Hello! It's nice to catch up on here again after a super busy summer. We were gone for a while this month as we took a road trip to San Diego and did some sight seeing along the way. We took the trip so we could help Chloe move to San Diego for graduate school. She will be pursuing a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience.
If you keep up with my Instagram account you will have seen many photos from the trip as well as glimpses of my sketchbook. The photos here were the only ones I took with my Nikon camera and it was while we stopped at Mono Lake. It was beautiful, but we were pursued by thunder clouds so we didn't stay too long.
It was so nice to have a family trip again with all 4 of us. It's so rare that Chloe has the time to join us. She will be dedicated to research for the next 6 years at least, so we had to make the most of our time. We were able to visit Lake Tahoe, Mammoth, and other points on the way south. Then we had a few days in San Diego before we left Chloe behind and went back north along the coast. Road tripping is one of my very favorite ways to travel, so we had a great time and had good weather for nearly the whole trip. On the way back we stopped in Solvang, San Luis Obispo, Carmel, Los Gatos and Redding. We saw our favorite places and also some new places.
Now that we are back I'm trying to get back into a regular routine again. I have something new to share in the next blog post. This fall I want to work more with acrylics, gouache and watercolor. I am also doing some small textile art pieces, but I am having more hand and arm pain and so I'm wondering how long I'll be able to do that kind of work. I have one quilt I'd like to finish so I can enter it in QuiltCon next year. More soon!
