Tuesday At The Hackley Library

 What an amazing building!  There was so much to see and so little time to sit and sketch.  We're going back next week.  

There was so much carving on this fireplace and so little time I opted to just do a portion of it.  Next week I may do the entire fireplace -- or maybe the second fireplace in another room.

 

Or perhaps some of the wonderful old hardware.... these are just a few.

                     

I love old so this place was heaven for me.  The only thing better would have been an old boat yard but that would be outside and it's a bit nippy out.  

We have snow today, not enough yet but a start.  Winter is another love.  My husband says it's because I don't have to shovel it. That's true but I loved it even when I did have to do the shoveling.  The only problem I have with winter is the cold and my Renaud's Syndrome.  I use handwarmers.  My doctor suggested I put heated gloves on my Christmas list.  I didn't know there was such a thing but I put them on the list I gave my husband.  I may even help with the shoveling if he gets them for me.

If I don't get time to post next week I wish you a

  Very Merry Christmas 

and I'll be back before the start of 2023

Snow and A Reminder of Home

We have snow.... lots of it.  Facebook posts by some of my friends say "Michigan Is Closed."  Not everything but a lot is closed.  Usually my dear husband does all of our shoveling.  He has a huge snow blower that does a magnificent job.  Unfortunately it is too large for me to use and he has been sick since Friday.  It has been snowing every day since Fridays so the shovel has gotten a workout..

Last night I was pretty tired from all that shoveling.  However, before going to bed I had to do one quick sketch from a photo that had been posted on the Weekend Drawing Event over on wetcanvas.com.  The photo was posted by a friend, a view from her front yard in Oklahoma.  It could have been the front yard of the house I grew up in …. had to at least get a quick sketch done...  The only thing different is the foliage in the foreground.  Otherwise that's the little bay our home was on looking out at the big bay the other side of the peninsula.  There was a log cabin on the end of that peninsula.... should have put that in my sketch,

 

Today was the worst but I live in a great neighborhood... neighbors pitched in and did the worst of it. Now I'm ready for the next blast which they say is coming tonight.