EDM 2015 #27: Something furry or fuzzy

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #27: Something furry or fuzzy

Chipmunk in the garden at Quail Hollow

EDM 2015 #26: A Sign

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #26: A Sign

We saw this at Kedleston Hall outside of Derby, England.  They had a problem with all their sheep devouring their lawns!  This sketch was a pretty slapdash effort, as I was getting several days behind in the EDM Sketch event.

EDM 2015 #25: An Apron

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #25: An Apron

Since I got the apron a little too much off center, I decided to crop this one and turn it into note paper.

EDM 2015 #24: A Key

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #24: Key

A Harp Tuning Key

EDM 2015 #23: A interesting detail of a building

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #23: A interesting detail of a building

The Hotel de Ville, in Tours France has four of these very tired looking men holding up the roof of the building. They've been holding up the roof for centuries and look completely exhausted!

EDM 2015 #22: Something that hangs from or is attached to a wall in your home

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #22: Something that hangs from or is attached to a wall in your home

EDM 2015 #21: The spot you regularly sit to read

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #21: The spot you regularly sit to read

This is actually my friend's favorite spot to sit and read. My spot is not nearly as pretty :-)

EDM 2015 #20: Your Wallet/billfold.

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #20: Your wallet/billfold

Well, this is really my great-grandfather's wallet (Wilhelm Christoph Schmidt, born 1854, Elmshorn, Germany, near Hamburg, died 1915, East Orange, New Jersey, USA), but it belongs to me now. I found it in a box of my grandmother's memorabilia, and inside the wallet was his passport from 1872! His brother's birth certificate, and a poem written in old German script for someone's funeral, were also in the wallet, so it was a great find!

EDM 2015 #19: Cupcakes

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #19: Cupcakes. (I see these in stores around here: One Angel Food; One Devil's Food)

EDM 2015 #18: Lipstick/Lipgloss

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #18: Lipstick/Lipgloss

EDM 2015 #16 and #17: Ingredients for a favorite recipe and Something used for measuring

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #16: Ingredients for a favorite recipe (Rote Grütze / German Berry Compote) and #17: Something used for measuring (Measuring cup and spoons)

EDM 2015 #15: Something that can be thrown/given away

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #15:  Something that can be thrown/given away

Preliminary sketch of Bamboo on Buddha Board.  Bamboo is a good ecological alternative for disposable products because it is biodegradable, compostable, and this high-yield plant grows quickly, without the need for pesticides and chemical fertilizers -- an easily renewable resource that produces more oxygen than trees, doesn't deplete the soil or water supplies, and saves world hardwood forests.  My sketch was water on Buddha Board. The water behaves like ink, but then evaporates back into the air, giving you a blank slate for your next sketch.

EDM 2015 #14: Something you use everyday

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #14: Something you use everyday (piano)

EDM 2015 #13: The last thing you bought (A Fitbit fitness tracker)

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #13: The last thing you bought. (A Fitbit)

EDM 2015 #12: Some stairs or steps

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #12: Some stairs or steps. (Grand Degrés Saint-Louis, a small street in Blois, France.)

EDM 2015 #10 & #11: Something that can be turned on/off, and #11: A hat

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #10: Something that can be turned on/off, and Sketch #11: A hat, a cap, or other type of headgear.  (I was getting pressed for time, so I combined these!).

Battery-operated Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Hat with a Light-up Nose!

EDM 2015 #9: Something with a label

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #9: Something with a label

EDM Sketch #8: Something with handles

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #8: Something with Handles

EDM Sketch #7: An Envelope

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #7: An Envelope

EDM Sketch #6: Something with Bristles

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #6: Something with Bristles

EDM Sketch #4 Jars of Spices and #5 Something Hot

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #4 Jars of Spices and #5 Something Hot

EDM Sketch #3: Curtains

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #3: Curtains

EDM Sketch #2: A Nearby Tree

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #2: A Nearby Tree

EDM Sketch #1: A Favorite Food

EDM Every Day in May Facebook Group Sketch #1: A Favorite Food

#23: Three Cockles

#22: Valentine's Day Present from Dan

#21: Gray day on the Gulf

#20: Post and rope

#19: Red Clock

#18: Sailor the Yacht Club Cat

#17 Quintessential Florida

#16 Mr. Tiggywinkle

(My husband Dan has taken over laundry duties while we are on vacation, hence the name Mr. TIGGYWINKLE, after Beatrix Potter's hedgehog,  Mrs. Tiggywinkle,  the village laundry lady...)

#15 Bruce House Sleigh

#14 Lettered Olive Shell

#13 Crescent Moon

#12 Catching Bubbles

#11 Punta Cana Peacock 2

#9: Punta Cana Peacock

#10: Brown Pelican

#8: Twilight over the Gulf

#7: Water Hazard on the golf course

#6: Umbrella Tree?

Sketch 6

#5: Proud Catch

#4: Hibiscus at the breakfast table

#3: Sailboat out in the bay

#2: An apple a day...

Sketch 3

#1: Outside the Old Captiva House after breakfast

Winter Sunset in Canton, Ohio

Winter Sunset in Canton, Ohio

At the Bruce House, Cumberland, Maryland

Fireplace in the parlor of The Bruce House, Cumberland, Maryland

We went to hear Mountainside Baroque's concert, "Lessons and Carols," in Cumberland, Maryland this weekend. The music was superb, and the setting, Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Cumberland was beautiful.  We had a very pleasant stay at the Bruce House Inn .  Our room was furnished tastefully with antiques, the breakfast was delicious as well as beautifully presented, and the company (the other guests and host, Pam) were so pleasant to be with.  It was fun going to the concert and seeing our host and fellow guests there!  If you plan to go next year, go a half hour early.  The church was packed and it was hard to find a seat ten minutes before the performance.

Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania

Children's Lake at Boiling Springs, Pennsylvania

Dan and I enjoyed some good meals in Boiling Springs, on our way home to Ohio after a visit to my family in New Jersey. We had an excellent dinner at the Boiling Springs Tavern Saturday evening. (Oysters Rockefeller, followed by veal main dishes), and then lunch on Monday afternoon at Cafe 101, where we had peppermint lattes and tuna melt sandwiches with a beautiful view.

Coincidentally, Boiling Springs is the birthplace of Henry Warstler, who was the first settler in Stark County, Ohio, where we now live. There is a Henry Warstler Cemetery about a mile from our home.