Middlewood Journal

Today started out mild and damp from yesterday's weather, but it did not actually rain until I got serious about drawing in my journal. ...

Yesterday, a sunny and cool Sunday afternoon, I wandered down to the woods near Lawson's Fork where it runs under the old iron bridge on...

Today was the day I've been waiting for! Temps in the mid-60's, completely sunny, and not one puffy cloud to block the sun. On the ...

The afternoon was cold and breezy; white puffy clouds scooted across the blue sky. I was not surprised to see patches of snow down by Meet...

This afternoon was chilly, but the sun shone; there was no mist, fog, or threatening rain; no slick red mud to slide in, and only a few pu...

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...