tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-143558872024-03-27T16:53:18.199-07:00Apple-Pine<strong>Sketching, Illustration, Design and Everyday Life. </strong><br>
<small>Copyright by © Nina Khashchina except where noted.</small>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.comBlogger3277125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-50547967252452426112024-03-25T13:21:00.000-07:002024-03-25T13:21:49.675-07:00Grateful: a new hiking adventure!<p>The other day my friend and I took a long lunch hour and spent it in a place I thought I knew pretty well - a campus of Stanford University. But I was wrong: there was a LAKE I did not know about and a bunch of hiking paths that I'd never seen and some jackrabbits, wildflowers and an amazing view! We found a good spot to eat and sketch and then hurried back to work - what a gift!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKymx6gpyvBtLkboIL1d-0-ElBCptbu8mKjcUvHFJ8ll98vSsdhyjtHfTnQiH8zFvmI7iLENYyX8uJrjBuiuhMAdZz4W7_ewAeEN5Wk5r5D4d6gm5cF0cJQC1CZaO6ZpZ93WZl1Q18IWYk16B9ctC0L9gp9NmwibwhU_39R_jsLTRQkawr7tc/s2500/sk2024_143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1875" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKymx6gpyvBtLkboIL1d-0-ElBCptbu8mKjcUvHFJ8ll98vSsdhyjtHfTnQiH8zFvmI7iLENYyX8uJrjBuiuhMAdZz4W7_ewAeEN5Wk5r5D4d6gm5cF0cJQC1CZaO6ZpZ93WZl1Q18IWYk16B9ctC0L9gp9NmwibwhU_39R_jsLTRQkawr7tc/w480-h640/sk2024_143.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ntFZWB78WmkGfuYt9Ki0ToUXD0Ck2CzL7hSPoYhFwGnoZ4SmPiyQZ60VIZzBmWRDVx_zry4x4wFVEE_z5WmyBqDBlwBvwpP1zylUmm-KXWIEwLy1Fu32GPLjWQ2ZFuUYOTotbrPySBAujf22b1VuMociUTaD8l7ZdoH-dfQlzBZ0m2zTEmYJ/s2398/80E4ED33-625E-4904-B49A-04519F27EFE3.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="2398" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ntFZWB78WmkGfuYt9Ki0ToUXD0Ck2CzL7hSPoYhFwGnoZ4SmPiyQZ60VIZzBmWRDVx_zry4x4wFVEE_z5WmyBqDBlwBvwpP1zylUmm-KXWIEwLy1Fu32GPLjWQ2ZFuUYOTotbrPySBAujf22b1VuMociUTaD8l7ZdoH-dfQlzBZ0m2zTEmYJ/w640-h214/80E4ED33-625E-4904-B49A-04519F27EFE3.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><p>I taped this drawing into my sketchbook next to some drawings I've done from memory after a little hike on the other side of the hill. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDxO2CLE2i_MNrzz8pwSLIwFy5TfO0Rpnvm-s_-XMC4NWsVDfEe3XlGiO-JsIEw_HR_X4oECJQ7RDI81hf0Wl2E4h70uPs0tvbN-wnWlodPrrUeb6JlNOVpra_w-TezWPDEJtsq2lsyjQJUo11swSjZpW90SYUtIMgYdIzhY0lcCp7Ica7o8K/s2000/sk2024_142.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1686" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDxO2CLE2i_MNrzz8pwSLIwFy5TfO0Rpnvm-s_-XMC4NWsVDfEe3XlGiO-JsIEw_HR_X4oECJQ7RDI81hf0Wl2E4h70uPs0tvbN-wnWlodPrrUeb6JlNOVpra_w-TezWPDEJtsq2lsyjQJUo11swSjZpW90SYUtIMgYdIzhY0lcCp7Ica7o8K/w540-h640/sk2024_142.jpg" width="540" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-10576867053113166922024-03-24T16:46:00.000-07:002024-03-24T16:46:53.390-07:00Nonagenarian update: spring is here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: start;">Little things are a sure way to keep track of time with our <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/search/label/nonagenarian" target="_blank">nonagenarian</a>. There are new leaf buds on the rose plant. Nasturtiums are out - she grows the fiery ones! I hope to get a small plant when it gets to the viable stage as one of my spring-summer plans is to draw so many <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropaeolum" target="_blank">Nasturtiums (Tropaeolums)</a> that I would feel like I had enough. I have yet to track different colors but even if I manage bright orange ones out of nonagenarian favors it would be great! The fig tree put out lots of leaves and there are 8 fruits (actually they are <a href="https://www.figdatabase.com/fignews/the-enigmatic-anatomy-of-figs-exploring-the-botanical-marvels-of-inverted-flowers" target="_blank">inverted flowers</a>) and more are coming. Herb plants keep her salads fragrant and I plan to introduce an idea of growing some green onions. We try to stay on top of getting the correct cheese selection stocked in the fridge and take care of the appointments for her eye health and I've been tasked with finding new books - the request was for "something modern". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54pt93fmSmj_YHovi6TtwRh8Iv0o22XHcW5RTXjhhLSUFkoEZ4wOTsicKOg0-cIrV-pZ4fxCEhyPaqrKZvJdvLw2scXLjwajH_kJEoR3GcjKKbVFVrCGJkCfvm12N7HD9PuADbQSbsboW5JoUvXVxqLWhVt84L9SZ7lo1UZXd8RcgNkZI1JMa/s1764/sk2024_137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="1764" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54pt93fmSmj_YHovi6TtwRh8Iv0o22XHcW5RTXjhhLSUFkoEZ4wOTsicKOg0-cIrV-pZ4fxCEhyPaqrKZvJdvLw2scXLjwajH_kJEoR3GcjKKbVFVrCGJkCfvm12N7HD9PuADbQSbsboW5JoUvXVxqLWhVt84L9SZ7lo1UZXd8RcgNkZI1JMa/w640-h422/sk2024_137.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CeoQ2tQQpA0gWB1Ylvz3xzyzxGzX7C-lpD53GUOiuElik4BS-JjpsLSin5E5fvwL2YAdbdUk1-IuyaIusPZ3iWZks6-rsPXC5-p8_BY_-3RW9-a2HYi64536HK9Wv8hXiO2t6A9AgEdLSnRZ1Nhb2NbED-hjQOx48TSpS6ZLI8bJywUz3HyT/s2173/sk2024_136.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1642" data-original-width="2173" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2CeoQ2tQQpA0gWB1Ylvz3xzyzxGzX7C-lpD53GUOiuElik4BS-JjpsLSin5E5fvwL2YAdbdUk1-IuyaIusPZ3iWZks6-rsPXC5-p8_BY_-3RW9-a2HYi64536HK9Wv8hXiO2t6A9AgEdLSnRZ1Nhb2NbED-hjQOx48TSpS6ZLI8bJywUz3HyT/w640-h484/sk2024_136.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpEbiY39JyYmoKfdU_-IwJhSDe0UoqtoNBCu_i9OEjncd5keXjnkZ9db5z1TbBhdpp6ZNBZ-gwsiw90Sd5VJrAXyx1KcRPTYn7YlSvKhp_g8N7CGUgZGgEY-Jf4Q9ODRktYhD15mTbLVFli8XvtTJc6CUWQOIbi3WB3Z3kdF2Ut2FyjLVtTx5/s1526/sk2024_138.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="1526" height="476" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMpEbiY39JyYmoKfdU_-IwJhSDe0UoqtoNBCu_i9OEjncd5keXjnkZ9db5z1TbBhdpp6ZNBZ-gwsiw90Sd5VJrAXyx1KcRPTYn7YlSvKhp_g8N7CGUgZGgEY-Jf4Q9ODRktYhD15mTbLVFli8XvtTJc6CUWQOIbi3WB3Z3kdF2Ut2FyjLVtTx5/w640-h476/sk2024_138.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV2_h5VBzZaRBkbQlVrcNjCd10uYcsIgAvRot0IeR6yPhAzsbv0uGqgQaEokpxGmMft2YVDg9eNnVaa1DjdJyV59uGWqnGuc3UjPtBPC77-PWvgWGRxHMS_msDwkfbrRGvxuxn2NDVCTsKHlkO7q3nJyxJcqXozRGWY-4XbedFhgfSWbbA7qy/s2111/sk2024_139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2111" data-original-width="1660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV2_h5VBzZaRBkbQlVrcNjCd10uYcsIgAvRot0IeR6yPhAzsbv0uGqgQaEokpxGmMft2YVDg9eNnVaa1DjdJyV59uGWqnGuc3UjPtBPC77-PWvgWGRxHMS_msDwkfbrRGvxuxn2NDVCTsKHlkO7q3nJyxJcqXozRGWY-4XbedFhgfSWbbA7qy/w504-h640/sk2024_139.jpg" width="504" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-90997279489742921972024-03-24T15:09:00.000-07:002024-03-24T15:09:50.515-07:00A bee turned me into a grumpy left-handed human for a bit.<p>Recently I was stung by a bee. I am quite sure that it was a bee and not a yellow jacket - I see them by the side of the pool sometimes. I did not see this one - I reached out to take a breather, felt fire take over my pinky, and heard myself curse. It's been a while since my last bee-stinging experience was personal. I've been around many cases when my little Benadryl+pain management pen helped others and I knew how to talk someone through what is happening when it might stop hurting this much and how a promise on some ice cream helps. But I did not have the medicine with me this time. Self-talk quickly turned into self-observation. I was surprised by how outraged I felt at this act of a fair case of self-defense, how I cataloged all the tingling and swelling and numbness and pain, and how much time I spent checking if the bulge was gone and if I could fold my finger. How much I knew that this is blown out of proportion if taken in any sort of perspective. And how real it was at the same time. And I ended up drawing it. But since it was the right hand that was affected - I drew this whole page with the left one. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4ta6dDCeoKN2HxbDGkSYRXEJAQdINNUt5Vh1puTjNE9WspEBlTf0I5Fi7stkyVf9ci1ohsquVf1kcGSfnig3mrlUZXS_whjIMq76ZHeDXZi1YiXrmwByeRbjvYPQHwN3iEorJTe7zOhrqSs0e-sJH8AIxMhCsBIsgZ3AlTyGlca38xufCX8j/s2858/sk2024_135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2858" data-original-width="2197" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4ta6dDCeoKN2HxbDGkSYRXEJAQdINNUt5Vh1puTjNE9WspEBlTf0I5Fi7stkyVf9ci1ohsquVf1kcGSfnig3mrlUZXS_whjIMq76ZHeDXZi1YiXrmwByeRbjvYPQHwN3iEorJTe7zOhrqSs0e-sJH8AIxMhCsBIsgZ3AlTyGlca38xufCX8j/w492-h640/sk2024_135.