Best Pizza

Yesterday we went to get our favorite (newly-discovered) Pizza. It is very thin-crusted and so yummy!  The only thing is, it is way downtown (near Greektown, in the Eastern Market) which is almost down to the Detroit Riverfront :-)   Oh, but it is goo-ood!!!  The place is a tiny hole-in-the-wall and you go up to the counter (shown here) and order, then they bring it out to you--sit anywhere you can find a seat....it's quite busy there.  I couldn't capture the light fixtures--upside down washtubs with a big bulb hanging from the inside--quite unique. 

Wildflowers--Great Smokie Mountains National Park--April 2013

 

A couple more watercolor wildflowers from the GSMNP.  There are tons more wildflowers there this week as it is The Wildflower Pilgrimage that starts today down there.

Dutchman's Breeches (Last Year)

We saw only one lonely D. Breeches last year, so I painted this from what I saw and the picture in the flower book.  It's actually more colorful than this year's painting--but this year (below) we had a look at 100's of them!  These little beauties come and go quite quickly.

Dutchman's Breeches

We were so excited to find tons of these Dutchman's Breeches (wildflowers) along the Roaring Fork Nature Trail--We went the day that the "drive" opened and were totally rewarded with these (rare to us) Flowers. GSMNP. 

Some of the Wildflowers

We were looking for wildflowers--even tho' it was quite early......The ones we found were so pretty!  I didn't paint anywhere near all of the varieties.  Great Smokie Mountains National Park.

Smokie Mountains

Just returned fromt the Smokie Mountains--a little vacation :-)  Looking for Wildflowers, etc.  We always stop at this Waterfall because it is right along the "Little River Road" and easy to see.  Since we don't "hike" anymore, we are in tune with stuff we can see from the road or a "short" walk :-)  Had fun sketching and w/c some things which I may post later on.

Always Ready to Watercolor

I was going through some pictures to send to a friend and I came across this photo of my open purse during Watercolor/Journaling Class (Catherine Carey, Petoskey, MI).  I love that class and am looking forward to "signing up" for the same class this summer.  I always need to be refreshed--'Don't try to paint the "whole thing",  Keep it simple, Draw/paint what you see, etc'.