Middlewood Journal

What a thrill (and how energizing!) to be asked to exhibit my art. I've worked hard to put together an assortment of my super-squig...

This drawing was done in mid-January (so a little late) but I love January, and on this day I had my two 13 year old students with ...

Happiness is living in woods that are full of Cranefly Orchids!  Of course, the flower stalks in summer are so thin, and the tiny pale ...

Last month I spent an hour or so at an old homesite in the woods just above Lawson's Fork, where over the years humans have lef...

This journal page, once finished, was a gift to a friend. Unfortunately, I gave it to her before I remembered it needed to be scanned. ...

Yes, I still keep my journal!  Here is a page I did in October while out with my two 12-year-old students. One of them climbed like a mo...

For your summer journaling inspiration I decided to post some of my old beach journal pages.  Most of them were drawn out on the sand ...

Yesterday I spent some time sitting beside our little man-made garden pond, trying to locate our five new goldfish that  have been in hi...

An April afternoon and sunset on Jay's Hill...it doesn't get any better. My friend Dee and I walked around the hill on the pa...

Spring is progressing slowly around here. Just when you think the heat is here for good, Mother Nature sends a blast of rain followed ...

Today I hiked with my classes and drew various leaves that are growing around Middlewood.  The Ragwort that grows all over Jay's H...

After hiking around and following deer paths through the woods, we were chased away by gnats.  Yes, tee-tiny little black gna...

This entry was drawn yesterday during my class with two sixth grade boys.  They are such fun, and both seem eager to draw... except on ...

The article above can be found in this month's issue of Wildlife in North Carolina magazine.  Every month the ma...