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><p>And while I drew my shirt I realized that it needs to be patched - which is something that I decided to draw next :)</p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-33149696231048819602024-03-18T15:13:00.000-07:002024-03-18T15:13:34.878-07:00I never know if orchid is real or fake. <p>I always avoided orchids - both as plants and subjects for my drawings. To thrive for a long time they require greener thumbs than I have. And to draw them I had to believe that they were real and not plastic - they always look artificial to me :) </p><p>But recently I was exposed to a different approach: think about orchards as a long-lasting bouquet / composition - not as a living plant. And with this thought in mind, my parents got two lovely orchards as presents. Personal exposure to the roots and leaves allowed me to believe that these are real plants and not fake ones and I ended up drawing them :) With real pleasure - not a fake one :) </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKiR_qOQ8l3sK9M7hJCp8ZLfdo3KSjyCTEGPApqcjBwfx9V7NgK_X9nqYcILsuGUaZcEzXenls66vDi2gDU2zGWKmlemLdCzWmtqtapvxXj4I3eFv4HcTQHpRq9DAUjuZWprJXvGPEiYa1ZSg9at533GEMx0MtB-z3A4vpkiWpgr9nidrhLli/s3171/sk2024_124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3171" data-original-width="2984" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrKiR_qOQ8l3sK9M7hJCp8ZLfdo3KSjyCTEGPApqcjBwfx9V7NgK_X9nqYcILsuGUaZcEzXenls66vDi2gDU2zGWKmlemLdCzWmtqtapvxXj4I3eFv4HcTQHpRq9DAUjuZWprJXvGPEiYa1ZSg9at533GEMx0MtB-z3A4vpkiWpgr9nidrhLli/w602-h640/sk2024_124.jpg" width="602" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLSy6Fvqm-FKpdFCaMKs3lrKqNHxMHFFKPhNK5UvzHprl9hge5xUfBF9MO9eLWBpgYIfeL4_oe8c9c4QYEaCOPlLLOf61ZpNSrpecQpnQ_RBy5MGSQm9yuGo_s4BhMXcIxRXsycogCdNFVsrQyu9d1XCHM0EMLd8WzQG8bwRaB0tLKEXCT6K8/s2200/sk2024_133.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkLSy6Fvqm-FKpdFCaMKs3lrKqNHxMHFFKPhNK5UvzHprl9hge5xUfBF9MO9eLWBpgYIfeL4_oe8c9c4QYEaCOPlLLOf61ZpNSrpecQpnQ_RBy5MGSQm9yuGo_s4BhMXcIxRXsycogCdNFVsrQyu9d1XCHM0EMLd8WzQG8bwRaB0tLKEXCT6K8/w466-h640/sk2024_133.jpg" width="466" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8W185uIF6rvcSdiQl77agfMqWtDW8XEjzItT_fbat0JibgBEOaPfOfr9eEJ5A_FxlDOOnMtylpaNxUwXdkee15bifhCfJmDM1PJdFYCCMl1Hn1ppY-pOs8DpBgAjtl4bfWoCnZid_PoouxFHeQ4kH3tx5n82Q6BDl1_GiCuW8ONEiXFPD-_W/s2200/sk2024_134.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC8W185uIF6rvcSdiQl77agfMqWtDW8XEjzItT_fbat0JibgBEOaPfOfr9eEJ5A_FxlDOOnMtylpaNxUwXdkee15bifhCfJmDM1PJdFYCCMl1Hn1ppY-pOs8DpBgAjtl4bfWoCnZid_PoouxFHeQ4kH3tx5n82Q6BDl1_GiCuW8ONEiXFPD-_W/w466-h640/sk2024_134.jpg" width="466" /></a></div><br />Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-56354814759204407382024-03-18T14:50:00.000-07:002024-03-18T14:50:51.242-07:00One Week 100 People: 2024<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">This challenge (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/OneWeek100People/" target="_blank">#oneweek100people</a>) was organized and curated this year (again) by </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.lizsteel.com/oneweek100people2023/" target="_blank">Liz Steel</a></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> and </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://citizensketcher.com/oneweek100people/" target="_blank">Marc Taro Holmes</a></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">. The idea is to give your people-sketching skills a little boost. There are no rules apart from what is in the name of this challenge. I did not set any specific rules for myself except to try and sketch people every day during the week and see how many I would end up with - no pressure to get to the number was my thing.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">After I started with some passers-by whom I saw in the window on Monday I realized that I lived in the wrong place to find so many subjects and quickly devised a plan: I scanned my weekly plan for things that I planned to do anyway but which had a potential of seeing people and introduced a little extra time to those activities for sketching. Some of it was in person, some or online, some involved attending a lecture, some watching a sport. And I also looked into my options for aligning this with an idea of finding like-minded people - this is how I ended up joining <a href="https://www.instagram.com/pencils4tea" target="_blank">pencils4tea</a> on Thursday and <a href="https://sketchaway.substack.com/" target="_blank">Suhita's substack group</a> on Friday. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">you can see all the results below - however number I got to I am happy to count this as a successful challenge - I drew more people, made a bunch of mistakes and tried to correct some and had fun along the way :) </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Despite all this confusion, on the very first sunny afternoon, we got after the great rains of March <a href="https://sketchaway.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Suhita</a> and I got out to paint magn</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDe0lqLYlNUoXJ6hQxtHWiIw5bDUDt9T7qo3RijE_4uCpykp2U3c8HP5UdF4c46KKUbp8mR4mZeOnxcs0ec0GqYh2AXlXcmH7iEm7kQh5eNKwmBKMDLwCsZWYgtZ7B9Xtra0U6HYIyrGdQiGR2NImT_RZDc8G9LMG1_KblstGszwEL2uOxLEeC/s2762/sk2024_128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2252" data-original-width="2762" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDe0lqLYlNUoXJ6hQxtHWiIw5bDUDt9T7qo3RijE_4uCpykp2U3c8HP5UdF4c46KKUbp8mR4mZeOnxcs0ec0GqYh2AXlXcmH7iEm7kQh5eNKwmBKMDLwCsZWYgtZ7B9Xtra0U6HYIyrGdQiGR2NImT_RZDc8G9LMG1_KblstGszwEL2uOxLEeC/w640-h522/sk2024_128.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWlJq0y3dQ9c1J-NIbgE2IYY6-o-sanoWRcmz9ISkCBtXBPb5eRA_k9osHyrfKsLu7xPY9Q_i9BwMYQJ0eRJOJBE8C2ARxVVObQ4S8Q2MQorSrEs5Y8aqUlVNmwDgCh2ySXV8ra_IHkeEHkiDYlvlnldvgxlrx7y3uvh-Vc0WxWUCjvgETwPN/s2200/sk2024_129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1624" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWlJq0y3dQ9c1J-NIbgE2IYY6-o-sanoWRcmz9ISkCBtXBPb5eRA_k9osHyrfKsLu7xPY9Q_i9BwMYQJ0eRJOJBE8C2ARxVVObQ4S8Q2MQorSrEs5Y8aqUlVNmwDgCh2ySXV8ra_IHkeEHkiDYlvlnldvgxlrx7y3uvh-Vc0WxWUCjvgETwPN/s320/sk2024_129.jpg" width="236" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVJ7dYOWKujKm3AptR4P5fNQOMUsd-rhdD5N9ZicAyOXhob3dvo-k-cgKSyIfdZ0xkaj9FV9vTPkgs1SjuK97MLCbU95EzZ_svv6TYNyKhuYNzOfqvipuwvBxar-F8DQSFFhTt5fLVPKSgQuIOXSwGq3yoYr5tgjgKmgw1lYW2JiCQasdEX2P/s2000/sk2024_130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1627" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVJ7dYOWKujKm3AptR4P5fNQOMUsd-rhdD5N9ZicAyOXhob3dvo-k-cgKSyIfdZ0xkaj9FV9vTPkgs1SjuK97MLCbU95EzZ_svv6TYNyKhuYNzOfqvipuwvBxar-F8DQSFFhTt5fLVPKSgQuIOXSwGq3yoYr5tgjgKmgw1lYW2JiCQasdEX2P/s320/sk2024_130.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioG5Rf-qOFpzfyHYC48hi_LWUpEDF8DQNTQ94I9naSwZQNb0KfOFHZ2c2KLEWNoHwP-zmjVh3tXoEdGdxqbIN86m3RotSTXrEDHU6ftwls1opfZAzVLjzDJa_STwvANxHiCsbwfVUeDsRCynL8AeKXFN3jMboFy5m60P-sWImwkcI9jaxn64fu/s2398/1489A933-6329-4949-B7D7-04B98827CF25.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="2398" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioG5Rf-qOFpzfyHYC48hi_LWUpEDF8DQNTQ94I9naSwZQNb0KfOFHZ2c2KLEWNoHwP-zmjVh3tXoEdGdxqbIN86m3RotSTXrEDHU6ftwls1opfZAzVLjzDJa_STwvANxHiCsbwfVUeDsRCynL8AeKXFN3jMboFy5m60P-sWImwkcI9jaxn64fu/w640-h214/1489A933-6329-4949-B7D7-04B98827CF25.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRcBayg99Ifjk3m0fbzK5sI6RWRueYNZ8Ujsc3Wvuk0GL-4WtzLAOyLf3YEhEl4ALt151PtcYrVBiBKnbkq8zT1zeeYsWecdqgNWyV50Nl-0gXGhVVo2i92sdJJSy7V0MArSeL7pgxqocILDqfD3_kyOwmG6BnDrEHLTTjxwXZkFnKnGvs35w/s2398/C9F13C5A-2FEF-4ABA-A604-0E8E79FE7F5D.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="2398" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSRcBayg99Ifjk3m0fbzK5sI6RWRueYNZ8Ujsc3Wvuk0GL-4WtzLAOyLf3YEhEl4ALt151PtcYrVBiBKnbkq8zT1zeeYsWecdqgNWyV50Nl-0gXGhVVo2i92sdJJSy7V0MArSeL7pgxqocILDqfD3_kyOwmG6BnDrEHLTTjxwXZkFnKnGvs35w/w640-h214/C9F13C5A-2FEF-4ABA-A604-0E8E79FE7F5D.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-77752384181216891722024-03-11T14:24:00.000-07:002024-03-11T14:24:53.577-07:00Daylight saving time begins and I celebrate it and suffer from this collective jet lag<p>I was always a big fan of changing clocks twice a year. I voted to keep it in California (the opposing side won but we are still doing it!). I know the statistic and logically understand why this anachronistim is bad for people in general - <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/changing-clocks-to-daylight-saving-time-is-bad-for-your-health/" target="_blank">from cardiovascular risks to disrupted daily routines and increased level of stress</a>. But it is a part of how I see my year unfold. </p><p>This year though the switch to daylight savings time feels like a collective <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_lag" target="_blank">jet lag</a>. I searched in vain where I recently read about jet lag being caused by soul not being able to flight as fast as airplanes and hence needing extra time to catch-up to the body (was is the <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/reading-notes-secret-world-of-slugs-and.html" target="_blank">snail book</a>?). On the day when we adjusted all the clocks in the house (see below) I read <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Berry" target="_blank">Wendell Berry</a>'s essays about relationships between nature and humans and his thoughts on what a good life is. He writes about the jet lag: "I felt present in my body but not in my mind .... as though my mind was still somewhere in the sky over the North Atlantic, hurrying to catch up". So this year as my mind is catching up to my body I am thinking about changing my mind on the whole "summer time" as it is known in Europe.