January 7, 2008
Today we went to the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, where we took a hike in the Byxbee Park Hills overlooking the marshes. The park was created over a landfill and the hills contain up to sixty feet of garbage covered with clay and then topsoil. Landscape architects and designers created the park as an environmental art form and recreation area. Peter Richards and Michael Oppenheimer were the artists involved in the design.
The marsh waters were high after all the rain this past week. Ducks, geese, seagulls and other birds were numerous, as well as people out walking on this rare day of sunshine.
After that, we walked around downtown Palo Alto, eating lunch outdoors at a Mexican restaurant. Here it is January, and we were eating OUTDOORS--a real treat! We walked around checking out galleries, but most of them were closed because it is a Monday.
My drawing this morning took on an overall patterned design:
Drawing #268 9" x 6"
(Note: There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting in order to give me time to get ahead.)
