A Day Off

2010-02-22 Rodeo & Wine tasting

Yesterday, Isaac had the day off and was very eager to get out and do something fun. We went to the San Antonio Rodeo since neither of us have ever been to a live rodeo event. Unfortunately, the tickets for the actual rodeo were already sold out. It was really nice out though 80F (26.6C) so we had fun walking around the grounds. We walked throught the carnival area, browsed the artisan and local businesses booths, and watched a guy do a 'show & tell' of some of the animals in the Amazon. We even got to watch a pig race. Hilarious!

Later in the afternoon, we went to a winery in Frederickburg, TX for a wine tasting. They make some tasty wines in what they call the "Texas Hill Country". There's a grape that's native to the area called "Lenior". It has a very different taste from any other red I've had. Generally, it's mixed with Cabernet Sauvignon or Syrah, but this winery also does a full lenior.
http://vintagetexas.com/blog/?p=323

We ended the evening by going out for dinner at the Silver Creek Beer Garden. The best day I've had in a while, I think.

From 2010-02-17 misc. San Antonio

http://picasaweb.google.com/mary.n.young/20100217MiscSanAntonio?authkey=Gv1sRgCMWo48PL_qS8zwE&feat=directlink

here are my latest pics - a series of pics of my classroom and my project. enjoy.

more pics

I've added some more pics of my art to my web album. Also, some pics of the views outside of our hotel window.

From 2010-02-08 The Cows Are Out!

If you click the link below, you can see more of my pics in my picasa web album.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mary.n.young/20100208TheCowsAreOut?authkey=Gv1sRgCLCgrbmsnaLnnAE#

I caught the world between rain showers. It's forcasted that the rain will later turn into snow. Yikes.
As I blog, I'm sitting wrapped in my freshly laundered fuzzy blanket with a mug of coffee warming my hands, listening to "the Warrior's Path". It's been a good day thus far. Onto more illustrating...

re: last post

I'm not sure why the pics aren't viewable... I've been having trouble uploading pics into Blogger lately though. Hopefully this link to my web album works.

2010-02-08 The Cows Are Out!

A new week...

These are some studies of cows for my story writing & illustration project.
Hopefully I'll be able to continue updating the progress as the project comes along.
These pics will have to do for now since it's pouring rain again.
I'd best continue my art...

SuperBowl 44!

Granted, I'm really not a sports playing or sports watching kind of person, but even I've been watching the superbowl ever since being at Calvin. Not without fail, mind you, but almost. I'm glad that the New Orleans Saints won it this year- not only because they were the underdogs and you can't help but root for the underdogs, but also because maybe finally the country will do its part to help rebuild that city. At the same time, it's unfortunate that winning the superbowl is the only thing that finally puts NO back on the map... getting renewed awareness for a city that suffered so much devastation nearly 5 years ago. Hopefully those residents affected will finally get the help they need to rebuild their lives.
Anyway, that's all I've got for now. Maybe some pics for the next post. :)

It's simply been ages since I last posted. I got discouraged since I had so few comments on my last posts. Then I realized 2 things: I should blog anyway, and maybe people are in fact reading just not saying anything.
Isaac and I are currently in San Antonio, TX. Though I have to admit to not entirely liking this city, it does have a few gems to offer. Sometimes they just get shadowed by the rain.
I haven't taken any pics yet. I'll try to work on that, but in the mean time I have been keeping pretty busy. On tuesday nights, I have a 3-hr Book Arts and Letterpress class. During the rest of the week, I've been working on my artwork for the project I hope to finish by the end of the 8-week class.

Isaac has been keeping very busy too. He's doing his surgery rotation here. Last week, and for the next 3 weeks, he's doing general surgery. He starts the day at the hospital by 4:50am and generally works until 5pm or 6pm. He's on call with his team every 3 days which means they're for sure there til 7pm, then depending on whether a new case come up by 7pm, they could be there as late as midnight. If their call night falls on fri. or sat., they're there for the whole 48hr period. He hasn't had to do that yet, but generally, each med student will do that at least once during the 4 weeks of Gen. Surgery.

Other than not seeing too much of Isaac these days, all is well here. I was annoying sick for the week 2 weeks ago, but thankfully, I'm done with that now.
Til Later!