Hunt 223 Sketches, Baseball Photos

I wrote this on May 22 and somehow never posted it.  Sigh........  Better late than never.

May 22, 2011

I sketched out on the porch and in the kitchen this morning.  Nice morning, but already 80 degrees around 8:00 a.m.  Wow!  Summer is upon us.  I sketched in the Ultrecht sketchbook with the Faber-Castell PITT F pen and some colored pencil added.  I promised that I would try some watercolor on the paper, but have not.  Maybe tomorrow.....  For Scavenger Hunt 223.

Number 11, Stack of wood, lumber or firewood - the downed oak tree in the back, soon to be firewood after Gene splits it!

Number 12, kitchen counter and contents.
Number 13, Something in favorite color - mine is blue so take your pick of tops, wire rack, cabinets.  :)
Number 14, Wire whisk
Number 15, Hot - Toaster
(Challenge to group several items together)

And sadly, the Horns did not win the game last night.  Who knows what happens?  It was tied to the ninth inning, the Aggies scored 3 runs and the Horns couldn't answer.  This makes them tied for the Big 12 championship, but Texas gets the number 1 seed in the tournament on Wednesday.  We are not going to the tournament this year.  It is in Oklahoma City.  We have had lots of fun in the past.  We even got to meet Lou (Bag Blog) and Toby Baggett and their family.  Maybe next year we will just go to a regular series at Oklahoma State or Oklahoma, whoever we play up there.  Or meet the Baggetts in Lubbock when we play Texas Tech.

Here are a few photos from the game last night.  The last regular season game this year.  Regionals will be week after next and Texas should host, so that will be our games for the year.

Joanna waiting to take photos of the seniors.  She is far from us, this with the zoom on my little Casio camera.  Not bad!  You can read about all the games on Joanna's Longhorn Baseball Page and see her photos!  She takes great photos.  The official report is on the Texas Baseball Page.

Game talk and preparation to start the game.  The Star Spangled Banner singer warming up.

The seniors.

Stayton Thomas, lining up.  We had fun watching him pitch .. didn't get to pitch last night, though.

Tant Shepherd, we will miss him at first base.

Sam Stafford in action.

Hoby Milner on the mound.  One of my favorites to watch.  Gene would say they are all my favorites.  He teases me because my mom would always say, "That's my favorite song!" when listening to the radio and in five minutes the next one would come on and she would say again, "That's my favorite song."  I guess I do take after her,  wishy washy and cannot decide which is best. 

Today is the Austin Pastel Society meeting.  Jan Weaver is doing the demo.  That is Jan's painting on the front page. Will I see you there?