August 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
—I have no idea what the white birds with black tail feathers are (the brown ones are ducks), but I enjoyed #sketching them!
#inkandwatercolor #urbansketching #pleinair #academicsummer
#inkandwatercolor #urbansketching #pleinair #academicsummer
August 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
—I have no idea what the white birds with black tail feathers are (the brown ones are ducks), but I enjoyed #sketching them!
#inkandwatercolor #urbansketching #pleinair #academicsummer
#inkandwatercolor #urbansketching #pleinair #academicsummer
—sketched in a books-and-more-store yesterday. It’s been a few weeks!
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #textandimage #academicsummer
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #textandimage #academicsummer
July 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
—sketched in a books-and-more-store yesterday. It’s been a few weeks!
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #textandimage #academicsummer
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #textandimage #academicsummer
—when a friend gives you #rhubarb, add raspberries and make #slabpie! (I’ve decided I’m just going to lean into my hobbies for a little while longer.)
#baking #academicsummer
#baking #academicsummer
June 16, 2025 at 9:05 PM
—when a friend gives you #rhubarb, add raspberries and make #slabpie! (I’ve decided I’m just going to lean into my hobbies for a little while longer.)
#baking #academicsummer
#baking #academicsummer
—I used #Frenchknots to reattach an embellishment to this shirt.
#mending #reducereuserepair #handstitching #academicsummer
#mending #reducereuserepair #handstitching #academicsummer
July 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
—I used #Frenchknots to reattach an embellishment to this shirt.
#mending #reducereuserepair #handstitching #academicsummer
#mending #reducereuserepair #handstitching #academicsummer
—two #sketches after photographs that were taken 35 years ago and ten days ago.
#inkandwatercolor #watercolorsketching #academicsummer
#inkandwatercolor #watercolorsketching #academicsummer
August 18, 2025 at 10:27 PM
—two #sketches after photographs that were taken 35 years ago and ten days ago.
#inkandwatercolor #watercolorsketching #academicsummer
#inkandwatercolor #watercolorsketching #academicsummer
—I’m always looking at clouds and thinking that I want to try #sketching them. This afternoon we had lots of clouds over Keuka Lake. No ink this time, just #watercolor!
#headintheclouds
#urbansketching
#pleinair
#academicsummer
#headintheclouds
#urbansketching
#pleinair
#academicsummer
August 6, 2026 at 10:25 PM
—I’m always looking at clouds and thinking that I want to try #sketching them. This afternoon we had lots of clouds over Keuka Lake. No ink this time, just #watercolor!
#headintheclouds
#urbansketching
#pleinair
#academicsummer
#headintheclouds
#urbansketching
#pleinair
#academicsummer
— view of the marina next door to the lake house we’re staying in this week, on Keuka Lake.
#urbansketching
#inkandwatercolor
#pleinair
#academicsummer
#urbansketching
#inkandwatercolor
#pleinair
#academicsummer
August 5, 2026 at 10:00 PM
— view of the marina next door to the lake house we’re staying in this week, on Keuka Lake.
#urbansketching
#inkandwatercolor
#pleinair
#academicsummer
#urbansketching
#inkandwatercolor
#pleinair
#academicsummer
—couldn’t swim today so I did a #sketch instead.
#urbansketching #usk #pleinair #senecalake #inkandwatercolor #academicsummer
#urbansketching #usk #pleinair #senecalake #inkandwatercolor #academicsummer
July 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
—couldn’t swim today so I did a #sketch instead.
#urbansketching #usk #pleinair #senecalake #inkandwatercolor #academicsummer
#urbansketching #usk #pleinair #senecalake #inkandwatercolor #academicsummer
May 27, 2026 at 4:51 PM
—my kid thoughtfully arranged a #sketching play date for me today. I did some #baking, but everything else was arranged for me. There was sunlight and tea and arepas and slab pie, a perfect almost-summer afternoon.
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #pleinair
#academicsummer #pieinthesky
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #pleinair
#academicsummer #pieinthesky
May 28, 2026 at 11:01 PM
—my kid thoughtfully arranged a #sketching play date for me today. I did some #baking, but everything else was arranged for me. There was sunlight and tea and arepas and slab pie, a perfect almost-summer afternoon.