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLy3p5Hm0ormuK90xrQqS13mhMWOAD0oquoRAaJ8X-Ov-f4UtP1o6Qh3PWz6uXxOMESfzjsvLh7wW2xgor00tiRjnlT5nx6DxPoCOhmqV6MnzPA_jW2yW9lY_pP3gbGd13Pv6jahp5O0KlmTx_prcOoZW13ozXifa1s2PDmrNAyI4QARnSKXqL/s2200/sk2024_127.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1767" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLy3p5Hm0ormuK90xrQqS13mhMWOAD0oquoRAaJ8X-Ov-f4UtP1o6Qh3PWz6uXxOMESfzjsvLh7wW2xgor00tiRjnlT5nx6DxPoCOhmqV6MnzPA_jW2yW9lY_pP3gbGd13Pv6jahp5O0KlmTx_prcOoZW13ozXifa1s2PDmrNAyI4QARnSKXqL/w514-h640/sk2024_127.jpg" width="514" /></a></div><p>But on the other hand I will have more light during evening walks. It is a signal to plant new flowers and clear signs of winter from my tiny garden. This switch reminds me to start finding time to go outside during a tea/snack time and I begin dreaming about strawberry season. And in the fall the time change means beginning of a baking season and wintering plans. So perhaps this whole rant will be forgotten tomorrow :)</p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-19994121756373577252024-03-11T13:49:00.000-07:002024-03-11T13:49:34.490-07:00Drawing Boats (via Street View World Tour)<p>This month the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIKAXwrrOVN7rSLyFiWdSMXbbskNJ6ddc" target="_blank">Street View World Tour</a> was traveling all over the world to draw boats!<br />I've missed the wonderful company of this bunch of drawing people and will try to sketch with them more regularly this year. </p><p>If you are not familiar - <span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://gageacademy.org/urban_sketching_-_a_street_view_world_tour_first_thursday_of_every_month_1076" target="_blank">A Street View World Tour</a> is a fun, no-pressure gathering hosted by </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/ronkiponk/" target="_blank">Jenny Adam</a></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"> and </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/herbcoil/" target="_blank">Eleanor Doughty </a></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">via </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://gageacademy.org/urban_sketching_-_a_street_view_world_tour_first_thursday_of_every_month_1076" target="_blank">Gage Academy</a></span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">. You can learn more about these monthly free events and about these locations at the links above. </span></p><p>My previous participations include a trip to <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2023/05/urban-sketching-street-view-world-tour.html" target="_blank">Kharkiv, Ukraine</a> where I was the guest artist, <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2023/06/urban-sketching-street-view-world-tour.html" target="_blank">Drawing Sky Holes</a>, <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2023/07/traveling-to-kenya-via-street-view.html" target="_blank">Kenya</a>, and <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2023/03/getting-back-in-rhythm-after-break.html" target="_blank">Hawaiian Foliage</a>. (I am quite sure that I participated in a few more but I am not sure I ever posted about them - will try to find and add to this collection!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiEnFGlnxauFoGSwyCQPBvekcVPPT-n-APXKDY9p_wZoexdvR9qsGexr2OTRFm3W7JnvlleMN_JVrWVK6rq5Iw1IBVAFZ7UCo7cHKcHdKeKYWcIrJdcxTDgnfknZiicRnpITxTCbJBEQaueFi3GUBdcczbyWdqgLhXcAKZi6H3SARO_m9FCPk/s4032/IMG_3664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLiEnFGlnxauFoGSwyCQPBvekcVPPT-n-APXKDY9p_wZoexdvR9qsGexr2OTRFm3W7JnvlleMN_JVrWVK6rq5Iw1IBVAFZ7UCo7cHKcHdKeKYWcIrJdcxTDgnfknZiicRnpITxTCbJBEQaueFi3GUBdcczbyWdqgLhXcAKZi6H3SARO_m9FCPk/w640-h480/IMG_3664.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW06FXQyhzcOKyIlYcQIYt7fPLLjMJbh9UeUhTr6ognNpdN0Ifbqe62xAe36657n7JOrV21AiA-PU8Y6WY5X13M8CgbYBz4Au67jvoI0BHNfyfzkh-O0u80eLKy-7hozZJlLeLj06ejj9o56a1CPD7pOLSS-ddD-HBE-iPgKcNdpuyGNh0jeAE/s4032/IMG_3665.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW06FXQyhzcOKyIlYcQIYt7fPLLjMJbh9UeUhTr6ognNpdN0Ifbqe62xAe36657n7JOrV21AiA-PU8Y6WY5X13M8CgbYBz4Au67jvoI0BHNfyfzkh-O0u80eLKy-7hozZJlLeLj06ejj9o56a1CPD7pOLSS-ddD-HBE-iPgKcNdpuyGNh0jeAE/w480-h640/IMG_3665.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iNn85pJtTTDFIPpK9vkr8rF3fvRAVXeM01POsSh8-T_hQbcVRkJsQTx59ZbPw1-F3fnliiuesMeXS6zy3f-3S_7aicyCYneOjzYKfloVZoK3_x1XBAOS14WzFJeho8CTQJoqKMUrOS3QREeWDyO82LIJ4PNxuf17HWj76aGkuB99dx_dOkEO/s4032/IMG_3667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3iNn85pJtTTDFIPpK9vkr8rF3fvRAVXeM01POsSh8-T_hQbcVRkJsQTx59ZbPw1-F3fnliiuesMeXS6zy3f-3S_7aicyCYneOjzYKfloVZoK3_x1XBAOS14WzFJeho8CTQJoqKMUrOS3QREeWDyO82LIJ4PNxuf17HWj76aGkuB99dx_dOkEO/w640-h480/IMG_3667.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-65911268622784109722024-03-11T13:46:00.000-07:002024-03-11T13:46:50.814-07:00Rogue garden and ink shopping plans<p>A little while ago I reported on <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/rogues-in-my-garden.html" target="_blank">some fungi growing on my succulents</a> - well, those are gone (thought we had a lot of rain so they might be back). But I realized that the area near my place where I "deposit" bulbs when they are done blooming in my patio garden became a garden by itself! </p><p>I think more might be coming - but this is a report as of early March :) </p>The lovely purple ink in these sketches is a <a href="https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/rohrer-klingner-ink/products/rohrer-klingner-scabiosa-50ml-bottled-ink#" target="_blank">Rohrer & Klingner Scabiosa (iron gall) Ink</a>. It will kill your fountain pen within 24 hours but it has such a great range of tones and works so well with fingerpainting that I cannot stop using it. I carry a little vial and apply it directly on my pen and I am seriously considering getting a gray-blue version of this iron gall ink from Rohrer & Klingner - called <a href="https://www.gouletpens.com/collections/rohrer-klingner-ink/products/rohrer-klingner-salix-50ml-bottled-ink" target="_blank">Salix</a> though a close contender is <a href="https://www.gouletpens.com/products/de-atramentis-document-fog-grey-bottled-ink" target="_blank">For Gray Document Ink from De Atramentis</a>. I just finished a bottle of that ink and it was a glorious waterproof ink suitable for both drawing and writing. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_qsP95VFjl80ej0QGtlN-SRV2dgOGGsOGdE_2q_I7QdsJs0lzrv30taoTef7Dd3PcoYBbfkgP6qdYLD9oOO6pyV0Ga99X2_VwfIB1y_sYteTbTf9TC7Snu1iUycM-_Y_arZXs9vYfP9n_j8FMavYmPQWMHihkJwtGS5y9PpVTtj_8gXh0XjD/s2704/sk2024_126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2704" data-original-width="2392" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg_qsP95VFjl80ej0QGtlN-SRV2dgOGGsOGdE_2q_I7QdsJs0lzrv30taoTef7Dd3PcoYBbfkgP6qdYLD9oOO6pyV0Ga99X2_VwfIB1y_sYteTbTf9TC7Snu1iUycM-_Y_arZXs9vYfP9n_j8FMavYmPQWMHihkJwtGS5y9PpVTtj_8gXh0XjD/s320/sk2024_126.jpg" width="283" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcNzKV-rPnhUOnSEkAZrVJkbEmvV0PKbzcZf81SSgHPuYFr9R0V3fsPKSoawbo6yPmZOuS96tmhp2V063RiJ69TODmrZ0a8h5f6P9wHSMIcSHpoLjoid9uVCgkWnLSlyahJ782cuuVoSujueHzYc1-tx4GvhtEs9iyWwItqmHogrwOVLdDIWM/s2500/sk2024_125.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="1990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdcNzKV-rPnhUOnSEkAZrVJkbEmvV0PKbzcZf81SSgHPuYFr9R0V3fsPKSoawbo6yPmZOuS96tmhp2V063RiJ69TODmrZ0a8h5f6P9wHSMIcSHpoLjoid9uVCgkWnLSlyahJ782cuuVoSujueHzYc1-tx4GvhtEs9iyWwItqmHogrwOVLdDIWM/s320/sk2024_125.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIwtMa6BHqgCm421hPVqD5TrHXF03sPc0BRi6_YjhN7XWhfswnXK4_zY868dc8MIHYh33CNQ-Lhi-W41-cLBVr1avwtm4V_cSp7Z44vXJ0RYsFCGlebuITN_ZUSG_BG1kQ_HEL8mlCgazMmgfB1CV4sqC5bd_QBpbjUA0SqEfLDgMDA2Fnofe/s2398/36B91F56-BEAA-4EBD-AE83-7DEBCB5AC8B2.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="2398" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIwtMa6BHqgCm421hPVqD5TrHXF03sPc0BRi6_YjhN7XWhfswnXK4_zY868dc8MIHYh33CNQ-Lhi-W41-cLBVr1avwtm4V_cSp7Z44vXJ0RYsFCGlebuITN_ZUSG_BG1kQ_HEL8mlCgazMmgfB1CV4sqC5bd_QBpbjUA0SqEfLDgMDA2Fnofe/w640-h214/36B91F56-BEAA-4EBD-AE83-7DEBCB5AC8B2.