Carpenter Bees!
You know there are interesting things all around us to discover, some are right under our noses…or under our eaves! I have known about Carpenter Bees but never paid them much attention, until this year. I caught one and started…
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Mary McAndrew
Painting + Illustration
Category Nature Photos
“Mother’s Day Field Sketching” 2011
What did you think I’d be doing on Mother’s Day? It was gorgeous outside and I had the day to myself until later when my son comes over, so off I went for a walk with my sketch journal! Along…
“View From Aspen Hall” 5-4-11
Before too much time goes by I wanted to get this post out, especially because I already have another waiting in the wings! Gee it sure has been a productive spring with getting out for walks and doing sketches in…
Easter Sunday Wanderings / Green Frogs + Mayapples
A post sharing my notes and photos from a cold, wet walk on Easter Sunday. I was still able to find interesting life, wait till you see the video clip with Tadpole eggs! Please click images to see them larger…
“April Poem” 4-15-11
April is coming to a close soon, hopefully lets say goodbye to a wet, cold month! The last post I did a drawing on a very cold, damp day then I wrote this word “April” in my sketch journal and…
“Wind in the Willows” – Clouds and Crayons
April 14, 2011 (if viewing this in an email subscription, please go to the website to see the video clip and pictures better) Above, this is the first view Ginger and I got when we started out on our walk;…
“Walk with Peepers and Golden Snails”
(if you are viewing this from your email subscription, please visit my blog on the actual website to see the video and links properly) Today I went for a walk with Ginger. We ventured forth out into the wet lanes…
“Wet Walk in March”
As my page describes, it was overcast, wet and dreary. I did the small landscape sketch while standing up, just a small little thing but it reminds me exactly of the time and place. At the bottom I wrote words…
“Step Outside Your Door Today”
(Please sign your email in my “Subscribe” box on the right, to receive my posts) Today is the “Equilux”, that is the day of the Equinox, where day is the same length as night. I heard that it’s also “World…
Snow, Snow, Snow January 12, 2011
(A late entry that I wanted to add photos to before sharing, it’s from a tiny field sketchbook I made that’s handy to take in my pocket or a small bag when it’s wintry weather like this.) What a cold…