Vacation Memories

Recently we took a vacation to Sisters, Oregon for the Sisters Outdoor quilt show.  We visited the surrounding area, and then also took a week away at the beach.  I've been sharing quilt pictures here on Wednesdays.  Here's a couple of beach:

Anyway, my favorite team on Etsy, the Blogging Business Artisans,  has a monthly creative challenge.  This month's challenge: 

"We are into vacation season in July -- create something that brings back a favorite vacation memory, something that represents a place you've visited or one you'd like to visit, colors or scents associated with a special place . . . . Make it fun!!" 

I remember taking vacations as a girl with my dad and mom.  We almost always went to the mountains!  I still have a love of pines. So . . .sew . . . I decided to make a little pillow cover representing those memories. 

This was a fun project!  Please take some time to visit the Blogging Business Artisan blog to see what the other participants have come up with.  

Afternoon Nap - Sunday Sketches

From our vantage point on our patio, our view is straight into three pine trees about twenty feet up from the ground.  Many times we have seen squirrels pick out a comfortable limb and sprawl out on it for a quick nap.  Sometimes they cradle their head in their arms like a human.  Other times they hang their arms down around the branch.  This one, today, backed up to the trunk with his tail up, although we have seen them with their tails hanging straight down over the side.  I decided to sketch this behaviour today.  Enjoy!

This is for Sunday Sketches presented over at Blue Chair Diary.  Have a look at all the other sketches, if you have time. 

Sunday Sketches - Pine Sprig II

This is for Sunday Sketches hosted by Sophia of BlueChairDiary.  Visit her post today and see all the other participant's sketches!

Also, I have written a "Small Stone" about this sketch in my other blog.  You might like this image in words!

Rainy Wordless Wednesdy

Sunday Sketches #2

This is the second of my Sunday Sketches. I did this yesterday while I was waiting for my dinner to finish cooking. I enjoyed picking up the charcoal and graphite pencils again! Hope you like it!

(This is a submission for Sunday Sketches. See the list of other participant's sketches at bluechairdiary.)

Three Giants - Sunday Sketches

I used to live in the mountains. I miss living there. After some dry years, and the ravaging of insects that thrive in dry wood, these three became "widow makers" that had to be taken down.

(This is a submission for Sunday Sketches.)