNsF5BrDAvYZ7zdAcMGBA6ZSW4xb2jnxYc7swHZxgWCycPOyxBqe0oMzYem5aGa7LgIS11EDLovgWfL3qIz3syAZrSm_zJTsG12Gkok11_FN0zqrumcNGodLXHj7Md3LJ8qas_T9Fp3eMyTCN9j_urutzAWk5hPPg8QUkh9CcbIQ=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiulmrVuAMnC8ISS9VNsF5BrDAvYZ7zdAcMGBA6ZSW4xb2jnxYc7swHZxgWCycPOyxBqe0oMzYem5aGa7LgIS11EDLovgWfL3qIz3syAZrSm_zJTsG12Gkok11_FN0zqrumcNGodLXHj7Md3LJ8qas_T9Fp3eMyTCN9j_urutzAWk5hPPg8QUkh9CcbIQ=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h3><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Day 29</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div></div><div>This use of watercolor washes with pen is a familiar technique for me, so I was pretty comfortable with this sketch. I liked that the demo artist suggested cropping the image for a more dramatic composition. Also, working from a toned paper let me get some nice, white charcoal highlights.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiYbnNbInL3TOmoOgs6FHAzPm-7GY2R6Ri03KVLUkbMuw_rxK-Q1VD_UVMpafd-kTa1w4kxtjLpeZo36lW17NaPzBgkAztliaKDHtx-tB56G7T55KCyoctbe1AX8SJCVfcfny8A__4klVrYJfcF3Mvv0LU62-6uGT6sMcMEVHc_-B15MS7E-KIaoB3MA=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiiYbnNbInL3TOmoOgs6FHAzPm-7GY2R6Ri03KVLUkbMuw_rxK-Q1VD_UVMpafd-kTa1w4kxtjLpeZo36lW17NaPzBgkAztliaKDHtx-tB56G7T55KCyoctbe1AX8SJCVfcfny8A__4klVrYJfcF3Mvv0LU62-6uGT6sMcMEVHc_-B15MS7E-KIaoB3MA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><h3><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Day 30</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Another whimsical model. I needed to make the flowers much more vivid to balance his beard - maybe next time.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGKBFoNxJvDgrDcmZ-03oRIRSWQoA-SRMvx93tKtHnbptNw-IT-rqFq6pbpykg10oPUMhQuKieptkviZFiuv4peD4wuJu7jW2J-0qrPDijACBzEAZWElQ087X9K3LOgV3GMIr7-qXU9HqAsKANEVm00WPkFVLas-ZiBtwiHULwt1lp5H8EwObL6NiVJA=s3024" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGKBFoNxJvDgrDcmZ-03oRIRSWQoA-SRMvx93tKtHnbptNw-IT-rqFq6pbpykg10oPUMhQuKieptkviZFiuv4peD4wuJu7jW2J-0qrPDijACBzEAZWElQ087X9K3LOgV3GMIr7-qXU9HqAsKANEVm00WPkFVLas-ZiBtwiHULwt1lp5H8EwObL6NiVJA=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></div><div>I'm glad that I did this challenge but I'm also glad it's over! It took a big chunk of time over the last month. Going back over the month, I see that I have some areas to focus on:</div><div><span> - Backgrounds - I rarely put in a background unless prompted to my the artist doing the demo - so most of these portraits seem unfinished.</span><br /></div><div><span> - Composition - Only once did I alter the composition to make a more dramatic portrait.</span></div><div><span> - I often got bored or lost focus towards the end of my sketch and didn't really finish off the portrait. I need to remember to come back and finish work (doesn't have to be finished in one go).</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Overall, I learned a few things about media that I use often but not to their full range - always a good thing.</span></div>RightBrainRightLanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11363096908677487232noreply@blogger.com0