Monthly Archives: September 2011

Daily Squiggle

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Parachutist
The green parachute always guarantees a safe landing.

Most of this drawing is marker, but the parachute is shaded in green color pencil. the color scheme is complementary with the red and green, but I used red, green and yellow to make the different browns.

I believe he is going to drop a bag of sand to mark his landing spot. The green parachute makes him a little bit of a dandy.

-Lynne

Sunset Challenge: Dunes

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Here at the Indiana Dunes, the DNR posts the sunset times on their big activity boards. Last night we went to the beach and, along with quite a few other people, watched the sun set at 6:52 pm.

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It was really quite surprising how fast the sun went down. Within 15 minutes the beach was cleared of everyone but us.

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The best photos of a sunset (in my opinion) come after the sun has gone down. The colors are much more dramatic then.

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Mom took quite a few photos and I cannot wait to see how hers turn out.

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My feet were getting cold so I sat on the sand while Mom continued taking photos. I declared this to be my space, Facebook was over there. (I apologize for the terrible pun.)

The Unexpected

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So as some readers may know we (Kristin and Lynne) are up in Northern Indiana visiting the Indiana Dunes. Lynne (who shall hereafter in this post be called Mom) had never been to the Dunes before, so we came up here for our yearly camping trip. We travel well together and as we had nowhere specific to actually be, we have stopped at any and everything that looked interesting.
While wondering around trying to find Beverly Shores we found this excellent little art store. After wondering around the store for a bit, I could no longer call it little. This place has more supplies crowded on every shelf, we could spend hours in here. I am actually writing this while Mom is looking at every type of pencil or pen available, whether oil, water or crayon.

If you are up north looking for art supplies, this is a great place to stop. It is called Glenn L. Firme Art and Office Supplies. It is on Highway 12 in Beverly Shores, IN. Hey, we found the town we were looking for!

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