Monday, May 25, 2015

...And done!

For the past several years we have rented a house with friends over either Memorial Day weekend or the Fourth of July Weekend. We have rented on the beach, in the mountains, and on the delta and this year we decided to go back to the coast. We found a place on the tip of the Tomales Bay and haven fallen in love with it. It was a working dairy ranch until fairly recently and the house has an upscale 50s ranch feel to it. Much of the ranch has been sold to the National Park Service and they are restoring the wetlands. It is a short walk from town, there are walking trails just a few steps from the front door, and beautiful views all around. And then there is the Point Reyes National Seashore area....


Here are a couple of views I took over the weekend. The barn is on the Wetlands Restoration Area and is being restored as a history center and the tree to the left shows how trees are often shaped by the nearly constant wind here. It was quite cool this weekend but we did get some sun on Sunday afternoon.

I was very pleased that I had time to finish the final piece from the One Zentangle a Day book. The project was to do a line drawing and use tangles to fill in. I chose to use color so there are only a few tangles to add detail. This was really a lot of fun to do. And I am done with all the projects now! It has been so fun and I have learned so much. A really excellent book.
Tangles Used: Printemps, Beadlines, Flux, Tagh, and Athitzi

And the Diva Challenge this week was to use ONLY straight lines. This was  great challenge. Lately I seem to gravitate towards the organic. So this gave me a push to trot out some of the geometrics that I have sadly neglected ;) My husband says it reminds him of a video game we used to play!

Tangles Used: Jambalee, Screen (well, kinda!), Bandola, Honeycomb
So now we are back home, refreshed, and ready to take on the world!

12 comments:

  1. We headed to the beach too----but about 3,000 miles away from Point Reyes. Your response to the Diva's challenge is quite clever. I'm seeing a city during a wind storm---and no, I have not been drinking---at least not recently enough to have affected my perception. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :)

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  2. I like your bird tile full of colors and the second one - for Diva's challenge. Both are great!

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  3. I too see city blocks. Is it only me who remembers Sim City?

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  4. What a creative tile for the diva challenge! Very clever and I like the idea of the video game ;-) Wonderful bird too!

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  5. Loved the final piece, guess I'm a sucker for the colors you chose!

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  6. Yep, I remember Sim City - which was followed by Sim "fill in the blank" for eternity, it seemed. I love your tiles, Dorita, as well as the stories that go with them. Sounds like your summer is off to a great start...enjoy it!

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  7. I love both tiles but I must confess the picture with the bird is extraordinary. I am in love with it. Sarah.

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  8. I enjoyed reading about your Tomales Bay excursion. Sim Tower was my favorite SIM program. An interesting and fun Straight Line challenge Tile. It definitely has the Sim Tower component to me. Well done.

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  9. Interesting post! Your challenge tile is lovely and very creative! Especially I like your cute little birdie!

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  10. Your pix of Tomales Bay has such a beautiful pastoral feel to it! Really enjoyed reading your post and visualizing your travels through photos. Both of your tiles are interesting, but love the bird with all the color added!

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  11. Interisting ideas on your challenge tile. As an urban landscape !

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  12. I really love your challenge tile. Yes, it does remind me of some of the older video games and even some of the ones I actually tried to program...anyone remember basic? Anyway, the urban landscape set on the rather choppy shores of your ocean are very well done. I love your bird piece as well, the colors are beautiful and the drawing is amazing. Nice work!

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