The weather was fantastic on Day 2, so i packed up some watercolours and headed to the nearby cemetery. There were some really interesting stones and iron railings. I had never seen wooden railings around graves before, so I sketched these spindles for a while and admired the worn grain. Walking to this stone angel, I heard a rattlesnake give a warning sound. After that I stuck to the wide paths! The views were amazing, I can see why the early miners chose this as their resting place. The silence was a peaceful one, not a creepy dark one, like so many graveyards back in England. There were swooping magpies following me looking for crumbs from my tuna sandwich. I decided to make a sketch of one as a plan for an etching, but once I got to the press, I switched the magpie out for a crow. I also made some monotypes of this old barn that is within view of the retreat center. Photos of me printing (in the morgue) by Frances Melhop This was the firs...