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-29709694867171823922024-03-04T15:07:00.000-08:002024-03-04T15:07:12.749-08:00Painting Sunsets.We had some dramatic skies between rains and I kept hoping to catch either light or color or movement - sometimes with a camera, sometimes with pencils, sometimes with paint smudged with fingers and scraped with nails. The last one was the only one that worked actually. You can see some process photos below too - they will tell you a story of how fast both light and color were running away from me!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpED0bQ3Q7Oq9yQ3PBKeanVt6Wv2d_xF5O2v5YyK36mUOgSU_DDYjIkFhAkJcmPQf_uwyAT7wUHGMnPCVxTO5PEA6U_mmfHcl8dlbWMWEpa6ptKUwFnZ7MSP7Iz4fEbkEF5FtY_m_z00Qph3WtuIAZ8OrmNslLNCW9RISuICSeWE0fJMkuAXS/s2295/sk2024_108.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2295" data-original-width="1778" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpED0bQ3Q7Oq9yQ3PBKeanVt6Wv2d_xF5O2v5YyK36mUOgSU_DDYjIkFhAkJcmPQf_uwyAT7wUHGMnPCVxTO5PEA6U_mmfHcl8dlbWMWEpa6ptKUwFnZ7MSP7Iz4fEbkEF5FtY_m_z00Qph3WtuIAZ8OrmNslLNCW9RISuICSeWE0fJMkuAXS/w496-h640/sk2024_108.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1zGF1deGhxtvVxdgKFeZjnSkkyCm9qey3c2YH9kibH1dufwgJ1jXviix38HAw2w4qnF9Cy5L0caZXraUjDt-ErNjtqaTLeSWxU9oxNbqjfKPOTH0-ZuIySbo7_iQXUO6weF9nl2376D4KTjrbDuPFiiVqi4fqfxI7_x_0HwcIAdTGG-zaVsY/s2398/185AA9BD-15A1-4B7F-8548-14E0CE17E9F8.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="2398" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK1zGF1deGhxtvVxdgKFeZjnSkkyCm9qey3c2YH9kibH1dufwgJ1jXviix38HAw2w4qnF9Cy5L0caZXraUjDt-ErNjtqaTLeSWxU9oxNbqjfKPOTH0-ZuIySbo7_iQXUO6weF9nl2376D4KTjrbDuPFiiVqi4fqfxI7_x_0HwcIAdTGG-zaVsY/w640-h214/185AA9BD-15A1-4B7F-8548-14E0CE17E9F8.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-38960148796989938992024-03-04T14:51:00.000-08:002024-03-04T14:51:16.592-08:00On My Table: Beginning of March 2024.<p>February had an extra day this year but it did not help with the feeling that the time is moving too fast! A big illustration project supposedly got installed - but I am yet to see it in real life to share. I had some wonderful chances to see friends (<a href="https://www.umakelkar.com/" target="_blank">Uma</a> had an <a href="https://www.colibrigallery.com/event-info/transcendent-landscapes-by-uma-kelkar" target="_blank">exhibit</a>) and paint with them this month. I got some exciting gifts to play with too - see the new watercolors below! (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/mhbd1" target="_blank">Marie-Hélène</a> stopped by San Francisco on her tour through the USA - <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/sketching-with-friends-san-francisco.html" target="_blank">and we had a chance to finally meet each other in person!</a>) </p><p>It's been quite windy outside and all my tables are covered in tea mugs and treasures that I find on my walks between rains. </p><p>After <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/reading-notes-secret-world-of-slugs-and.html" target="_blank">reading some lovely books</a> I got a slight obsession with snails - one of the resulting drawings ended up on the cover of my current sketchbook number 155.</p><p>There is a lot of printmaking happening and you can see some new tools and detritus of some stencils there too. And Magnolia season is here! I have yet to get out for a full magnolia-centered painting session but I've prepared some colors! </p><p>My search for a perfect black pencil continues :) </p><p>And stickers are works of <a href="https://www.heatherihnart.com/" target="_blank">Heather Ihn Martin</a> (who now does <a href="https://www.instagram.com/heatherihnceramics/">ceramics too</a>!!) and <a href="https://www.comingupforair.net/" target="_blank">Matthew Forsythe</a>. </p><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja55-hsK-p6BgCVrxoemTzaP1Cu6ZlQ3TLSEKkqq98gvl9Rxhub1PqYRvhcyp2JZ_oGlvdo3WsawjmKdMHZhFzja07fQF-YO-Z6AM6CUTJ1sxLFaMN_nvahC4Xci2c8KEHVX9mWEuF1O6NSVDRan7Lj4VVNNh84R8pN-mmpcIbf9vILe3vkQgn/s1758/March_2024_On_My_Table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="1758" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja55-hsK-p6BgCVrxoemTzaP1Cu6ZlQ3TLSEKkqq98gvl9Rxhub1PqYRvhcyp2JZ_oGlvdo3WsawjmKdMHZhFzja07fQF-YO-Z6AM6CUTJ1sxLFaMN_nvahC4Xci2c8KEHVX9mWEuF1O6NSVDRan7Lj4VVNNh84R8pN-mmpcIbf9vILe3vkQgn/w640-h480/March_2024_On_My_Table.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-18325242451241049492024-03-04T14:31:00.000-08:002024-03-04T14:31:12.307-08:00Drawn reports in the form of the portraits - Dad's Birthday - February, 2024.<div>This is Dad's third birthday during the war. His first birthday since arriving in California. My plans of a picnic in the park with a big sky and some interesting birds to observe fell apart because of unexpected heavy rain. But we ended up in a lovely local cafe - eating some crazy croissants (Dad got one with onions!) and drinking some unusual coffee (Cedar and Smoke for Dad). The cafe had a handicapped sitting for him too - which I thought was a good part of a present but I am not sure he was glad to get a reminder of his limited mobility. We talked about all sorts of things and I even got to sketch them by the end. Getting used to a life of refugees is not easy, a new country is not easy, but they are trying hard! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oYJJuHrFGBVazkfnSgLhv1Qy0PH44TLJ4iSHyhC4Xy528Orn4BIJ8ORSQMFA8XqMcbsZo4IZahGvauJ4JMhaD4MAq1rmP5Rpi7e-DIuL-DW4Q5YiBtz_WOjRbaj35FUXC0D5hi3oL-gPC-GO_lKpbZsFBmigyiZw1nErBOkWh6FhAm453HKX/s2500/PARENTS_2024_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1611" data-original-width="2500" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oYJJuHrFGBVazkfnSgLhv1Qy0PH44TLJ4iSHyhC4Xy528Orn4BIJ8ORSQMFA8XqMcbsZo4IZahGvauJ4JMhaD4MAq1rmP5Rpi7e-DIuL-DW4Q5YiBtz_WOjRbaj35FUXC0D5hi3oL-gPC-GO_lKpbZsFBmigyiZw1nErBOkWh6FhAm453HKX/w640-h412/PARENTS_2024_02.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-28554154573514542752024-02-26T16:52:00.000-08:002024-02-26T16:52:49.630-08:00Rogues in my garden.<p>We are having a lovely wet winter so far and I found some rogue visitors in my garden: mushrooms are growing on my succulents!!!</p><p>Internet was full of helpful suggestions like "may be a sign that your succulents need better-draining soil or a less-humid environment" or "That means the soil microbiology is super healthy" or "Mushroom won't harm your plant - but it is usually a sign of soil that is too organic. That may be a bigger problem". There was also discussion as to how to get rid of them and if. </p><p>I decided to sketch the situation instead of continuing down that rabbit hole on the internet :)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllWb9sbqbnNXuMfdBMElRXUQpQ2A5IzHXPqFTboLQPy3vSMh-BWBOOCm54nN6y_xKyzF7L0y0yhBidyDMvnSNW7CHZoXawki1YJe0WJUUD7STLHi_2aCCXC0h0UAsF5CGWS-G0jBIXj5tZUjzhxr3yzoJj2P7f3iI5I9iAYMtxR0zTuxF_iEa/s1832/sk2024_107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="1832" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhllWb9sbqbnNXuMfdBMElRXUQpQ2A5IzHXPqFTboLQPy3vSMh-BWBOOCm54nN6y_xKyzF7L0y0yhBidyDMvnSNW7CHZoXawki1YJe0WJUUD7STLHi_2aCCXC0h0UAsF5CGWS-G0jBIXj5tZUjzhxr3yzoJj2P7f3iI5I9iAYMtxR0zTuxF_iEa/w640-h318/sk2024_107.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDi4i1zjahA_w_wQIkTTdLuQwDHW-hZ8SeEbDVZ4HyAh2gMd_YpfiZZUrc9SYhNTcxGu_uB5UU9llGSbPbuikiieH3Rfu_n5vSR2N6pbRd1QfWbLUGJRnO8rl66YOusTUJodtEnVg1s8jhO_PzjJrLH7X1kXWuvASxIHO9X5dRXmFkreRxWaV/s2398/5BF6EF20-523E-44B9-ADA6-7C38D7A14ED7.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1599" data-original-width="2398" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDi4i1zjahA_w_wQIkTTdLuQwDHW-hZ8SeEbDVZ4HyAh2gMd_YpfiZZUrc9SYhNTcxGu_uB5UU9llGSbPbuikiieH3Rfu_n5vSR2N6pbRd1QfWbLUGJRnO8rl66YOusTUJodtEnVg1s8jhO_PzjJrLH7X1kXWuvASxIHO9X5dRXmFkreRxWaV/w640-h426/5BF6EF20-523E-44B9-ADA6-7C38D7A14ED7.JPEG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-55693246346576416492024-02-26T16:39:00.000-08:002024-02-26T16:39:30.310-08:00Reading Notes: Secret World of Slugs and Snails <p>I read about this book from by <a href="http://davidgeorgegordon.com/" target="_blank">David George Gordon</a> in a couple of different places (but forgot to write down where) and then <a href="https://austinkleon.com/" target="_blank">Austin Kleon</a> mentioned it in <a href="https://austinkleon.com/2024/01/30/snails-and-magical-thinking/" target="_blank">one of his posts</a> and after a short wait for a library hold I had a lovely little tome of snail and slug knowledge in my hands: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Secret-World-Slugs-Snails-Life/dp/1570616116" target="_blank">The Secret World of Slugs and Snails: Life in the Very Slow Lane</a>. One thing I would like to tell you right away - it reads like a good mystery! Popular science book with a layer of humor, poetry, and lots of amazing references and interesting drawings full of character.