A Meeting

Meetings are often tedious, but not this one. Good use of time...

Summer Doodle Stitching

My leisurely summer vacation has affected my stitching--I have been stitching s-l-o-w-l-y. This is partially due to the lack of a sewing machine. 

Just doodling on fabric with bits of scraps that I couldn't throw away. I'm leaving the raw edges (attached with a running stitch) and then adding some needle turn appliqué holes here and there. 

Cheerful. 

Out and About, 12

Sketching while out and about in June and sketching suffering students. Exams sometimes extend well into June. Most students are now on the beaches and school will probably start rolling in October; It is a beach culture, after all, at least along the coast.

Two Houses

While proctoring exams in June, I looked out the window and drew nearby houses. Lovely weather. Good use of time.

An Olive Tree

Olive trees have silvery-green leaves that are beautiful in the wind. I have several wild olive trees (they seem to sprout up everyplace) in my garden. This one is an old tree I saw on the road.

Breakdown

My uneventful drive to Kairouan became eventful when my car stopped on the autoroute (freeway). It all turned into an adventure when I got to ride in a tow truck, whose driver deposited my car at the local mechanic's shop. While waiting for the tow truck to arrive, I sketched my surroundings to record the moment.

The University of Kairouan

The road to Kairouan is torturous and the landscape becomes drier and drier as one drives south and west. I helped with some academic work at the University of Kairouan, spending the better part of a day there. 

I was thankful to get back to my corner of the world where it's greener.

Another Suffering Student

It's a tough choice, the beach or exams.

And then out and about, driving in Tunis. Temperatures are rising...

Airport Sketching

The summer has been busy with lots of trips to the airport. 

However, it is a sad airport, rather morose, with few tourists daring to venture forth.

Break Away

We tried to break away from the everyday routine and squeeze in a couple of days at the beach before the grandkids arrived. Wouldn't you know, it was windy and even rained a few drops. Nice dinner in a restaurant, all the same, and the palm trees in the wind were spectacular.

Parts & Pieces

Some days when I go out I only catch bits and pieces of this or that in my small journal. An architectural detail, people waiting for the bus or in the bus, different views of the low mountains.

Playing with pretty colors...

Out & About, 11

The "take-a-line-for-a-walk" got rather carried away, looking a bit like fire.

Suffering Students

Exams are pretty much wrapped up. The "suffering students" theme can be put to rest for the summer.


I'm rather fond of my still life of a flower pot, truck and cement factory building. Odd combination... 

Doodling

Having spent some time visiting in a hospital last week, I needed a small stitching project to tote along.

Women will start talking to me when I'm stitching, especially if they do some kind of handwork at home. What I don't understand is how people sit around for hours in waiting rooms doing nothing...

This is just playing with beautiful colors of leftover bits from a journal page. Just couldn't throw them out, so I'm stitching them down with a running stitch, leaving the raw edges. Doodling.

Out & About, 10

While visiting a family member in a hospital, I sketched the view from the fourth floor. I tried drawing in a spiral manner, which was interesting. I started with the left side of the building on the right and built upon that.

Another day, while sitting in the car, I sketched several different aspects of one view within frames.














Ballpoint pen with Prismacolor added later. I find it interesting to see the evolution of this journal. The drawings are becoming more and more complex, it would seem--I have no control over this..