California (2–15 June)

Nikki's house in San Jose (that hole in the roof is actually a set of solar panels)

Calaveras reservoir in Sunol Regional Wilderness, from Monument Peak

Weird rock formations in Red Rock Canyon (breaking my rule not to try to sketch weird- looking things)

Fishing at Whitney Portal, the start of the climb to Mount Whitney

Bristlecone Pine, in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest

Tufa at Mono Lake (again breaking the “weird” rule!)

Hermitage Juice Bar, at June Lake

Tuolumne Meadows, in Yosemite National Park

Breakfast in Yosemite

… lunch the same day

… and dinner

At the Beer and Taco Festival in San Jose

At the Obon Japanese Festival the next day

Alberta (and Saskatchewan) (15 July – 18 August)

Looking over Milk River to the Sweetgrass Hills in Montana

Hoodoos at Writing-on-Stone Park (breaks the weird rule again–but there’s a better picture of hoodoos below)

Evening in the Japanese Gardens, Lethbridge

Haig Lake, Westcastle (nice hike, lovely lake, but impossible to draw. A huge rock face tops a huge scree basin, with snow patches, leading down to the lake, and trees all around)

Elephants on the wall in Starbucks (elephants? – we were having coffee, with nothing to draw)

Above Horseshoe Basin, Watertown Park, sitting high on a ridge trying to capture the yin and yang of the prairies (left) and Rockies (right)

Oldman River running through Cottonwood Park outside Lethbridge (which we call Rattlesnake Park)

Carts at Fort Whoop-up, the old trading fort in Lethbridge

Those mysterious hoodoos at Writing-on-Stone Park

Waterton Lake from the lounge of the Prince of Wales Hotel

This place is for the birds, Lethbridge, Alberta

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (the Porcupine Hills, not the Rockies)

The old railway bridge at Canmore, Alberta

Downtown Canmore (oops … the diagonal stripe on the left is an awning)

Cascade Mountain

Looking north up the Icefields Parkway from Crowfoot Pass

Mount Hector and Hector Lake, Alberta

Looking down on Rock Isle Lake from Sunshine Meadows

Breakfast at the “front porch café,” Saul and Judy’s house

Alpenglow at the Canmore Folk Festival

The Three Sisters, during the Folk Festival

Nunataks in Highwood Pass

Indian-style “Medicine Wheel” on Nose Hill, Calgary

Bow River from Prince’s Island, Calgary

Chris and Carl's back yard

Little bridge in Confederation Park, near where we used to live

Jim in Camrose, or rather, his hat

Candle Lake, Saskatchewan

Sue and Wayne's little cabin in the woods …

… and their tractor

Church and grain elevator in the Ukrainian Village near Camrose

Newfoundland (and Labrador) (19 – 28 August)

Woody Point lighthouse, Gros Morne National Park

Looking up Bonne Bay

Fishing shack and lobster pots at Trout River

Looking back over Bonne Bay and the Tablelands, from Jenniex House

L’Anse d’Amour lighthouse, Labrador

Boats at Port au Choix, Newfoundland

These white-faced Basques are catching a whale (or not)

Boathouse at L'Anse aux Meadows

Recreation of a Viking sod house at L'Anse aux Meadows

Fox Point lighthouse, St Anthony’s

Rocky Harbour, Gros Morne Park – from our hotel room balcony

Western Brook Arm, Gros Morne, a “landlocked, freshwater, fjord” (yes!)

Lighthouse at Rocky Point, Gros Morne

The “tickle” at Norris Point, Gros Morne

Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (and Knowlton, Quebec) (28 August – 17 September)

Pipers in Halifax Citadel

Um ... where's the lighter? Wind blew out the match, so he Halifax noon gun went off at 12:04

The widely-renowned Peggy's Cove

Peggy's Cove lighthouse

The Stolp's little cottage at East Berlin, from West Berlin wharf (I kayaked from East to West Berlin a couple of times)

Medway Head lighthouse

The Blue Rocks

Two old schooners at LeHave

Old church at LeHave Island

Fort Point lighthouse at Liverpool

Tidal bore at Truro (never sketch weird-looking things)

Cape Breton Island (in the distance) from Cape George

Arisaig lighthouse and harbour

Blockhouse Point lighthouse, Prince Edward Island

Complicated restaurant at Mt Stewart, PEI

North Rustico harbour, PEI

Green Gables (without Anne)

New London harbour, PEI

At the lunch ceilidh, Cape Breton Island

Cape Breton shoreline

Squeaker Hole, near Neil's Harbour, Cape Breton Island

Auberge Knowlton, Quebec

Bristol, Cornwall, and Essex (18 – 30 September)

Ruins of Bristol Cathedral

Cabot's ship “Matthew”, Bristol

The “Famous Royal Navy Volunteer’s” pub, Bristol

Trenalls cottage, and Trenalls, Prussia Cove, Cornwall

Charleston harbour

From the Ship Inn, Porthleven

Grey skies at Land's End

St Ives harbour

Lanyon Quoit and Men-an-Tol, Cornwall

Fisherman's hut at Bessie's Cove (near Prussia Cove)

St Michael's Mount, Penzance

Cliff Cottage at Bessie's Cove

Wivenhoe quay, Essex

The Old Bakery, Wivenhoe High St

Colchester Castle (with famous tree)