Friday we met up with our friends Diana & Karen at the Portland Art Museum. We spent most of our time at a special exhibit of Aboriginal art from Australia. Like the USA they have a troubled history regarding native people and non-white immigrants. This piece applies to us all. Saturday morning Alexis and Joe…
Tag: travel
Thoughts from theTravelsketcher – Quick sketch
There are times when we settle in, dig out all of the multiple pens, brushes, paints, markers, even easels and such to do a travelsketch. Thanks to the 25+ years on the road that it took to make me theTravelsketcher I learned to carry a light kit, I just don’t take something I might need…
Thoughts from theTravelsketcher – August 24, 2026
There is nothing like a new notebook to mark a change in direction. Sadly, my favorite Pentalic was not available, so I am trying a Leuchtturm1917. “TheTravelsketcher’s Tuesday” is evolving into “Thoughts from theTravelsketcher” which will most likely be posted on Mondays, except when it is not. Phil Rosenthal encourages people to travel by saying,…
This week in The Pearl – August 20, 2026
Heading into some busy times but there is still time to watch some travel and our continuing re-watching of Somebody Feed Phil. Saturday, Tricia made one of my favorites, I do have a lot of favorites, but hey! food is important. Baked shrimp and mashed cauliflower. This is the preparation that even changed our friend…
This week in The Pearl – August 13, 2026
Our main purpose in going to Mukilteo last week was to help our Parisian friends, Shirley & Jim, sort through their storage unit. Like we did when we moved to France, they got rid of most everything but also kept a lot in a storage unit in Mukilteo. Since they plan to stay in France…
