Over the Pasture fence

        

       From 2 weeks ago on a short bike ride east of town. Stopped in the shade of some scrub trees along the ditch, and took a few to get this view on paper. Seems like I made a note of the variety of tree here, but cannot seem to see it now. There are 2 or three more along this stretch that are calling me back there. The nice thing about doing it from the Diamondback is that no one hardly knows I am in the neighbor hood, and if they do, an ol' codger on a bike is a whole lot less suspicious looking than if he were in a vehicle.

Spring Gate in Late Summer

         Once upon a time where N 1250 road runs south of Mary's lake and ends at E 1750 there was a cattle chute that was put together or patched with a number of rusty bed springs from before the day when box springs were in-closed with cloth. (You know you are old when you can remember as a kid reaching over the side of the bed and catching your fingers in unprotected springs!) The chute has now disappeared, but there is a sketch of that “Sprung Chute” around here somewhere.

       This old unused corral enclosing the weathered wood feeder is of a similar vintage and style, but has survived 'till today. And about a mile as the crow flies from that old chute... This drawing was done this week, after far too long a sabbatical from pencil and paper.  

On the "Thumbnails" page you can see how it is to use a little different pencil and style for doing quick sketches.

Oldie

This is an ink drawing from a long time ago. One of those scenes you just can't resist puttin' on paper.

Ok, we have been under the weather for a couple weeks...
Hope you all are doing better!  Here is a quick view of the latest trip across Iowa-  a little unusual view!

Cat Door

         How about another old garage? It is not hard to find a vintage garage in old Lawrence when you need something to draw! The ol' 2 car garage is a classic for sure. The note on the drawing says 12:30 PM. I was half listening to a football game at the time... The drawing was an effort to drown out the Jayhawks- who were getting beaten again!

        The title is sorta a guess of the least you might expect to be living in this one. You might expect a cat to come out from under the door, or to poke it's head in to catch a mouse off guard. Might even expect a 'black and white kitty' if you were real lucky! I am not sure anyone has been using the big doors, though “skunks” of the 2 legged variety could probably not be kept out if they were looking for mischief.

        This place like many is not too small but certainly is too rough to be used for your Smart Car. This garage was erected before town folk drove “boats” like the '59 Ford Fairlane. or monster SUV's for getting kids to soccer, or pick-ups for the weekend warriors!

        So who goes in and out these days? Maybe just the landlord on foot with his junk. Or maybe this is not much more these days than just a cat door...

The nice thing about cats is they help keep out some of the riff raff.