Rain Falls

Posted on June 18, 2015 by treshabarger

Rain falls as a cloud’s
Only possible action
Not for the tree’s need

Gazebo, Sketch 139

Posted on June 17, 2015 by treshabarger

I’m working on not being so agonizingly slow when I sketch. I had less than 10 minutes available for this sketch, and I decided to try it. I took seven minutes and even managed to get in some erasing. I didn’t leave enough room for the top of the gazebo in either attempt, though.

It’s not only the sketching where I want to increase my skill level, but the “seeing.” If I can’t “see” it, I can’t sketch it: angles, shadows, proportions, for example. I was standing up while sketching, which is also something new for me. I think I want a larger sketch pad.

Sketch 139: Gazebo in Kyle, Texas

Off-Season: Weekly Photo Challenge

Posted on June 17, 2015 by treshabarger

White Crepe Myrtle in bloom

Our crepe myrtles are starting to bloom, about two months earlier than normal; they usually bloom in late August. It’s all this rain we’ve had. Some crepe myrtle trees around town bloom right around now, but that’s because they are on sprinkler systems and get watered more than ours do.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Off-Season

Boots, Sketch 138

Posted on June 16, 2015 by treshabarger

I have had to wear my boots in my yard most everyday for almost a month. When the heavy rains started some weeks ago, I came home one day to discover that my driveway was flooded. I left my vehicle at the end of the driveway and waded to the house. The running shoes I wore through the water didn’t survive being submerged. I sent them through the washer and dryer but I couldn’t get out the moldy smell; into the trash they went.

Now my rubber boots come with me most days when I leave the house, due to the forecast of a repeat weather pattern.

Sketch 138: Rubber Boots

Spicewood Valley Trail

Posted on June 16, 2015 by treshabarger

We hiked the Spicewood Valley Trail recently. It was quite overgrown, thanks to the recent heavy rains. I also got a few chigger bites that are still itching.