This year's part-shade container garden is brought to you by a Mother's Day gift of eight bags of Sea Soil, some West Coast Seeds (and some saved seeds), and Mother Nature. I included several highlights from various sketches made throughout the growing season. Amazingly, there is enough food elsewhere in the creek for the squirrels that they leave my humble crop of beans, greens, and tomatoes alone. After two years of observing the local conditions and critters, I am still experimenting and learning what works in this garden.

A map of one of my favourite local motorcycle routes. Not an exotic island, but lots of wonderful sights & smells! I love exploring rural roads, rolling hills & lots of winding roads, which are great fun on a motorcycle! Then toss in the smell of fresh cut hay, rivers & lakes and wood-fires on chilly mornings or evenings, it's one of my favourite routes! I'm very fortunate to step out my door, onto my bike and within 10 minutes, I'm riding some great rural fun roads!

A beautiful natural park in the south of Catalonia, (Spain). A unique place to spot a wide variety of birds stopping off before flying south. If you love birds, natural beaches, sun and outstanding Mediterranean gastronomy, Ebro Delta is waiting for you!

Located near Chicago, Illinois, this local forest preserve is a little oasis! (From Sketchbook Skool-Let's Make a Map!)

Drawn for Nate's class, "Let's make a map."

A map of the route I walk in my neighborhood and the interesting things I see.

Welcome to my Home. (Sketchbook / Skool ~Let's Make AMap)

Hand drawn

Handmade watercolor map of Ecuador, the wonderful country where you can find 4 worlds in one place, Galapagos Islands, Pacific coast, Cordillera de los Andes and Amazon jungle with a lot of natural diversity, ecuadorian roses, amazing amazonian orchids, a huge variety of palm trees and ferns, beautiful animals like Iguanas, Galapagos tortoises, giant shrimps, Guacamayos, Squirrel Monkeys, blue-footed boobies, and also the best bananas and cocoa you can find. Don't forget to try "Bolón" at the coastal region. Ecuador is a landscape full of incredible colors that will captivate you, everywhere you look!

An illustrated map of Postman's Park in the City of London.

This is a fun map of a section of Scotland's Fife Coastal Path from Elie to Crail. The entire path is 117 miles in length, but this portion could be done in a day or two and is filled with beautiful sights!

An illustration based on my experience of traveling for a week in South Iceland.

Berlin's Grunewald is a forest filled with walking paths, beaches, a beer garden, hotel, museums, and even an art gallery housed in an old hunting lodge. And of course it’s all accessible by multiple forms of public transportation.

Tenerife is so much more than just beaches! Nature is absolutely stunning, the great volcano Teide very impressive and I love spotting animals all around the island.
We recently went to Tenerife for the second time and loved exploring the island!