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #pleinair
#academicsummer #pieinthesky
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #pleinair
#academicsummer #pieinthesky
—I’ve been quiet because I’ve been focused on my research, but while waiting for my laptop to recharge I mended several more holes on this old t-shirt. Embroidery thread on cotton.
#visiblemending #freeformembroidery #handstitching #academicsummer
#visiblemending #freeformembroidery #handstitching #academicsummer
July 5, 2026 at 9:55 PM
—I’ve been quiet because I’ve been focused on my research, but while waiting for my laptop to recharge I mended several more holes on this old t-shirt. Embroidery thread on cotton.
#visiblemending #freeformembroidery #handstitching #academicsummer
#visiblemending #freeformembroidery #handstitching #academicsummer
—in the spring this tree looks gorgeous and smells terrible. Groundhogs live under the shed, but I didn’t see them today. Only a little green space because we’re in a drought.
#USkAugustPrompts2025
16 - Green Space
#inkandwatercolor #urbansketching #pleinair #academicsummer
#USkAugustPrompts2025
16 - Green Space
#inkandwatercolor #urbansketching #pleinair #academicsummer
August 16, 2025 at 10:25 PM
—in the spring this tree looks gorgeous and smells terrible. Groundhogs live under the shed, but I didn’t see them today. Only a little green space because we’re in a drought.
#USkAugustPrompts2025
16 - Green Space
#inkandwatercolor #urbansketching #pleinair #academicsummer
#USkAugustPrompts2025
16 - Green Space
#inkandwatercolor #urbansketching #pleinair #academicsummer
August 13, 2026 at 6:50 PM
—chocolate zucchini loaf cake baked two days ago just gets more and more delicious. (It’s definitely richer than #zucchinibread.) On a #temmoku-glazed plate that I #handmade 35 years ago in my first #pottery phase. Ah, #baking!
#academicsummer
#academicsummer
July 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
—chocolate zucchini loaf cake baked two days ago just gets more and more delicious. (It’s definitely richer than #zucchinibread.) On a #temmoku-glazed plate that I #handmade 35 years ago in my first #pottery phase. Ah, #baking!
#academicsummer
#academicsummer
—taking advantage of the last weekend of my summer to do some #sketching in Pulteney Park, specifically to focus on the Our Lady of Peace memorial fountain, with bonus 19th-cent. row houses on South Main, Geneva, New York.
29. Fountain
#USkAugustPrompts2026
#urbansketching #academicsummer
29. Fountain
#USkAugustPrompts2026
#urbansketching #academicsummer
August 29, 2026 at 10:34 PM
—taking advantage of the last weekend of my summer to do some #sketching in Pulteney Park, specifically to focus on the Our Lady of Peace memorial fountain, with bonus 19th-cent. row houses on South Main, Geneva, New York.
29. Fountain
#USkAugustPrompts2026
#urbansketching #academicsummer
29. Fountain
#USkAugustPrompts2026
#urbansketching #academicsummer
Good places from last week (Ullswater, Lantern Pike, Rosthwaite) #lakedistrict #chasingwaterfalls #academicsummer
August 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Good places from last week (Ullswater, Lantern Pike, Rosthwaite) #lakedistrict #chasingwaterfalls #academicsummer
—yesterday was a hazy day with no clouds in the sky, but the shoreline at #SodusPoint on #LakeOntario is still gorgeous. The outer lighthouse stands at the end of a #narrow pier.
#inkandwatercolor #pleinair #lakescape #GreatLakes #sketching #USkAugustPrompts2025 #urbansketching #academicsummer
#inkandwatercolor #pleinair #lakescape #GreatLakes #sketching #USkAugustPrompts2025 #urbansketching #academicsummer
August 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
—yesterday was a hazy day with no clouds in the sky, but the shoreline at #SodusPoint on #LakeOntario is still gorgeous. The outer lighthouse stands at the end of a #narrow pier.
