Fueled by Clouds & Coffee

  1/12/22 Maple Leaf Park After weeks of near-freezing temperatures, precipitation of various types and high winds, last Wednesday was a wel...

  1/12/22 Kate, Roy and Tina on Zoom Last summer I was so optimistic that the pandemic was finally beginning to be under control that I kill...

  1/9/22 Mt. Rainier in a rare January appearance at Maple Leaf Park. Cold but sunny.  Maintaining our fitness-walking routine during the wi...

CMYK 4-color ballpoint Color-mixing chart A unique, unusual multi-pen crossed my radar recently. You already know how much I love multi-pens...

1/8/22 Fallen willow at NE 85th and 4th NE, Maple Leaf neighborhood On our first walk after several days of heavy rain and wind, we discover...

  The latest volume in the Urban Sketching Handbook series  Four years ago, Mike Daikubara put out Sketch Now, Think Later: Jumping Right i...

  1/4/22 copy of study by Raphael of Michelangelo's David  Practice has been an ongoing theme on this blog. It was the topic of my very...