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We only have one sizzling hot week and the rest of summer is pretty gloomy.

I don’t know where does summer go.

Things can help me to recall bits of summer are the papaya juice, peaches, chihlung’s suntan and hiro/ayano’s visit………

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Last time when we were in San Onofre beach we saw people are doing ” Tandem surfing”. That’s was crazy and entertaining! I can’t help myself doing some sketches of what I saw in the beach.

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This is Hana and she is my model for this Tandem surfing sketches.

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I’m contributing my sketch to a new book ” From Orchards, Fields, and Gardens“.

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This is my page, ” Tree and Birds”.

I’m really happy to be part of this book. We had a California native plants garden. They go wild in very short time and there are so many animals sharing the garden with us. I used to be able to see them all the time while I was working in the back studio which has big windows looking to back yard. I lost track of them now after I moved my work station to the living space……………..

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There are some more sketches I did for my “neighbor” who share the garden with us.

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And the wicked tree I see everyday while cooking.

Thank you again! Shash!! It was a great experience and I love the book so much!!

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