EDiM 04 Salt and pepper shakers

My everyday shakers are boring stainless steel, so I included my garlic sea salt and peppercorns containers.
It looks like EDiM is going to be full of spatters, they are *fun* to make!

EDiM 03 - draw your exercise equipment

I *love* walking. It clears my head, de-stresses, and makes me feel healthy. Oh, and it's easy! I have several pairs of sneakers. These are the ones I leave at work for lunch time walks.

EDiM 02 - draw a power plug

I use this 100 ft cord for my lawn mower. It's a real pain to wind up. Next time I use it, I'm going to try this cool way of storing it: Youtube- No tangle extension cord storage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaEv9wm6gy0

EDiM - 01 Draw a bar of soap

This is a challenge to draw something every day in May.

This bar of soap is from the Paris Las Vegas hotel. I was staying there the week of 9/11/2001. We had a rental car, so ended up driving back to upstate NY. Funny that I've kept this for 10 years, and interesting how the memories just flood right back in an instant.

Quince

Lovely sign that spring is finally here! Sitting in a limoncello glass from Positano, Italy.

My boots

These boots are normally quite comfy, but I recently wore them in NYC, walking fast on the hard pavement, and for longer than I wanted to.  Yes, it was a bit painful. I now look at them askance (not a typical word for me!) as I don't trust them to be kind to my feet.

Jacob's Walking Stick

I saw one of these in the Montreal Botanical Gardens years ago, and wanted one ever since. This has been here for 2 years now, and it is growing nicely - I just have to keep trimming off any shoots that want to grow straight!

Birthday flowers sketches

Birthday flowers!

I paint at my dining room table, even though I have a workspace upstairs. It's much brighter here!

 The flowers are a lovely birthday gift. (for me!)

Asparagus

I got some great new paper to play with - recycled rag, with rough edges, size A6, by Khadi papers.
It's going to be fun to work on something different from the moleskines!

New York, NY

The layout of my daughter & son-in-law's new apartment. Not to scale, it's a bit narrower than shown, but this is quite a bit larger than their previous one!  This is the view from their balcony. I believe it is the NY Life Ins. building on 26th & Park Ave. Could not create the gold roof color!

2011 0405 Lost Dog Cafe

A quick sketch while I was out to dinner with friends during restaurant week.

Electric line

View from my window at work. A good practice sketch for lunch. Yes, the sky really is that dreary today!

Motorcycle sketches

These were done from my friend's bike trip photos, each one says a different message, I think.

Stones This one was taken in Bar Harbor, 2010. Triumph Tiger.


















Calm This one was taken in Woodstock, NY, 2010. Triumph Sprint.














Haunted? This was somewhere in the Catskills, 2010. Triumph Sprint.













Thanks to my friend Jim, for such great photos!

More sketches from Tulum

These were also sketched on site, and the color was added later. I needed to hurry, as I was the last one getting on the bus. While I was rushing back, the others on the bus were voting whether or not to leave me there! My dad (!) was one voting to leave me there!! I 'think' he was kidding, but will never know for sure!