Foovay's Cauldron

This drawing was done at Lake Bentley State Park. The butterflies, however, are ones I had spotted all over the eastern part of New Mexico during our trip. Lake Bentley State Park is sort of an undiscovered gem. At least when we were there very few campers were using it. The ‘regulars’ told us this [...]

A red bluff overlooking the lake we camped next to in Bottomless Lakes State Park near Roswell, NM. We loved Roswell, and we especially loved this park. The lakes are perfect for swimming, and some allow boating as well. We watched an Osprey hunting fish over this one, and in the late evening a huge [...]

A few hours after this was drawn we were treated to a hellacious hail and lightning storm on a mountain top that nearly destroyed the tent, and us. Not one of our better days on the road. We fled down the mountain after a most disorganized retreat, hoping the glass in the car windows would [...]

If this looks a little ominous and threatening – just wait for the rest of the story. Santa Rosa Lake State Park was a disappointment on top of a disappointment, quickly followed by … Well, I’ll save that for tomorrow. For now, I’ll say that all the hoopla about following Route 66 is bullshit – [...]

I couldn’t recall the name of the lake, so I had to dig up my journal of the time and read the entry. Now I remember. Most of all what I remember is how quiet, and peaceful and beautiful it was at Ute Lake State Park. The crystal clear water of the lake – so [...]

Dated August 17, 2006, this is a quick sketch of a fey who visited me that morning. I had been to the Cherokee museum in Talequah, OK just a few days before. Hubby and I had traveled there for a job interview for him. The job didn’t work out, but the museum was worth the [...]