</p><p>One of the main things I made notes on while reading this book were other books referenced in the text - see below (I mean - who does not want to learn "How to Attract a Wombat"? Or page through "Adventures with a Hand Lens:? or learn what is "Gardening for Independence" or what happens "When Snails Come to Paris"? :) </p><p>Lovely illustrations (by <a href="https://karenlukefildes.org/" target="_blank">Karen Luke Fildes</a> on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/karenlukefildes/" target="_blank">instagram:karenlukefildes</a>) reminded me of one of my art heroes - <a href="https://www.monolake.org/today/seminar-spotlight-creating-the-illuminated-field-journal/" target="_blank">Hannah Hinchman</a> and her wonderful book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=a+life+in+hand-creating+the+illuminated+journal+by+hannah+hinchman&crid=20VM6GR22INSK&sprefix=A+Life+In+Hand%3A+Creating+the+Illuminated+Journal+%2Caps%2C135&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_1_48" target="_blank">A Life In Hand</a>" (here is a youtube video <a href="https://www.dannygregory.com/" target="_blank">Danny Gregory</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0_DJOEVe04" target="_blank">put up about this book</a>). And I ended up digging into all sorts of things in biology (did you know that snails use copper to bind oxygen in their blood?), linguistics, and nature history (different words for science that studies shells and those who live in them: conchology and malacology) and statistics (<a href="https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Numbers-and-percentages-of-dextral-and-sinistral-species-in-the-various-families-in-the_fig3_224836359" target="_blank">Numbers and percentages of dextral and sinistral shells</a>). </p><p>I will enjoy following the trails that this book left for some time :)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWJJIZ2vSkxLhxY3A5Dhm3J4Hv94mdZPtqs6qmpQZrR54GN7kEyz5_RftdOw3teMPwka1WwD5eeLl3zqLfER-HMEgQss03TRBa_2po_S68chgIdqjPM9bh-ZQnSEcM8GF9pn6IdSCmvjtQIN75K963nJucrG7oHe-jOS3QiWSJqUtkuXeegnX/s2938/sk2024_105.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-46893008776863662772024-02-23T16:25:00.000-08:002024-02-23T16:25:44.820-08:00Drawn reports in the form of the portraits - Two Years of war in Ukraine. February 24, 2024.<p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS1dY2tQKc46elXGD_2RHZuTliVUqKjW4aL0n1b5fSeB6ZsbZE-HGya5YMnao2wSzoEJil_ElALbqtTFPJ8bUMeOoAoGW3LfGfhj3WEo4dVXFchXfK5vZbGeqHXMxpTWuDJUX1WQ-UtvFDzQbmbd7Nxod43RRKtl-NiDvUGN_vKwbmUSaWvy0/s3839/TWO_Years_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3839" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFS1dY2tQKc46elXGD_2RHZuTliVUqKjW4aL0n1b5fSeB6ZsbZE-HGya5YMnao2wSzoEJil_ElALbqtTFPJ8bUMeOoAoGW3LfGfhj3WEo4dVXFchXfK5vZbGeqHXMxpTWuDJUX1WQ-UtvFDzQbmbd7Nxod43RRKtl-NiDvUGN_vKwbmUSaWvy0/w300-h640/TWO_Years_sm.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Above are all the portraits of my parents that I drew during the last two years of war in more or less chronological order starting on February 24, 2022. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">It's been two years since the unthinkable happened and the war became a part of the everyday life of my parents. And through them it became a part of our lives. From the horror of the first weeks to the endless bombings of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv" target="_blank">Kharkiv</a> (that continue till today). Escaping the city to live in a small town: befriending cats, learning to live without their home of many decades. My parents faced the cold and dark winter when russia started destroying power infrastructure and agreed to move outside Ukraine and lived as refugees in Europe until at the very end of last year they became refugees in California. Two years of war and a long long time away from where they thought they would be. So many dark, horrific stories from these two years, so many losses. So many people lost much more than anything my parents experienced yet it all adds up to one big pain and loss but also strength to oppose the evil and courage to fight it with everything. We saw so much kindness from people all around the world during these two years.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I wish this time was over and we could invite all our friends and supporters to celebrate our victory and freedom with good borscht in Ukraine. One day. But today the war is not over - and we still need all the help.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">If you live in the States please consider writing to your elected officials and support unblocking and increasing military aid to Ukraine. </span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Every note counts.</span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Find your senator: </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm" target="_blank">https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm</a></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Find your representative: </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.house.gov/representatives" target="_blank">https://www.house.gov/representatives</a></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Write to your president: </span><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/write-or-call/" target="_blank">https://www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/write-or-call/</a></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">In my letters I</span> ask that they you do everything in their power to unblock and increase military aid to Ukraine. This is a fight against world evil and we should do everything to help those on the front line. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I also opened a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/donate/1483095855573386/" target="_blank">fundraiser through Facebook</a> to collect money through <a href="https://novaukraine.org/" target="_blank">Nova Ukraine</a> - an organization whose work and people I know personally. These are people who are organizing aid in Ukraine and helping Ukrainian refugees in America. </p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">Please consider donating here:</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/donate/1483095855573386/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/donate/1483095855573386/</a></span></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">I organized all my war-related posts (including a month-by-month journey my parents took) in this post:</p><p style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2022/08/war-in-ukraine-guide-through-posts-on.html" target="_blank">https://blog.apple-pine.com/2022/08/war-in-ukraine-guide-through-posts-on.html</a></p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-12584130032563952422024-02-19T14:25:00.000-08:002024-02-19T14:38:35.435-08:00Winter Europe Trip: Madrid Museums <div>We visited a whole bunch of museums and historical sites on this trip, however museums of Madrid were the ones I spent the most time preparing for and where I drew the most. </div><div>In <a href="https://www.museodelprado.es/en" target="_blank">Prado</a>, I was excited to find a Museum guide and map in Ukrainian and marked my plan for everyone in our group so that they would know where to find me (follow along!). Goya is always a hit and this time I went not from earlier works to the late years but in the opposite direction and it created even a bigger contrast and wonder. In the <a href="https://armada.defensa.gob.es/ArmadaPortal/page/Portal/ArmadaEspannola/cienciaorgano/prefLang-es/01cienciamuseo" target="_blank">Naval Museum</a>, I drew some figureheads and spent my time finding the best depiction of the sea (there were quite a few spectacular ones!). We also went to the <a href="https://www.cultura.gob.es/msorolla/inicio.html" target="_blank">home and museum of my art hero Joaquin Sorolla</a>, found his works in two more museums, and visited a little but fantastic exhibit "<a href="https://www.fundacionmapfre.org/en/art-and-culture/exhibitions/historical/year-2023/sorolla-and-summer/" target="_blank">Sorolla's Summers</a>" on its last day in Madrid. I ended up painting a "bunch of Sorollas" in my sketchbook as I could not stop thinking about all the light that he saw! </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0zdmlFpRGFFkIen4rCLICK50dV1gkOUjFAq6vtH0I3UNPNpW9R5hYv2b_kYot8TeZQ6Gi7y6GIu7nceFrlBQ-dSNhbepkXkuZjvPqykwwxsv8tqWTPFDAz9WhEgMYWDX7lpJghBGmmzEdQ0pw3iXLvhQEVp54iGxH3ZmkpSYxVebLcmOlbi6/s2191/sk2024_87.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2191" data-original-width="1619" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0zdmlFpRGFFkIen4rCLICK50dV1gkOUjFAq6vtH0I3UNPNpW9R5hYv2b_kYot8TeZQ6Gi7y6GIu7nceFrlBQ-dSNhbepkXkuZjvPqykwwxsv8tqWTPFDAz9WhEgMYWDX7lpJghBGmmzEdQ0pw3iXLvhQEVp54iGxH3ZmkpSYxVebLcmOlbi6/w472-h640/sk2024_87.