Desert Night Sky

I decided to do another drawing from 15-minute Ink Landscapes by Rosa Hoehn for my oil pastel practice. It is difficult for me to come up with ideas of what to draw, so this book has been nice for that. This drawing is "Desert Night Sky" and originally has lots of little stars in the sky. I was planning on scraping away the black background to reveal the stars, I even put white down first so the stars wouldn't be grey, but my scratch stars did not look good so they were covered up with more black. Orion is a bit large in my drawing, too. Maybe I'll try this one again. I do like the desert plants though.

Not a Mexican Food Buffet

The March read for Craft Book Club was Accomplished: A Georgie Darcy Novel by Amanda Quain. I decided to make more tacos for my food because during the story Georgie brings in a Mexican food buffet for everyone in the marching band to enjoy. It was not a well received gift because she was so out of touch as to what is an appropriate to give your classmates. Anyway, these mini tacos are from Trader Joe's and were cooked in an air fryer which made them crisp and delicious and ready for dipping.

Up next is Beowulf: A New Translation by Maria Dahvana Headley. I'm not sure if I actually read the older translation. It was probably assigned in high school, but I can't remember it. I decided I will not be reading the other translation before this because I'm sure I'll enjoy this one just as much, probably more.

Thunderstorm Over the Sea

I borrowed 15-minute Ink Landscapes by Rosa Hoehn from the library and decided to follow one of the drawing tutorials for my oil pastel practice. This is the "Thunderstorm Over the Sea" drawing which is originally in a bottle, but my bottle looked bad so I tried again without it. I think it turned out pretty good and I'll try a few more of the drawing tutorials from the book.

The Coast

Over the weekend I went to the coast to celebrate my birthday and go clamming. Here are some of the landscape photos I took:

Shawl Progress

I'm making progress on the sunshine shawl! After putting my thinking hat on and counting, I figured out what row I was on and got to work knitting. I'm still not sure what some of my notes mean (why did I circle specific stitches every six rows?) and there are a few mistakes I've noticed, but I'm adjusting as I go because they will not be very noticeable. Also, I don't have to worry about increasing unless I knit more than I had planned on my little pattern because stitches double between sections and each section is twice as many rows as the section before.