It\u2019s been a busy couple months, but at least it\u2019s finally spring. My garden is going strong. We\u2019ve eaten a lot of radishes and lettuce, and a few carrot thinnings. (Did you know the leaves taste like parsley?) The chard and beets struggled to sprout but seem to be doing nicely now. The zucchini, beans, tomatoes, and pepper are flowering, and the carrots have lots of leaves. The volunteer raspberry in the backyard has little green berries that I\u2019m sure will delight the squirrels in a few weeks. Last month I added a potted lingonberry, which has a few small flowers. <\/p>\n
In April, I took an introduction to drawing class, which was awesome. This month I\u2019m taking landscape drawing. The first class was (obviously) pretty basic, but I learned a lot. Even with the parts I\u2019d read about before, having the instructor there to help makes a huge difference. We\u2019ve only had one week of the landscape class, and it made me appreciate charcoal. We\u2019ll also be using ink (with a brush and bamboo pen) at some point. Of course, I\u2019m just happy for an excuse to sit around outside.<\/p>\n
I posted this to Twitter et al when it happened, but if you don\u2019t follow me elsewhere, my story \u201cPictures in Crayon<\/a>\u201d went up at Cast of Wonders. It\u2019s really neat to hear my words read by someone else.<\/p>\n Some recent-ish posts from the All Rights Reserved<\/a> blog:<\/p>\n Finally, a great post on persistence from James Clear: How to Stay Focused When You Get Bored Working Toward Your Goals<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s been a busy couple months, but at least it\u2019s finally spring. My garden is going strong. We\u2019ve eaten a lot of radishes and lettuce, and a few carrot thinnings. (Did you know the leaves taste like parsley?) The chard … Continue reading \n