Our apple tree...and a very fun sketch session

                                                Our backyard apple tree is in full bloom!

And it's spring at Windjammer Park in Oak Harbor. The wind was a little cold so we moved on indoors to Flyers.  Much fun sketching and catching up over food and wine.  So much to draw there....

Big Bite!

Fellow Sketcher

And more of us......!

Art Everywhere

This lively piece was on Bill and Amy's Adams' wall, setting the stage for an entire home  filled with art and whimsey. Thank you Pat, for arranging with these delightful friends to let us come sketch. What an oasis of color!

Sheep Shearing Event!

Sheep shearing on Whidbey, Welsh style! Claudia and Chuck Pettis invited to watch Welshman Eifion Morgan shear at their farm yesterday. It was bright and sunny, and cold. Amazing to see this process done by such a professional! In a blink, almost....each sheep came out got a haircut, then trotted off into the sunny pasture.

The rest of us all just watched.

Claudia skillfully gave pedicures and shots when required.

Schoolchildren were among the watchers...

Electric clipper!

And finally....one white sheep.

Face Time

Whidbey Island Sketchers, could you possibly be any more adorable?

Self portraits by Whidbey Island Sketchers for Sherryl's handmade book:

"Mary" by Mary

"Gnat in a Hat" by The Gnat

"Judi" by Judi

"Lisbeth" by Lisbeth

"Julie" by Julie

"Cathy" by Cathy

"Diana" by Diana

"Faye" by Faye

"Gene" by Gene

"Betty" by Betty

"Phyllis" by Phyllis

"Me with No Wrinkles" by Yours Truly

More Catch-Up

Where did time go.....? Whidbey Sketchers enjoyed an

evening at the Anchor Pub in Everett to sketch the wonderful

Magnolia Big Band. This is a view of the bar below.

The Big Band in Action. Some have been with the

group since the 1980's!

At the piano!

This great line up happened as the group

arrived and was setting up.

Old dart board at the Captain Whidbey Inn.

From some random sketches these last

few months.....

Whidbey Island Winery

A small piece of Labor Day color in our yard

One of so many color spots in Sue's yard from

late summer..

A late summer moment at Mo's

Morning greeting from our local papier mache kitty...

She doesn't move much...

A Little Bit of Catch up

I've been a derelict poster.... Now it's November.

I'll begin with yesterday afternoon's Puget Sound

Group Annual Auction at the Design Center in

Seattle. Some wonderful art went for such

reasonable prices.....This group has an amazing

history and amazing talent archive.

The group has a gallery on the second floor of

the Design Center open to the public. If you are

in the area, take time for a visit.

5701 6th Ave S. , Seattle

A switch, to my Granny week with son Sam's family

in Aruba. The water is as turquoise as it looks, the

beaches white powder sand, the people very friendly

and my grandchildren adorable. This is from Baby Beach

a sheltered shallow bay at the south end of the Island.

Catch up

Time goes by so quickly I'm not even sure what day it is! This yummy brownie, I definitely recommend it, is from Anchor Books and Coffee, an inviting new spot in Clinton next to Wild Birds Unlimited.

Kay Alsip and Chad Harding, volunteer models on the street at Langley's Fashion Weekend. Much fun and merriment and wonderful fashion choices from the wide range of Langley's merchants!

And Truman's oil sketch of Rod's house in Mexico, site of an elegant last dinner before coming home.