April Sky

5″X7″ Pencil on paper

I was drawing this while waiting to connect to the CCRA website. This is tax-filing day and, having left it to the last minute as usual, I am having to compete with everyone else trying to do the same. It was very cold today, disheartening after all the lovely weather we have been having. But at least my grass seed is sprouting, so some of the mange in my “lawn” is filling in.

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Whirligig


7″X5″ Graphitint & aquarelle in paper

This is not in fact a windmill as you might think, but a wind machine.

“Wind machines are tall, fixed-in-place, engine-driven fans that pull warm air down from high above ground during a strong thermal inversion, raising air temperatures around cold-sensitive crops such as grapes.” (American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers)

They are all over the peninsula, not unattractive but they have as many critics as supporters. The sound pollution they produce is quite considerable.