Travel
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Butterfly in the Tropics
Finished up my butterfly girl while sitting in my new "studio" last night… Always good to work by tiki-torch, right? :) Ok, obviously not really my studio. But a darn nice place to paint while I'm on vacation. ~ k
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Maui, again…
That's right. I visited Maui in February and it was so, so good that I'm back already. :) So I thought I'd show you the little butterfly girl I started working on during my first day here. This is the spot I found at our hotel to sit and draw… Very peaceful. This is the
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Kodiak & a Nifty Idea (?)
In the continuing saga of our Fairbanks trip, this is Kodiak – the horse I got to ride at Chena Hot Springs. {Kodiak is also one of my favorite towns in Alaska!} I just love horses, but have never (yet) had one of my own. My daughter had never been on a horse at all….only
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Pretty / Cool
This is a strange/funky/enormous old landmark that you'll encounter on the drive between Anchorage & Fairbanks. There used to be a gas station & gift shop here, but it's actually all boarded up now and kind of creepy! So why am I showing you this? :) It seemed like a good segue into showing you
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Happy Solstice!
Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year – was technically yesterday. But yesterday we were busy enjoying the day at Chena Hot Springs. That's about an hour outside of Fairbanks, Alaska. (I love the photo above because it looks like the ducks were chatting while walking to "work"!) We came up here to
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Bee Art & Coffee
This is McCafferty's ~ my favorite coffee house in Fairbanks and always my first stop in the morning when I visit. I'm actually sitting at the airport right now {just on my way back to Anchorage} but wanted to show you a piece of art that lives in the window of McCafferty's before I forget.
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Snapshot of My Day
For the next couple days I'm in Fairbanks (about 350 miles north of Anchorage) for work. I lived here for about 10 years, so visiting is nice…I already know my way around & it's always interesting to see what's changed since I moved away in '92. On my flight up we had beautiful clear skies
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A Little Fishy
On the first day of our Maui trip, we went on a 6 hour snorkeling cruise with the Pacific Whale Foundation. I brought a disposable underwater camera with me and just got the photos back today. They don't do justice to how beautiful and clear the water was, but it is nice to have a
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Flowers & Birds
Compared to the snowy landscape I have at home, the flowers in Maui are so lovely! I’m back now and spending time sorting through the 1000+ photos I took while on the island. Love the girl on this florist’s sign. Some of the flower photos were taken at the Maria Lanakila Historic Cemetery. There were