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTqglcayIfULNNbOq8qgmRdiFHR3iR-lBTQQ00SekK3LcTiO18tSy8x3Q0u10eW_8By23697KibxrJtHL3NZEyDFN-cp653KE-U12kAf9PZXme7y9v57_pg_31So63WMgPOWd0AVBTSAo83RNmCQr1T0vPuLaf6oHapiu7WxkOMgEKTjz6Hwz/s2500/sk2024_92.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-sketching-tools.html" target="_blank">Sketching Tools that came with me on this trip.</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/public-transportation-is-amazing.html" target="_blank">Public Transportation is amazing (sketching people).</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-drawing-on-trains.html" target="_blank">Sketching landscapes from a moving train</a>.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-1.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 1</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-2.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 2</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-seville-spain.html" target="_blank">Seville</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-granada-spain.html" target="_blank">Granada</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-spain.html" target="_blank">Madrid</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-toledo-spain.html" target="_blank">Toledo</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-museums.html" target="_blank">Museums</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-trip-to-spain-organizing-images.html" target="_blank">Organizing my notes for these posts after the trip</a> :)</span></li></ol></div><div><br /></div></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-84180662145822089012024-02-19T14:12:00.000-08:002024-02-19T14:12:08.773-08:00Plant Eviction<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bought this little garden-in-a-pot (a concept I enjoy) and sketched it a couple of days into its stay on our kitchen table. But very quickly my allergies informed me that the hyacinth is not my friend and in fact is a serious enemy. It filled the whole house with fragrance and despite some effort put into denial, I had to evict the whole little garden outside. Where there was a lot of wind and rain and... well, I did not draw it after eviction. But it is getting a lot of watering!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3M3HGKJaQV-FOgDFHfjuungM5cYuwPfKZrwInMfACSAxcFlBf9ardmtA1Kqfdpt_nygqENlUeRQ3jgtfn8mZXffnaC5s7xhYxHgQmbME4w8uVGtnJUIPWiNC2IpnmpXy6tIVIgJae803vhR9Mv6Qm_HuYw0jQBCyjbyxlFNdRIJdWCWLPTT89/s2181/sk2024_101.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2181" data-original-width="1534" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3M3HGKJaQV-FOgDFHfjuungM5cYuwPfKZrwInMfACSAxcFlBf9ardmtA1Kqfdpt_nygqENlUeRQ3jgtfn8mZXffnaC5s7xhYxHgQmbME4w8uVGtnJUIPWiNC2IpnmpXy6tIVIgJae803vhR9Mv6Qm_HuYw0jQBCyjbyxlFNdRIJdWCWLPTT89/w450-h640/sk2024_101.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLg4Qhyphenhyphenua97F99SzD4U8U2h5KKBYu-4PrL4LG8dLOnuZCC-6sjdF6x-z_tpXasMBlvZW8jsx2XM6ZeqvLHNuOm7QYC30YXZfn6clVMjx4zzPQRQ6dLgYQZeRMPPpSneJW6AXfRBPMX5nDBVEK_QnpXT9nS8-AOWVREx9FovUhcdgJKPZGrLmY/s2000/sk2024_102.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1383" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpLg4Qhyphenhyphenua97F99SzD4U8U2h5KKBYu-4PrL4LG8dLOnuZCC-6sjdF6x-z_tpXasMBlvZW8jsx2XM6ZeqvLHNuOm7QYC30YXZfn6clVMjx4zzPQRQ6dLgYQZeRMPPpSneJW6AXfRBPMX5nDBVEK_QnpXT9nS8-AOWVREx9FovUhcdgJKPZGrLmY/w442-h640/sk2024_102.jpg" width="442" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-65432382879070158872024-02-14T16:34:00.000-08:002024-02-19T14:38:47.810-08:00Winter Europe Trip: Toledo, SpainOne of the destinations out of our Madrid hub was Toledo. This was my second visit to this glorious city (the first one was with my Mom in 2011 - here is my blog post from that one: <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2011/05/april-2011-trip-to-spain-toledo.html">https://blog.apple-pine.com/2011/05/april-2011-trip-to-spain-toledo.html</a>) The time we spent in Toledo did not disappoint despite quite a bit of rain and too-big-a lunch! Another city I would like to see through different seasons and visit again :)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNuRnnvj2c5BoB6KSqEn09vYnqD82ODdIaHB4CoTppJ30gUzzEzo4gv3L7OMwrtR-bhwNAqB7e8-AzE6tWYgEgUHPPojJ0Ir1rkNj6N3-VFGP1nBmHUNgLysOhXbvCIXufAiAUFiNHDqsXWxGS7JJQautHFZp9Wk5fFsVLK9EynXwlTyKKja-/s2200/sk2024_95.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2200" data-original-width="1562" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNuRnnvj2c5BoB6KSqEn09vYnqD82ODdIaHB4CoTppJ30gUzzEzo4gv3L7OMwrtR-bhwNAqB7e8-AzE6tWYgEgUHPPojJ0Ir1rkNj6N3-VFGP1nBmHUNgLysOhXbvCIXufAiAUFiNHDqsXWxGS7JJQautHFZp9Wk5fFsVLK9EynXwlTyKKja-/w454-h640/sk2024_95.jpg" width="454" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzrdkMAXU30Rj75qeP47-U77WShtl-UAaX-w4EQlU1TOOU9h7fbSdYQPcfoxuJ3WkOdkx2miyL4pv5wqiSkYEmbxatn9_jx00wYuswf5gjIA8Rde3ZvFoawR3VbsbfgzUJHMHLi3m0TgM_gZpqmqWzt1Gcv-wiXNN6xegose5d1TSqxzhEhmup/s2398/E0DBF0E1-14C5-4EBD-B9CF-A751B02FDF5F.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">More from the trip (winter 2023-24, Spain)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-sketching-tools.html" target="_blank">Sketching Tools that came with me on this trip.</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/public-transportation-is-amazing.html" target="_blank">Public Transportation is amazing (sketching people).</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-drawing-on-trains.html" target="_blank">Sketching landscapes from a moving train</a>.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-1.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 1</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-2.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 2</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-seville-spain.html" target="_blank">Seville</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-granada-spain.html" target="_blank">Granada</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-spain.html" target="_blank">Madrid</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-toledo-spain.html" target="_blank">Toledo</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-museums.html" target="_blank">Museums</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-trip-to-spain-organizing-images.html" target="_blank">Organizing my notes for these posts after the trip</a> :)</span></li></ol></div></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-46249695821413481622024-02-12T15:55:00.000-08:002024-02-12T15:55:19.902-08:00Sketching with Friends: San Francisco<div>This weekend I finally met one of my online friends in real life! Wonderful <a href="https://www.mariehelenebrohandelhaye.com/" target="_blank">Marie-Hélène Brohan Delhaye</a> and I connected through Instagram, then through Urban Sketching and Uma Kelkar, and then Ukraine, and then just through the sheer joy of sharing a journey of <a href="https://mhbd.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">documenting our lives</a>, experimenting, working with direct watercolor painting and the glory of using color.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mhbd1" target="_blank">Marie-Hélène</a> traveled through California and we met on a glorious sunny day on the top of the hill in San Francisco. The four of us - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/suhitasketch/" target="_blank">Suhita Shirodkar</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/umapaints/" target="_blank">Uma Kelkar</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mhbd1" target="_blank">Marie-Hélène</a>, and myself were sketching, chatting about art supplies, catching up on world and family events, exchanging plans and hopes for the year, petting dogs, and swapping greetings with passers-by. The best thing? It felt like we do it all the time - this sketch and chat together - even though this was the first time we did it in real life with Marie-Hélène :) I enjoy having friends at all distances and making them in any way imaginable - but to see them in real life, hug them, and tell them in person that they make my world better is not always possible. When it is - I celebrate!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t80sVQPtntOk3Mo8gHo0Cu4fTVO5nt5nb6TaGIall1DNPO7pzaTYPDABRAOgCEkNYgK6cUmBl88DF4xWeQ9WabsLxlSqfhSDkYSmqaiAfhS0A-R7JkA_ajEh0ZfDO02IxLkc9AEem1fwmnG-G1SFUJjVh9CqHVPzV2xnDfekqvgI4EikQ9QH/s4032/IMG_3366.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_t80sVQPtntOk3Mo8gHo0Cu4fTVO5nt5nb6TaGIall1DNPO7pzaTYPDABRAOgCEkNYgK6cUmBl88DF4xWeQ9WabsLxlSqfhSDkYSmqaiAfhS0A-R7JkA_ajEh0ZfDO02IxLkc9AEem1fwmnG-G1SFUJjVh9CqHVPzV2xnDfekqvgI4EikQ9QH/s320/IMG_3366.JPG" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6AzFcMZ13X9wKlJcHhyphenhyphenWU3m-pxCZJeQU20EBT-au4kIjhdd7pfnDv9V6RrH2Mr8Fr5z7amJ3Ukk2K-j7xshzeNY3S_RdGrUKQWGhyphenhyphened2NBorrhiwxGV0N01Lx5gu-l9_wgU6HrwRcsSSO_Lmywp3GTgBXvtfOK9xXBBXNbBZs40YkC1Vgcej4/s4032/IMG_3374.