Behinder Sketches

As the old saying goes, "The faster I go, the behinder I get."  That seems to be Gene and I.  I imagine it is age but we don't think old in our heads.  We are much slower at what we do.  I went to post this and realized I hadn't finished posting sketches from the last Hunt.

I sketched at Jennie's and Brandon's where we baby sat the house and the grand-dogs.  Guess the dogs should really come first.  It was a different weekend at least.  We ate lunch on Saturday in Manor, Texas, at Maxine's Gumbo House.  http://gumbotexas.com/  It was very good and of course, not crowded.  We did go about 230 in the afternoon, so that helped.  We tried the Crawfish Étouffée, Gumbo, Red Beans and Rice, and Jambalaya.  All were good.  They also serve wine and beer which we enjoy.

Brandon has roots in New Orleans.  He usually has a crawfish boil for his birthday.  I drew this card for him a couple of years ago and didn't ever post it.

Crawfish Boil

Ink and watercolor, 8.5 x 5.5

I sketched on Friday afternoon in the mixed media sketchbook with a Micron 02, out on the deck.  Nice.

Scavenger Hunt 654  Kind - Chewie (Chewbaca) is a Shih Tzu and probably would be considered a kind dog as well.  

Scavenger Hunt 655 Number 1, bake ware and Number 2, brick -I subbed the grill for the bake ware which was weighted down with bricks.  I did this on Monday on the deck with Micron 02 as well.

Scavenger Hunt 655 Number 3, tree - not sure what this tree is, but it has many more leaves and is about 15 feet or more tall.  May be a red bud tree???  Same tools for sketching.

The last of the roses are beautiful in their yard.

We had lunch from Chuy's (in Austin) when the kids got back from their trip - a treat for us.  We are back home,  trying to get a schedule and get things done.  Not easy, referring back to the title of this post, Behinder .......  See you "sooner"  I hope.