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Joshua Tree

Joshua trees are a strange and wonderful plant. The US National Park Service runs the Joshua Tree National Park, which is now closed because of the government shut down.

Joshua trees are amazing. You see a flat desert, and then these odd plants, which are members of the yucca family, popping out in all sorts of strange and eerie shapes. Driving through the southeastern part of California, along the Pear Blossom Highway, they are everywhere. David Hockney immortalized them both. Be sure to take time to visit the park and drive the highway when you are next in SoCal.

Jellyfish

Would you like my jellyfish? I’m Not sellyfish. – Ogden Nash

Poinsettia

Another morning with sewing ahead of me – but not too much! Just a touch here and then, thread trimming, ironing, and finally wrapping.

To start my day – after coffee, breakfast, a review, and the news – I decided to use my watercolor pencils, InkTense blocks, and Neocolor II by Caran d’Arche to draw the classical Christmas / holiday poinsettia, and some permanent black ink.

Did you know the red is really the leaf and the little yellow dots in the center are the flowers? Poinsettias are not only crimson, but come in pale pinks and whites. And, they are easy to grow – just take a cutting, let it dry out until hollow, and stick in some dirt, and you may be ready for next year! I think they may also be poisonous . . .

Happy Holidays, everyone!

The Rest of Inktober 2018

I’ve been really running around like a nut of late, going hither and thither, but I haven’t really had time to sit down and do much other than a quick post here or there. It’s hard to believe we are nearly through with November! And, Inktober ended 2 weeks ago. I did a lot of the sketches for Inktober, and it was really fun. It also helped me focus – given subjects – and improve on some of my old skills. So, here are the rest of the sketches I did for Inktober 2018, not in any particular order.

In the Woods

Inktober is done and gone . . . this past week I’ve been sewing like a fiend, last night there was a mass shooting down the road from us with a thirteen people killed and eighteen wounded – more – there are fires to the east and west of us, and the wind is blowing like crazy. There is peace in ink.