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAI3YJZwMWIPKs9xOUd3uKXu15zwLquxN39e5PfX_VBCoQOdlvPfcZPYY34UtRDXqaXJ_4vStE1_VcyLq7nK_iTC63mjNVqmiIxwoU6zSWBzGSECgjbyIWU_NWX2sOOSDVqv3qbe4uNa0qHB9Wu77nrhUgfduIjIxbpM1Aruej_wjuEnbUt1o/s2000/image3_sm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="2000" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdAI3YJZwMWIPKs9xOUd3uKXu15zwLquxN39e5PfX_VBCoQOdlvPfcZPYY34UtRDXqaXJ_4vStE1_VcyLq7nK_iTC63mjNVqmiIxwoU6zSWBzGSECgjbyIWU_NWX2sOOSDVqv3qbe4uNa0qHB9Wu77nrhUgfduIjIxbpM1Aruej_wjuEnbUt1o/w640-h360/image3_sm.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div>Photo of all of us - by Marie-Hélène.</div><div><br /></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-20587348332424946102024-02-12T10:06:00.000-08:002024-02-19T14:38:15.615-08:00Winter Europe Trip: Madrid, Spain<div>The second part of our trip was centered in Madrid. </div><div>We arrived on the very first day of the year and experienced a super quiet and empty center of the city. This presented some problems (food?!) and a lot of opportunities to be the only people on the streets. We enjoyed the ghost town while hunting down some basic supplies - and after about 22 000 steps we had bread, eggs, salt, and oil :) </div><div>The weather was grayer and colder during this part of the trip, with some rains and glorious fog but a good guide through the city gave us enough stories to keep moving from one historical site to another, and I found more gardens and fountains to fall in love with :) </div><div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qdw21b7uD5AwWmSHC-IroX9WKt0l1lVrDQWiPYaNafsxMPtUcoZZI3oBazAIMqcw9N0yqakoUqEsV_aXmwMs3f4cI375GILH51F5r6bueV50LqDvwDItxvOlO_WDW0w_tPeVclAGHOXPwcNyP7vtISzcMkz4rwJUyHQ-e0c-FDXr73saJBiq/s2500/sk2024_94.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="2500" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qdw21b7uD5AwWmSHC-IroX9WKt0l1lVrDQWiPYaNafsxMPtUcoZZI3oBazAIMqcw9N0yqakoUqEsV_aXmwMs3f4cI375GILH51F5r6bueV50LqDvwDItxvOlO_WDW0w_tPeVclAGHOXPwcNyP7vtISzcMkz4rwJUyHQ-e0c-FDXr73saJBiq/w640-h430/sk2024_94.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-sketching-tools.html" target="_blank">Sketching Tools that came with me on this trip.</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/public-transportation-is-amazing.html" target="_blank">Public Transportation is amazing (sketching people).</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-drawing-on-trains.html" target="_blank">Sketching landscapes from a moving train</a>.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-1.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 1</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-2.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 2</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-seville-spain.html" target="_blank">Seville</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-granada-spain.html" target="_blank">Granada</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-spain.html" target="_blank">Madrid</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-toledo-spain.html" target="_blank">Toledo</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-museums.html" target="_blank">Museums</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-trip-to-spain-organizing-images.html" target="_blank">Organizing my notes for these posts after the trip</a> :)</span></li></ol><div><br /></div></div></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-52200199056446869362024-02-09T15:38:00.000-08:002024-02-19T14:39:02.487-08:00Winter Europe Trip: Drawing on the TrainsI already praised <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/public-transportation-is-amazing.html" target="_blank">public transportation after returning from this trip since this was a wonderful opportunity to draw people.</a> But I also tried to draw scenery from the windows of my moving trains.<div><br /><div>Drawing is always an exercise in visual memory, selection and interpretation but when the train is going 150 miles per hour it becomes a challenge of a different scale. I cursed a lot and was not happy with anything I drew - but now that I am back home these little sketches altogether bring me a lot of joy and memories of rides through Spain! So - public transportation is amazing - I would never draw these from a moving car :)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdc765fT63UNDRzuuCdhNaKho8R8wXuxqWgZK8UIvvyWR990nHuXB1Orz0BeOkSk9hl-wig_-BdkY1lT0D5Yv2LIu_4R94GjqmKPvVZvHZV-hfNY3_BWYnCNawrZP5aUPTZzSlObtkMNlHsTnuBbM5L92tHkEJY0eGv8F1IhbTuyksGEv8xUNT/s1929/sk2024_63.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1929" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdc765fT63UNDRzuuCdhNaKho8R8wXuxqWgZK8UIvvyWR990nHuXB1Orz0BeOkSk9hl-wig_-BdkY1lT0D5Yv2LIu_4R94GjqmKPvVZvHZV-hfNY3_BWYnCNawrZP5aUPTZzSlObtkMNlHsTnuBbM5L92tHkEJY0eGv8F1IhbTuyksGEv8xUNT/s320/sk2024_63.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUt2t5DDUUDz9Rv3GHO0M1ORRXbm9Iamx-_XlYsSCM5gC8nnbUyugMgfZkJk_CSkWSayAT5pwqp2LXT9pYxBTWN5IIe8l3UW0D9NjtH8TKKqlhuVguS1iW6kJ7V0ligZo0iDkhxJ_aqTiloxNLaR3MIuUEsq5TgAzfsv-JnzPWYJyh-2wnqqQ/s1943/sk2024_74.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-sketching-tools.html" target="_blank">Sketching Tools that came with me on this trip.</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/public-transportation-is-amazing.html" target="_blank">Public Transportation is amazing (sketching people).</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-drawing-on-trains.html" target="_blank">Sketching landscapes from a moving train</a>.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-1.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 1</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-2.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 2</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-seville-spain.html" target="_blank">Seville</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-granada-spain.html" target="_blank">Granada</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-spain.html" target="_blank">Madrid</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-toledo-spain.html" target="_blank">Toledo</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-museums.html" target="_blank">Museums</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-trip-to-spain-organizing-images.html" target="_blank">Organizing my notes for these posts after the trip</a> :)</span></li></ol></div></div></div></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-15861031580691618482024-02-05T14:37:00.000-08:002024-02-05T14:37:59.158-08:00January Amaryllis Update<p>Some time in December I reported that my <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/growing-amaryllis-with-mom.html" target="_blank">Mom and I are growing amaryllises together</a>. Hers advanced much faster and I kept mine in a dark and cool place while I was away on a trip - but moved it to a sunny spot when I returned. It took some time but Amaryllis made a spectacular entrance in January (and it still goes on - but that I will show later!) Here are some of my January observations of how the flowers opened up one by one:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Get8b9a40w93NqWDvZ75e-TJkTlOyIRm8V1r5bGNHTNDq37h2GHlVEDK4Udn7YENtH7Vwtwih6WqII9ZHYNkzzfrJUp3osx4vpEta5zprh3NqttvpmpXm_yicdIGfp9HW7khht2Dcg3dNh6Ux9QY-t3A0dHFq0-avUVDd-a6eDI_ju-TaryV/s2243/sk2024_75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2243" data-original-width="1449" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Get8b9a40w93NqWDvZ75e-TJkTlOyIRm8V1r5bGNHTNDq37h2GHlVEDK4Udn7YENtH7Vwtwih6WqII9ZHYNkzzfrJUp3osx4vpEta5zprh3NqttvpmpXm_yicdIGfp9HW7khht2Dcg3dNh6Ux9QY-t3A0dHFq0-avUVDd-a6eDI_ju-TaryV/w414-h640/sk2024_75.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCj6UJ3dQWjfX1ex1O8qOkVWKKjROVYkH3dwb8-wYT8h2jLgDTF5LdxJuRw7aB6CAXttTFuwH8WsV6nq1TiaQBMz89B49PJnojfOSWO3CB8nW4i15cz46EBjNWgkrIkSB9-KzITVBmoNw4owNnmpina_UgXpBQ5a5XBV2Q97rQmohFqL9v828L/s2500/sk2024_76.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I saw the beauty of the idea of the outside world being framed by windows for the viewer who is inside while we walked around <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaza_de_Espa%C3%B1a,_Seville" target="_blank">Plaza de España</a>. The story of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen" target="_blank">Carmen</a> played out when we circled the Tobacco factory. I walked the riverbank from which<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(ship)" target="_blank"> the first ship to successfully circumnavigate the world sailed</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alc%C3%A1zar_of_Seville" target="_blank">Alcázar</a> had so much history and beauty interwoven in such an intricate, compact yet voluminous way that my head just stopped processing anything but garden. And gardens! Gardens stole my heart with the sunlight and shadows, colors, fountains, trees - it was just magic!