sketches
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Too many big hikes or too many hikes with others, there does seem to have been a rather large break in sketches. All excuses, there should have been more. I should get back to something smaller than a super wide angle of the distant world once in a while, too. When I did finally open up the dry bag, I had a nasty surprise. Quite a lot of water had gotten in at some point. I am pretty certain when and I should not have left the bag in the pack for that incident. The old dry bag is a bit holed after the many years with various sketch books. The previous sketches are damaged. Less than I expected, more than I want. The rest will all be a bit dirty and the ink does not sit on the paper in quite the same way now that the sizing has been washed. It is a cookie, it has crumbled, and this is the way of it. I took the last day of the year to wander up to San Marcos Foothills and try out a new brush pen. These dogs walked past, more interested in looking around than moving back to the car, a