Skating Pond at Pier Park

In the afternoons and early evenings, it is full of kids and families.

A Matter of Scale

No, they aren't mountain ranges or dirt hills or cliffs, they are heaps of algae melting through the snow at the shore of Lake St Clair.

TODAY IS MY DEADLINE for the FELLOWSHIP APPLICATION. WISH ME LUCK!

The Alley behind the Library in February

Can you tell I'm not getting out much? TOMORROW is the Fellowship Deadline!

Wildlife, Pier Park

OK, so we don't have moose or bison here. It is DETROIT! (It was also quite dark.) (I always see animals when it's dark). (Plus, I didn't have a real camera, only a point and shoot.)

Still working on a tight deadline!!!

Winter-Spring (I wish!)

Here is our latest local snowman--it's about six feet tall!!! And an azalea IN BLOOM--(but it's inside our house--a bonsai.) (Still, it's cheery and reminds me spring WILL come.) (I hope!)

Click on the second two images to make them bigger.

I have a huge backlog and a HUGE deadline coming up, so forgive me if I am slow in responding to comments!!!

SNOW!

The first is the view out our front windows toward the storm. This was early on--we've had a LOT more snow since then. The second picture is a fractal I made using FractalWorks, I free download for Macs. Click image to view larger. Today, the sun is shining brightly on the new snow, but I have not been out to photograph it yet.

Neighborhood Snow Persons

One next door and one across the street. Made during the thaw--now it is frigidly cold again.

The Ice Palace at Dusk

Here's another shot of the Ice Palace on Belle Isle (Or, Ice Tree, as Moxie calls it) taken about 15 minutes earlier than the previous one.

The Ice Palace at Dusk

We visited the "Ice Palace" (sorry about the name) on Belle Isle at dusk on Sunday night. It had been warm for several days and you can see some parts of the Christmas trees that the ice is built on and the water spraying at the tip. Above the group of people toward the left, you can see the Renaissance Center and downtown Detroit and in the center distance, the lights of the city of Detroit. It looks far away but it is actually very close.

Abandoned Detroit IV

Foreclosures are rampant in Detroit because of the economy and the trouble with auto industries. This house is on Canyon in Detroit, one of many. It's in (or at the edge of) the Copper Canyon area, which used to be a bit of an upscale neighborhood.

Here's a new sketch of hubby.

Biker Buddy, Resting, by Mary Stebbins Taitt. Markers. Quick sketch. Click to view slightly larger. (Detroit artist at work.)

and another set of new sketches from last night:

Last night I was fooling around doing an experiment. I did a value study of BB's face in our normal diningroom lighting using markers and then colored it with markers. It's not a great portrait (it doesn't look as nice as he really looks!), but it was a good experiment. Click to view slightly larger.

Captured Shadows

Seen in a yard along Canyon in Detroit.

Not getting out much

These slides at a local school (On Canyon) have not seen much use, even though the playground gates are standing open--the kids aren't getting out much and either am I. In spite of the sunshine--which we had earlier then it turned grey.


Here is my newest art piece, a water color painting of my friend Scott at Silk Creek. Click imaf to view larger.

SNOW, snow, and more snow

It's been snowing every day. I've got to get out and shovel! AK! It's pretty, though!

Dodge Park

Clinton River and shadow of bridge (look closely).

At the Maritime Museim on Belle Isle, in Winter

Not many kids climbing the climbing boat today!

Mall Walking

Yesterday, we went mall walking, because the sidewalks were all icy and the snow was all crusty (not good for skiing).

• frog boots at Target
• wigs at the hair shop
• Mr. and Mrs. Death in some random mall window (I forget which, nothing that interested me)
  
• The last picture is the view out our front window right now--only it doesn't really show how hard it is snowing! (That's my car, and I need to clean it and shovel!)
  

Two more from Cranbrook

From our ski journey yesterday--we haven't gotten out yet today.

skiing at Lake St. Clair

We skied around Pier Park, out the pier, over to the gazebo, and out onto Lake St. Clair where we skied out to look at the frozen ice floes. It was late in the day and the sun set while we were out on the ice.

Back-Country Skiing in Detroit

Yes, ladies and Gentlemen, this IS Detroit! We're skiing in the woods on Belle Isle and we are on a little side trail along Nashua Creek. Click image to view larger.

Our Storm today

It may not look it, but I shoveled for well over two hours and then Biker Buddy came home and shoveled some more. LOTS of snow! And cold wind. Schools were closed.

I think I overdid it--I'm all sore and tired.