</div><div>Another city where I want to go again!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kpsJu_2U-Uk6P3VIHR3kYqqmbfZymQa-gAJH8jhqpyW199tOrS5rURSwNPqcqilLDI3q3IgXfGkfiFLQennhK2m7xOfyjL5_brKydUTZJDcmGc1GOo8bM-18sdPROAixDjE_9QP24B1CB6ow9KR_yab69X7S6qCeQe6aGPJoRZWJecrzI8cn/s2208/sk2024_66.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2208" data-original-width="1553" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0kpsJu_2U-Uk6P3VIHR3kYqqmbfZymQa-gAJH8jhqpyW199tOrS5rURSwNPqcqilLDI3q3IgXfGkfiFLQennhK2m7xOfyjL5_brKydUTZJDcmGc1GOo8bM-18sdPROAixDjE_9QP24B1CB6ow9KR_yab69X7S6qCeQe6aGPJoRZWJecrzI8cn/w450-h640/sk2024_66.jpg" width="450" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1Q0LG_XZfAhyphenhyphenMK09HTUfUsu0e18NvzQbBa6n0v80ov7MP3o6AyvxdELi1ayzUWILN0t22dballV4jYmx2LKrJcdLh7pZRz5IDHY87ad8qSBqj9GCAXdlft3K8CPCRB-0deK4jZY1MkjBQjHCXqVSpY98jUTkltQWeMgUHjSigx-m365hcBL1K/s2260/sk2024_67.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-sketching-tools.html" target="_blank">Sketching Tools that came with me on this trip.</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/public-transportation-is-amazing.html" target="_blank">Public Transportation is amazing (sketching people).</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-drawing-on-trains.html" target="_blank">Sketching landscapes from a moving train</a>.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-1.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 1</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-2.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 2</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-seville-spain.html" target="_blank">Seville</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-granada-spain.html" target="_blank">Granada</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-spain.html" target="_blank">Madrid</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-toledo-spain.html" target="_blank">Toledo</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-museums.html" target="_blank">Museums</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-trip-to-spain-organizing-images.html" target="_blank">Organizing my notes for these posts after the trip</a> :)</span></li></ol></div></div></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-68405623353414604822024-02-04T14:10:00.000-08:002024-02-04T14:10:32.406-08:00On My Table: Beginning of February 2024.January is behind us and I am in the thick of working on a whole bunch of things. This is a cleaner version of my table :)<div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>A lot of of pencils on my table - I need to limit my color options for a project early so that I have some rules to break later in the game :) </li><li>There are some texture-making experiments - they might not go anywhere but I Had fun making them. </li><li>My favorite paper towel for painting (<a href="https://www.scottbrand.com/en-us/products/scott-shop-towels" target="_blank">Original Shop Towels</a>). </li><li>My second favorite pencil sharpener - <a href="https://www.amazon.com/1053121-Sharpener-sharpens-blades-pointers/dp/B002C2UV0I/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=CjwKCAiAiP2tBhBXEiwACslfnrklMudOvUT5ConBoKtyYriO4Mueq5OyuxokdKM7JUrQGAjEr9TB2BoCizcQAvD_BwE&hvadid=616863132123&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9031968&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=7483802862706733458&hvtargid=kwd-18900389765&hydadcr=24633_13611805&keywords=kum%2Bpencil%2Bsharpeners&qid=1707083689&sr=8-1&th=1" target="_blank">KUM AS2M </a>(which makes some excellent long points and also has a side sharpener for sharpening mechanical pencils). (I showed my <a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2023/07/on-my-table-beginning-of-july-2023.html" target="_blank">absolute favorite pencil sharpener </a>a few months back). </li><li>And one more little thing that's been sitting on my table is small post-it notes - I use them to catch all the fleeting thoughts that try to take my mind off what I am doing at the moment - they all get a note - and I look through them later in the day to make sure that all the "water my table garden", "research waterproof running shoes" and "donate to <a href="https://novaukraine.org/project/medical-delivery/" target="_blank">that cause</a>" are all taken care of.</li></ul><div><div>Here is to a good February! (some trees are blooming near me already!)</div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKvNNFDOLT4WglMANDy4SGQfuI1hLyMtnDsfQbmSlPWsV0T22ZdkirjHFf7Z43L0TUY5vilp1Asy_DtANY8AAfgULG7KV2wum_WO1ms2SKOkvEu9FDCw-0kA2xFAoxS68SRvCxDWpspSRXuVT2lZnRNAUjeX0xyDcH5IIz9As5a0wbZKjGdjd/s1758/February_2024_On_My_Table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="1758" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQKvNNFDOLT4WglMANDy4SGQfuI1hLyMtnDsfQbmSlPWsV0T22ZdkirjHFf7Z43L0TUY5vilp1Asy_DtANY8AAfgULG7KV2wum_WO1ms2SKOkvEu9FDCw-0kA2xFAoxS68SRvCxDWpspSRXuVT2lZnRNAUjeX0xyDcH5IIz9As5a0wbZKjGdjd/w640-h480/February_2024_On_My_Table.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div></div></div></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14355887.post-4869247574258951572024-01-29T14:26:00.000-08:002024-02-19T14:39:30.381-08:00Winter Europe Trip: Granada, Spain.<p>Like many cities, it is impossible to see the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada" target="_blank">Granada</a> in one day. And it is even harder when you take into account that the famous <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alhambra" target="_blank">Alhambra</a> is part of the trip to Granada. Tickets to Alhambra are notoriously hard to obtain and we ended up not visiting the site. I was bummed at first but to tell you the truth now I am glad. We had only one day for the city on this trip and it was filled to the brim with so much beauty that I am not sure there was any place left for Alhambra! We saw it from the outside - framed by marvelous Sierra Nevada Mountains. And now there is a "must-see" reason to return to the gorgeous city of Granada in the future. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JClyK8tvc5rExeOb_Xgk-61gJZ4nrCfguRo7lhsntQeODZnZDjSUDvgVJAlskah1y_JH98xI8LI3YjxsXUsrmWrqPshFeSSpn__SJz9Zia2iGGTNdusSUjaFWrbAyl62RPmDA6IafaLKENdXvduUx4VE3N4Sg2LL91l_wlkl-6tFvReXfr2F/s2207/sk2024_49.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2207" data-original-width="1553" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3JClyK8tvc5rExeOb_Xgk-61gJZ4nrCfguRo7lhsntQeODZnZDjSUDvgVJAlskah1y_JH98xI8LI3YjxsXUsrmWrqPshFeSSpn__SJz9Zia2iGGTNdusSUjaFWrbAyl62RPmDA6IafaLKENdXvduUx4VE3N4Sg2LL91l_wlkl-6tFvReXfr2F/s320/sk2024_49.JPG" width="225" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxrktVr15pq2tXBnb0Zw5ehHPLR-VPbu2MsSKuRf_FMeh7jN35pxh1iHpcB53nNeWTAcDtHhFCVQqs-EEiDuMi-cM_i1DPcLByUoWgbFec8BamlzQwZH8VvEdo8nNaHdM1Lyw1jw3CbLFys76tm2N9rKYDWl_6ztnXMTVIqcFfd8dohEQ7jnPe/s2220/sk2024_48.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">More from the trip (winter 2023-24, Spain)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-sketching-tools.html" target="_blank">Sketching Tools that came with me on this trip.</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/public-transportation-is-amazing.html" target="_blank">Public Transportation is amazing (sketching people).</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-drawing-on-trains.html" target="_blank">Sketching landscapes from a moving train</a>.</span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-1.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 1</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-cordoba-spain-part-2.html" target="_blank">Cordoba Part 2</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-seville-spain.html" target="_blank">Seville</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-europe-trip-granada-spain.html" target="_blank">Granada</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-spain.html" target="_blank">Madrid</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-toledo-spain.html" target="_blank">Toledo</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/02/winter-europe-trip-madrid-museums.html" target="_blank">Museums</a></span></li><li style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; list-style-type: decimal; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span data-preserver-spaces="true" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #0e101a; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://blog.apple-pine.com/2024/01/winter-trip-to-spain-organizing-images.html" target="_blank">Organizing my notes for these posts after the trip</a> :)</span></li></ol></div></div>Nina Khashchina aka Apple-Pinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509455443525588628noreply@blogger.com0