Our yellow Lady Banks rose started blooming. Unfortunately, a few freezing, sleeting nights are forecast.
Lady Banks old world rose
Lady Banks in Bloom
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Olive Oil Container, Sketch 025
When I look for an item to sketch, I look for different things. I want it to be interesting as an object by itself as well as something that makes me pay attention when I sketch. Many items are too intricate for me at my current effort level, so I leave them until later (or never, as the case may be). For example, this morning I picked up a basket I thought might be a good sketch object, then decided otherwise. I liked the shape of this can, but when I started the sketch, I found the details overwhelming (the trees, people, lettering).
Olive Oil container
Despite the French text and reference to the city of Nice, this container was made in Taiwan and purchased at the Outlet Mall in San Marcos, Texas. I have never put olive oil in it, either.
Sketch 025: Olive Oil Container
Western Meadowlark
The Western Meadowlarks are in the area for part of the winter season.
Taking flight
Hanging around on the ground
Monday Up Close
Fragment of a Queen’s Face, Sketch 024
Fragment of a Queen’s Face, Egypt ca. 1353–1336 BCE, yellow jasper
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.
Sketch 024: Fragment of a Queen’s face
Black & White: Things Found in a Kitchen
My grandmother’s cast iron skillet. I remember cooking breakfast with it. I’d pour in the Crisco oil, about an inch deep, and crack the eggs on the side, trying to use just enough force to crack them open without breaking the yolks or having the shell fall into the oil. The eggs weren’t so much fried as poached in oil. I’d get the oil too hot and it would splatter as I dropped in the eggs. They always ended up with the crispy lace edges. My brother’s skillet specialty was bacon, really crispy bacon. Ah, if skillets could only talk . . .
Grandmother’s cast iron skillet, full of memories
Cee’s Black & White Photo Challenge: Things Found in a Kitchen