#inkandwatercolor #pleinair #lakescape #GreatLakes #sketching #USkAugustPrompts2025 #urbansketching #academicsummer
#inkandwatercolor #pleinair #lakescape #GreatLakes #sketching #USkAugustPrompts2025 #urbansketching #academicsummer
—I did these pages yesterday. First I bit off more than I could chew with the #sketch, then I got very bogged down with adding #collage to address its problems, such that I needed to walk away for a day in order to make sure I was done.
#urbansketching #pleinair #inkandwatercolor #academicsummer
#urbansketching #pleinair #inkandwatercolor #academicsummer
August 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
—I did these pages yesterday. First I bit off more than I could chew with the #sketch, then I got very bogged down with adding #collage to address its problems, such that I needed to walk away for a day in order to make sure I was done.
#urbansketching #pleinair #inkandwatercolor #academicsummer
#urbansketching #pleinair #inkandwatercolor #academicsummer
—yesterday evening I threw together this #brownbutter #peach #cobbler #cake after a happy afternoon of sketching. It was so delicious that even my husband who *does not* eat #desserts had seconds.
#baking #academicsummer
#baking #academicsummer
July 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
—yesterday evening I threw together this #brownbutter #peach #cobbler #cake after a happy afternoon of sketching. It was so delicious that even my husband who *does not* eat #desserts had seconds.
#baking #academicsummer
#baking #academicsummer
—more #sketches after photographs and raspberry #slabpie for a special #birthday. (Apparently this is the summer of art and baking—it’s been fun! But it’s coming to an end.)
#inkandwatercolor #amateurbaking #academicsummer
#inkandwatercolor #amateurbaking #academicsummer
August 29, 2025 at 1:50 AM
—more #sketches after photographs and raspberry #slabpie for a special #birthday. (Apparently this is the summer of art and baking—it’s been fun! But it’s coming to an end.)
#inkandwatercolor #amateurbaking #academicsummer
#inkandwatercolor #amateurbaking #academicsummer
—another tree gone, this one in front of our neighbors’ house. The scene was dynamic so I could not draw everything—not the flourishing sugar maple next to this tree, a tractor busily removing branches, and houses in the background.
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #textandimage #academicsummer
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #textandimage #academicsummer
August 11, 2026 at 5:56 PM
—another tree gone, this one in front of our neighbors’ house. The scene was dynamic so I could not draw everything—not the flourishing sugar maple next to this tree, a tractor busily removing branches, and houses in the background.
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #textandimage #academicsummer
#urbansketching #inkandwatercolor #textandimage #academicsummer
—spent days #altering a t-shirt that never fit well but has great colors. I recut front and back (adding panels to the lower sides) before #sewing it back together. I still want to bind the neckline and mend all the holes. Button craft thread on cotton.
#handsewing #runningstitch #academicsummer
#handsewing #runningstitch #academicsummer
August 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
—spent days #altering a t-shirt that never fit well but has great colors. I recut front and back (adding panels to the lower sides) before #sewing it back together. I still want to bind the neckline and mend all the holes. Button craft thread on cotton.
#handsewing #runningstitch #academicsummer
#handsewing #runningstitch #academicsummer
—today I did a #bookbinding workshop at Wells Book Arts Center, folding pages, piercing the paper with an awl, sewing the binding, and gluing the covers. I have some trouble lining things up well, but I love the #imperfection of #handmade things.
#academicsummer
#academicsummer
June 17, 2026 at 8:31 PM
—today I did a #bookbinding workshop at Wells Book Arts Center, folding pages, piercing the paper with an awl, sewing the binding, and gluing the covers. I have some trouble lining things up well, but I love the #imperfection of #handmade things.
#academicsummer
#academicsummer
— #mending holes in a cotton minidress with #embroidery thread.
#neverendingmending #freeformembroidery #academicsummer
#neverendingmending #freeformembroidery #academicsummer
July 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
— #mending holes in a cotton minidress with #embroidery thread.
#neverendingmending #freeformembroidery #academicsummer
#neverendingmending #freeformembroidery #academicsummer