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10 Jan 2013

Rice Moon

Tuesday night the tide was low at 6 o'clock. 
Flashlights in hand, we stumbled out across the rocks.
There were lobsters. Brittle starfish. And we saw the head of an eel poking out from a crevice under a rock, opening and closing its mouth, with small, needle-sharp teeth. 
I got a creepy feeling. Of wading in the warm waters in the dark.

We went back to the shore and sat for an hour, sky-gazing.
A fabulous comet - or suchlike - flashed across the heavens, with a streaming orange tail.
Perhaps once in your lifetime you will be lucky enough to see that.  
Nilo is 10.
 I will soon be 42.

A strange series of daily sketches. 
Each a few minutes.
You're not allowed to think beforehand, or to make corrections afterwards. 
Those are the rules.
It is what it is!
9th January, Watercolor and Ink.


Rice Moon [base]

Design concept. © CatherineV. Bainbridge 2013




Rice Moon [faux block]
Design concept. © CatherineV. Bainbridge 2013


Rice Moon [faux repeat]
Design concept. © CatherineV. Bainbridge 2013


Rice Moon [simple detailing - indigo]
Design concept. © CatherineV. Bainbridge 2013


Rice Moon [more detailing - indigo/lavender]
Design concept. © CatherineV. Bainbridge 2013


Rice Moon [even more detailing]
Design concept. © CatherineV. Bainbridge 2013

Do what you can to keep going!

19 May 2012

Rock Pools

Today.
Walking in the rock pools with Nilo.
Some are like clay.
Some encrusted.
Some embedded.
And some covered with all kinds of life.
 I have no idea what this strange creature might be, but surely it's a relative of the Trilobite?
About 3 inches long... and yes, alive!

I'm tired of only having the camera on my phone. 
I'm tired. Full stop.

30 Mar 2012

Gone fishing

We bought a little fishing boat and Fanier rebuilt her.
 After a few weeks of fiber glass work [and very sore fingers]...
We got the "Catherine Victoria" on the water.
Last weekend, we toured the Golfo Dulce. 
We found palm fringed deserted beaches where to disembark.
And shimmering, lopping waters of mangroves at high tide.

We came upon a school of dolphins...
And Nilo caught his first Baracuda.

Here he is!
It was a magical day!
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