Araya

[wayfaringwordhack]

The kids and I went to hang out with friends yesterday at Araya Pine Park, a public space further up the hill from us, which was built and is maintained with the help of US AID and local organizatios and charities.

I wasn't planning on going down to the river where the children are building forts, so I took along some gouache with the intention of finding a picturesque spot from which to do a landscape painting.  Alas, there was a party getting started (which involved a noisy, noisome fuel-run generator) and another group having a cookout with music up at the top of the park.  Wrong-footwear and cramps aside, when our friends showed up, I decided to be social and hike down into the canyon with everyone else; therefore, my art supplies got some fresh air but no action.

I took a few photos of the dying vegetation and a view or two that I might be able to paint at the house.  The whole point was to do some "art from life," though.  Oh well, another time, I will go by myself so that I don't feel any pressure (from myself; friends were fine with me not joining them at the river) to socialize.

There is a such a variety of thistle-like flowers here. 

 

 

 

I just love the colors of this little bush and its seed pods:

 

The path to the canyon before it gets steep:



 

Comments

[asakiyume]

Gorgeous pictures--I like the little bush and the seed pods very much too.

[wayfaringwordhack]

I do indeed love the vegetation here. I have planted some seeds from my gatherings here back home in France. :D

At Araya, I gathered some seeds from a gorgeous tree (have yet to identify it) that i hope will grow if not flower in our climate. I will someday share photos of the tree, but it is hard to photograph well.