Tuesday, April 2, 2013

More Blossoms

It was so gorgeous by the waterfront, that I went back Saturday with a couple of Urban Sketchers to sketch again. Volunteers were cleaning the rocks of the Japanese monument.




 The day was warm and as it wore on, more and more people arrived to take pictures, picnic, and play by the cherry trees. Eventually, there were so many people, I couldn't see some of the tree trunks and some of the large rocks.  Even the MAX trains seemed to slow as they were near the north end of the Steele bridge, perhaps giving the riders an extra view of all the pink blossoms.




On Sunday, I wanted to show my husband the cherry trees, so we went back and I sketched again while he read. This time I looked toward the Burnside Bridge.



And here are a few more signs of spring....





5 comments:

Janene said...

You've really captured the freshness of spring with your beautiful sketches. Even the scrubbing of the memorial seems particularly appropriate for spring.

Vicky said...

Thank you so much, Janene.

helen said...

Wow - you have captured those cherry blossoms beautifully!

deb rossi said...

I love all of your iterations of the cherry blossoms....you were right to return.

Vicky said...

Thank you, Helen and Deb. The blossoms were certainly short-lived. I'm so glad we caught them before they disappeared.