Middlewood Journal

So, to continue from the last post.... finally, today, I went out after class to draw (with the dogs) even though it was cold and very windy...

Ok, Sorry for the delay. You will note that the date on this journal entry is last Tuesday's date. I think I neglected to mention that...

Today I took the dogs on a late afternoon hike. It was cold, although not as cold as it's been the last two weeks, and sunny - at least...

It is so cold this week! I'm not complaining, just stating a cold fact that makes it difficult to muster up the courage to go out and h...

Here is a journal page from last week. I had time to hike, time to draw, but no time to actually post. It was a busy post-Christmas week! ...

This afternoon I went journaling with my nephew, Will. The weather was cool and cloudy so instead of going on a big adventure, we walked to...

Yesterday was a fine day for hiking as long as I stayed out of the wind and in the afternoon sun. Otherwise, even with strenuous physical ...

Hiking at the end of a busy day is a wonderful way to work out stress. Today I started out with my backpack (which holds journal and access...

The world brightened quickly around noon when the morning fog finally burned off. As soon as it did the dogs and I set out for a much neede...

Having been sick for over a week now it was more than wonderful to go outside in the cool but sunny afternoon. The breeze had died and the c...

Today was our last day at the beach. To celebrate our wonderful week I took my journal to the beach this afternoon and settled down to draw...

Vacationing on Edisto in November is heavenly. There are very few people about, the beach at Jeremy Cay is empty, and so far, we're the...

It's a beautiful day today! Temps in the 70's, blue sky, bright colorful leaves still dangling on some maples, dogwoods, and hickor...

Since last week was busy and gave me very little time to journal, I thought I'd post this painting to show you some of what I've bee...

This is yesterday's post, but it could just as well be today's. With clear blue skies, leaves falling in the cool breeze, and fall c...

Today was cloudy and damp, misty at times, windy, and chilly! When we headed out I was so surprised! I went back inside and checked the ra...

The cloudy skies set off the leaves' beautiful colors this afternoon. The yellows of the hickories, poplars and maples glowed like they...

The maples and sourwoods surprised me this morning as the dogs and I headed out for our walk. I didn't realize how much they'd turn...

Late yesterday afternoon I hiked with the dogs along the pipeline. It was warmer than the weekend, but still pretty cool for mid-October. ...

It was a cloudy afternoon that finally broke up and showed patches of blue sky and - yes - some SUNSHINE! The dogs and I headed out for a w...