riding down the road with Keith and Mom I got to draw in the backseat next to the bucket of flowers |
We went to Williamsburg VA and visited Yorktown and Jamestown Island with my mother and her pal Mildred for a week. We did a lot of outlet shopping to replace clothes that don't fit us any longer due to the great weight loss we managed to pull off this summer. We even ate out a lot more than usual but did our best to stick to the rules for the last phase of our diet. But I could write and write volumes of stories about what we did and what we saw but they are always better with pictures. So I want to divide it up. Make several posts and try to catch up a little at a time. So I will begin with the trip to Williamsburg.
Keith and I on a cold rainy afternoon in Jamestown Island National Park |
Powhatan Plantation House at dusk subject of the sketch below |
I sat in the dark on a rock in a drainage ditch to get this sketch before the light was completely gone |
Our digs at Powhatan time share were surrounded by great branches of berries and patterns of colonial Virginia |
The puzzle table was a unlikely subject for a sketch |
Mildred was just working intently on putting together the puzzle and seemed to be ready made as a subject. |
James river lapping waves on the island drive |
marsh was high from rains |
Nearly so high that water as to wash over the roadways |
Pygmy deer stag passed over the road with a full set of antlers! |
The marsh and river beyond at tip of Jamestown Island |
Orange pine needles covered the edges of the roadway |
grasses are reddish orange in the marsh this time of year |
The leaves were just beginning to show the colors of autumn |
Keith was cold in his fleece as the wet wind blew on him |
Much more comfortable at the Williamsburg Market place shopping center later... |
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