Scribble Picnic - Bottle

My SCRIBBLE PICNIC post was completed several days ago. . . . . . . . and

 then somehow I accidentally deleted it and couldn't get it back.

Have you ever done that? So frustrating.

Anyway, here I've worked on it again but my time is limited as I'm

in the midst of a very busy week prior to leaving town on a 

little pre-birthday road trip.

Just know that I continue to be grateful for dear Michael

bringing us together in this lovely group, and I hope those of you we

haven't heard from in a while will soon return. Also, we would love 

new friends to join us here at SCRIBBLE PICNIC - here are Michael's 

instructions for joining in - we would welcome you with open arms.

 My photo, edited to a b/w sketch with color added back using watercolor pencils.

Antique bottles by the window at the Argyle Downs Homestead Museum, 
Kununurra, East Kimberley, Western Australia.

 Former 1880's home of the Durack family, a prominent immigrant pastoral

 family from Galway, Ireland, this was a very interesting stop during my amazing

adventure to Western Australia in 2012.

Stop by SCRIBBLE PICNIC today, we would love you to join us and, as we

 are now bi-weekly, you have plenty of time to enjoy working on your

piece for next time. Hope to see you soon.

Don't complain about the heat. . . . . . . .

Hotel garden in Broome, Australia - 2012

The temperature/heat index here yesterday when I checked around 2 PM, 
was again 100F. The entire week ahead will remain

in the high 90's with little if any rain.

 It's complicated, the way the weather guys give temperature readings these

 days!  But of course nothing stays the same anymore - there's always a new

 way to do everything. Even my long gone parents used to say that, so I guess it's 

just something that occurs with each decade.

Oh yes, about the heat. Thinking back, I felt the most uncomfortable and overheated
 in two particular places in the world - Singapore and Western Australia. 

Singapore, amazing in many ways, but probably the most hot and humid place 

I've ever experienced - go HERE for a glimpse of my all too brief visit.

Flying across Australia - Sydney to Broome - 2012 

Western Australia? Talk about hot, hotter than hot, the driest

 hot ever. . . . . . . I thought I was going to die in the Northern Territory, especially
 on the days spent adventuring in Kakadu National Park and Arnhem Land. 

But, wouldn't have missed visiting such an interesting place and

learning so much about the landscape and the Aborigines, Australia's 
indigenous people who have lived there over 30,000 years.

Edited:  I see it's 107F in Death Valley, California today, but will reach 114F on Monday.
The hottest place in the USA. Yes, I was also very hot there on a visit some years back.