Sandra and I drove to Dunnellon for a ‘Gallery Hop’ that included our friend Jeanne’s ‘Our Florida Books & Art Gallery’. She was able to get ,Florida landscape painter, Charles Rowe to appear. He rarely does personal appearances.
We did get there early and Sandra wanted to sit on the front porch of ‘Our Florida Books’. […]
Sandra and I hiked the Oxbow Trail on the Withlacoochee River. Above is a sketch I drew while on the trail.
Yesterday was door to door work for the McCain campaign all around concrete and asphalt. Early this morning was a 3 mile hike at Silver Glen Springs under trees and fresh air lead by Sandra. I was the “Sweep”, the person at the end making sure everyone is accounted for. This hike was part of the Springs […]
Made a trip into Gainesville to pick up materials for the McCain campaign. Quickly sketched these University of Florida students waiting for the light to change, as I was, at a Gainesville corner.
After running around for the McCain campaign, I headed over to the Springs Festival dinner for sponsors, the Springs Festival committee and politicians […]
We wrapped up our Punta Gorda trip by running around Punta Gorda taking notes and taking pictures for a few hours. Most of the photos will end up on the Genuine Florida Blog. Others will be in Sandra’s books.
Later we attended the closing night awards dinner of FOWA. Sandra won two! She tends to come home […]
Sandra gave a talk on how to greate a guide book to the Florida Outdoor Writers Association today. While I monitored her slide show, I sketched her above.
After that I drew a few caricatures for the Marion County Covention and Visitors Bureau.
Later we were at another FOWA dinner. Below are sketches of other attendees.
Sandra and I headed over to Boca Grande and spent most of the day exploring the island. Amongst the stops was to the Boca Grande lighthouse historical site. I sketched two park employees discussing something over a railing.
Later that afternoon we joined the beginning of the Florida Outdoor Writer’s Association annual meeting in Punta Gorda. […]
I helped Sandra take crowds out through the swamps of Big Cypress for the annual Muck-A-Bout. I did some sketching while out in the swamps, as to the right .
We headed south to be a part of the Clyde Butcher Muck-A-Bout. We took backroads to get there. A stop we made was at The Cool Place, an ice cream shop in Bartow. There Sandra and I had sundaes (See above).
For dinner we stopped at the 75 year old Flora and Ella’s in LaBelle. I […]
Took a trip for tooth cleaning. The lady who cleaned them, Linda, is an Ocala native and have all kinds of connections to Sandra’s family.
When I sketched the biohazardous bag above, I thought it’d be neat to color. After talking to colleague Ed Hall yesterday, I realized I need to try and color some of […]
Sandra and I headed to Orange County. Her for a conference. Me for a haircut at Jim’s Barber Shop. Unfortunately for me, Jim’s ill and his shears are taking a break, too.
That gave me time I didn’t expect, so I hit the bookstores. Picked up lots of goodies. Below are the best covers. All books […]
We made our way south to Clewiston for research and exploring. We made a lunch stop at the Orange Box Cafe in Frostproof. The restaurant is part of Frostproof Groves orange juice packing and juice palnt. Above are cabbage palms I saw outside the restaurant window.
We made it down to Clewiston and stayed at the Clewsiton […]
Our first stop during our Volusia County tour was Ponce Preserve. It’s a park that has a combo of opportunities to experience the original natural Florida tidal area of this part of the east coast. See the site for details. It’s a GREAT park and well worth the trip whether you take the boardwalk, the […]