The Mountain Ash Tree and the Ceramicists of Rishtan

I stopped by the Viewoint just briefly today. Again, it was sunny there but overcast and windy on the bay. I thought I'd go again, a little later, to take some photos, but then it began raining in torrents. That doesn't always stop me, but today I'm not in the mood to get wet. I'll stay in until it clears up--if it clears up--and finish my Klatch drawing, which I didn't quite get done earlier today. Since morning I've been thinking about the ceramicists of Rishtan who were here this summer and their magnificent blue and turquoise pottery. Looking out the window, I see a gray house, which would almost match the sky in color, if the sky were a little darker or the house a little lighter. There's a tall mountain ash tree in the front yard of the house. The tree is laden with orange-red berries. When it's not so wet, the birds flock to it in great number.

Thirty-Two, Two and Four

 

Burning Bright
Copyright © 2009 Paul D. Natkin, All Rights Reserved

archival felt pen and watercolor on Arches 140 lb. cold-pressed paper; 4" x 6"

The main walkway at the Viewpoint consists of sections of concrete divided by wooden slats. There are thirty-two of these slats. The two smaller walkways at the south end of the park are also made up of sections of concrete divided by wooden slats. Of the two, the walkway that points a bit to the west, going out of the park, has two slats, while the walkway that points a bit to the east, going out of the park, has four slats.

I've mentioned the moon any number of times, but I've neglected a planet--the one I saw shining bright as could be as I looked south over the Viewpoint tonight. It's Jupiter, I believe.