Watercolor Escape Artists

(OOPS! that shoulda been Charles Dickens!)*  I don't have an enormous garden but I do have some of the Most-Important things in it... Basil Sweet edible-pod Peas OKRA If you've never tried fresh-from-the-garden Okra dipped in a bit of ranch dressing I'm thinking about saying a prayer for you. (You gotta try it once, unless you hate Ranch. In that case Bleu-cheese dressing works, too.) Transparent watercolor + Prismacolor pencils * From    A Tale of Two Cities:   " It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--in short, the period was so far like the present period that some of its noisiest authorities in

 Wow! I haven't posted here since 2013. Time to rectify that. I've started "solo" camping and am taking the opportunity to try Journaling. As luxurious as an Airstream. Whenever I pulled out the sketchbook on this earlier trip, I felt pretty self-conscious. My last trip...over Memorial Day...I kind of got into a grove and was having fun. The biggest "improvement" this time was not worrying about being Masterful. (It was about amusing myself.) Best case? Someone out there (besides me) will be amused by these upcoming posts...or at minimum will be encouraged to pull out one of their lonely (mostly empty) sketchbooks, too. X-ray view: note the "Lizard Lounge."