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Between the Bluffs 2025
It’s started I was out on SR 35 at the Black River Saturday, October 4 It has been this Fall, so the leaves have just started to turn. I’m using my light set up. Camera tripod with paper stretched in a board. It was 85 degrees by early afternoon. But #1 is done. Continue reading
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Here and There
For a day off we wandered around the region and ended up in Winona, MN This at the History Center made me laugh. It’s a coffee cart that was used by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. There is a park that looks down on the city and the Mississippi River. I’m looking for Plein Air Continue reading
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River City Gallery
Visit the River City Gallery in La Crosse. Here is my page: https://www.rivercitygallerylax.com/s/stories/david-carlson Enjoy and Support local artists. Continue reading
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Counting bugs with kids
Here was a small thing, but it might be a big thing. Grandkids, 9 and 5 years, went into our yard for a Bug Count. Equipment: pencil, paper and clipboards. Time: ten minutes Process: explain that the bees will not bother them if they just look. Also showed how to count with hash marks. Result: Continue reading
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Many shades of green
My daughter and I went to paint at Myrick Park in La Crosse. At this time of year the marsh has abundant algae and the bluffs are very green. The challenge is to have grades and distinctions in the greens. In the past there have been some sad stories about green from the tube. I Continue reading
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Pollenators
You think your lawn is a space, but to pollinators it is the equivalent of pavement. We have some natives as well as annuals in our yard. The bumble bees and butterflies love our hyssop. Later they will be all over the asters. In an 18 inch row along our driveway we cast wild flowers. Continue reading
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Updated Gallery space
I switched a few pictures to fit the theme of Downtown Paint Around. DTPA open house is August 1 from 5-7pm at River City Gallery. La Crosse. Continue reading
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Paint Around
River City Gallery holds a Downtown Paint Around every July. The rule is Plein Air within 1 mile of the gallery. I chose a house of friends on Cass and 10th. It was a gray day, but pleasant. I am aiming for a free-ish expression, but trying to depict the architecture. There are so many Continue reading
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Some Prairie Pollenators
Here are some friends we my et at Perrot State Park while camping. We also saw several species of dragonflies who were too busy to pose. Continue reading
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Camping with sketchbook
We are at Perrot State Park camping for a few days. In the morning we headed to a shady bench for my watercolor and Jer’s stitching kit. Mount Trempeleau is short for the name given by French explorers, ” The Mountain with its foot in the water.”. Before the French and since it is a Continue reading
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