MIA

Sorry I've been gone for so long. With moving things just got really crazy. And now I've misplaced ETchy, so you'll have to wait a little bit longer. But soon, friends. Soon.

Hiatus

Sorry for the break. I haven't abandoned ship! I've been insanely busy getting school started up and organizing the house. I will be back soon!

Montana Peace

Had a great week away with extended family. Here are a few shots of scenery up in NE Montana. Very different from the mountains, but pretty too.

Famous landmark near my grandparent's place. Four Buttes.

This is a grain elevator, of which there are plenty in the prairie.

The texture is wrong on this with proportions because it doesn't show how vast the sky is. But there are a lot of fields and pretty sunsets to look at all around.

There's lots of corn here in Iowa (mostly dead this year), and lots of wheat in Montana. Both places feel like home.

From my Protege

My 5-year-old did a few of her own etches while we were on the road. This wasn't the best one but it was clever.

 

I believe this is also a depiction of North Dakota scenery.

Nort Dakoooota

We spent most of the day driving across North Dakota. There's a joke my aunt tells. You know the North Dakota state song? It goes "N is for the N in North dakota. O is for the O in North Dakota. R is for the R..." so and on and so forth. It's funny. For a while that's all you see. My landscape up there. Then it turns to some more trees, and eventually you hit some pretty badlands. i enjoyed the scenery though. It's relaxing to be able to see for so many miles ahead.
Now we're here with the relatives. Breathe and relax. Pretty scenery. Pretty skies. More sketches tomorrow (hoepfully).

Heading for Texas and Home

 

I've got my cowboy tunes loaded up, four suitcases, a bag o food and of course, Etchy packed and ready to go. We're heading west. Not to Texas. Because that's actually south. (You can thank Roy Rogers tunes for the post title--LOVE that guy). 

I hope to post a few sketches from the road, but internet can be a little sparse out there where the towns are 50 miles apart. I'd better stop making etches and get my butt to bed.

Crouching Flowers Hidden Squirrel

This is the background of the page, which is too dark to actually see, so I wanted to share it.
This all started because my kids wanted me to draw them pictures on the etch a sketch, preferred much over scribblings and getting stuck in the corner like they usually do. So this one I did for fun, and while sitting there, I realized that it would be fun to share these with more than three other people.
Squirrels and I have a long history. I cannot explain it or I would have to kill you. Actually, they would probably get to you first.