Middlewood Journal

It was sunny, windy and chilly today, a surprise after the warm weather of late.  Walked the dogs at midday and tried to avoid the shade, wh...

While exercise hiking on the pipeline today I did my usual looking around to see what I could see.   Occasionally, even while exercising a...

A creek in springtime is a magical place to visit, and little Meetinghouse Creek certainly fit that description today.  During my walk I sto...

It's warm and windy today, with strong gusts that bend the treetops!  Wandered on the pipeline looking for a patch of mushrooms I saw ye...

Wonderful spring rains today.  Storm after storm swept over us, drenching every tree and rock and blade of grass.  The sun would shine for a...

Over the weekend we went to our cabin near Waynesville NC to open it up for the season.  It's a tiny place that used to be an apple shed...

Walked early this morning, before the low clouds burned off, and had a steady fog-dampened breeze in my face that made it feel like a summer...

The perfect spring day... this afternoon it was 80 degrees with a cool breeze, blue sky, and a multitude of birds singing in the front woods...

Home again!  Unpacked the car and headed out into the woods before I was tempted to take a late afternoon nap. I made a beeline for the benc...

I'm visiting my family in South Georgia for a couple days and finally got a chance to go out for some journaling with my nephew, who is ...

So windy today!  Deep blue sky with big fluffy white clouds flying past... turning into dark, blue-black clouds, with thunderbooms and sprit...

Took a walk with Radu early this morning before the rain came.  I'm so easily distracted by birdsong and wildflowers that I must listen ...

The sky was so blue today!   Or did it just look extra blue next to the bright green spring foliage budding out on the treetops?  I worked m...

It cleared up around 3 today, so I went out to smile at the sun.  The rain had brought out so many more tiny green leaves!  A Tiger Swallowt...

All day it has been rainy and gloomy... which sounds bad, but I mean it in a good way!  There are many wonderful things about a rainy and gl...

Early this afternoon, while Ben hiked with Daisy, I  spent time in the woods drawing these little Bloodroot leaves that are growing along ou...

Went down to the vegetable garden around midday to water the newly emerging beets, radishes, and sugar snap peas.  It was quiet. The sun fel...

This was the best kind of Spring day - bright and sunny with white cloud puffs drifting across the blue sky. Temps were in the mid 70's...

No hiking today due to rain.  I worked in the studio in the afternoon, and spent an hour on the tiny front porch to draw this Mayapple that ...

Today I finished this commissioned painting of the Great Blue Heron. due next week.  It feels good to have completed the job.     Tomorrow w...