This one took me forever to finish, but I like the way it turned out.
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Weekly Sketch: J is for Juniper
I dabbled in color this week.
I’ve always known juniper berries were used to flavor gin, but I never really thought of them as edible until my uncle came to visit us in Austin and we took him hiking around Mount Bonnell. It had been a rainy winter, and the juniper berries were exceptionally big and round and vibrant. My uncle got very excited and started eating them right off the trees. So I tried some. To my surprise they were sweet and tasty, although the pits were a bit piney. I am now a fan of the humble juniper!
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Weekly Sketch: Work in Progress
This is the drawing I’m working on. It’s taking forEVer to get the textures right, but I like how it’s coming along so far. I’ll post the complete image when I finish it.
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Adventures in Nepal, Part VII: Tal Barahi Temple
The next morning the sky was clear blue all the way to the horizon. And suddenly – HIMALAYAS.
The high triangular peak is Machhapuchchhre, a sacred mountain. The Nepali government doesn’t permit anyone to climb it.
Today’s photography lesson: mountainscapes.
After the class, Emma and Elizabeth took a boat ride out to Tal Barahi Temple on Phewa Tal’s little island.
Colorful Elizabeth is colorful.
The temple itself is small.
Elizabeth says that almost every temple she saw had fierce creatures like these guarding its entrance, always one male and one female.
FISH WATCH POINT
And back to shore.
To be continued!
Adventures in Nepal, Part VI: Paljorling Camp
Emma and Elizabeth stayed with Sabita and Bee Striit from January 15th to the 18th, and then stayed with friends at the Tibetan refugee camp from the 19th to the 28th.
Paljorling camp has a beautiful monastery.
After the girls had settled in, they went into town to get some lunch.
Adorable Emma is adorable.
Apparently the reason why the power lines are such a clusterfuck in Nepal is because when one stops working, they just string a new one up to bypass it instead of searching out the old one and repairing it. Crazy.
This handsome fellow is decorated for a local festival. We can’t find any info on what festival it was, but our best guess is that it was a local version of Kukur Tihar, the Day of the Dog.
Or, as Emma said, “It coulda been a temple dog that had a birthday, for all I know.”
To be continued!
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An Invincible Summer 