Ffion Rose/Great Sand Dunes onesie

Our beautiful granddaughter Ffion Rose models the onesie I decorated with a painting of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in Southern Colorado when we were over there last August. Won't be long before she grows out of it..... next the Great Sand Dunes of the Sahara?

Colorado - Clear Creek Falls

Colorado - Great Sand Dunes National Park

Colorado - Pikes Peak

Firey sunset over Pikes Peak with the bright red rocks of Garden of the Gods in the foreground.

Colorado - cliff dwellings

Inspired by Mesa Verde The next few posts will be my acrylics from our trip to visit our first granddaughter Ffion (and Mum Anna & Dad Chris) in Colorado Springs

Atlanta Airport - return

Atlanta Airport on the return flight to the UK - they said the busiest airport in the world. It certainly was busy from where we were sitting!

Atlanta Airport

Outward bound to Colorado Springs - stopover at Atlanta Airport. Feel the heat in the docking bridge between the aircraft and the air conditioned Terminal. Had a nice glass of red at the piano bar Terminal E. Saw dozens of Delta aircraft and one or two AirTran - like this one.

Final sketches

The final sketches of our Colorado Trip. One at 30 seconds, one at 10 seconds. Lights out! Goodbye America, hello Britain.

Philadelphia Airport

10 minute sketch before the call to board

Northern Plains USA

There were only 4 types of scenery in the 3 hour flight over Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana before we hit clouds at Fort Wayne (which I identified from my photo and a satellite image on Google maps). In an hour we were at Philly Airport.

Denver Airport

Sad farewells and on the way back to the UK

Garden of the Gods -Colorado Springs

Doesn't get any better than this

Garden of the Gods -Colorado Springs

Colorado Springs - Old Courthouse

Managed to find a shady tree!

Downtown Colorado Springs

Another nice night out and nice meal at The Olive Branch. Downtown was buzzing.... nice

Black Forest - Colorado Springs

Last BBQ of the season

Joanne's - Colorado Springs

Corn Dollies outside Joanne's @ Colorado Springs. This is when an iPad comes in really useful when your wife and daughter enter their favourite wool shop.

Garden of the Gods - Colorado Springs

Red rock slabs 300 ft high - awesome. Quick sketch on my iPad followed by a slightly slower one with pen and watercolour. I'd been looking forward to doing this one since our daughter moved to the Springs 2 years ago.

Colorado Springs - Johnny Carino's

Staff problems that night backstage but the food (and company) was good.

Colorado Springs

Intersection of Academy and Constitution with Pikes Peak in the distance.