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Armchair Travel
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Thursday, 25 April 2019 Sunny and Breezy “What does everyone want to do? Let’s go find the waterfall on the Roaring Water River at Proch an Easa. We went far afield and failed to find it. I wouldn’t say we were lost but we didn’t exactly know where we were either as we wound around the misty mountain. We found other unnamed rivers. We headed back to the sunny coast of the Mizen Head peninsula and to the most southwestern spot in Ireland. By the map or GPS, you couldn’t tell which would be a real road or just a walker’s two-track. In my ambition to go to the most southwestern spot in Ireland on Mizen Head, I followed the road up, up, up an ever-narrowing track until the walls on either side of the vehicle were so close, we could not have departed the car. I could only ask myself, “Why was this track here?” At last, we arrived at the end with no place to turn around. The cliffs plunged down to the ocean. I backed down the mile or so of track—there were treacherous stone walls on either side, and the vegetation growing out of the walls was scraping both sides of the car. Now I know why the two men sitting at the picnic table at the base of the track on Brow Head Point smiled and looked at our car going up the two-track. They must have known. We had indeed reached the most southwestern spot in Ireland. After our walk of shame, we backtracked to Goleen to take the correct road to the lighthouse on the end of Mizen Head.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/books/products/the-hole-made-by-a-waterfall.html — Excerpt and image from The Hole Made by a Waterfall: (2019 Schull Bridget O'Donovan, Prohoness near Aughadown, Proch An Easa Map) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #Ireland #MizenHead
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“October is one of the best months to visit Mackinac Island in Michigan. The autumn colors and relaxing atmosphere make a great fall getaway. One of my favorite stops on the island is the Pink Pony which often features live music.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ — Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion: 2006 Mackinac Island (2006 10 00 Michigan, Mackinac Island, The Pink Pony, Guitar Player and Crowd) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #FallInMichigan #PureMichigan #ThePinkPony
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Thursday, 06 April 2017 The Inn of the Five Graces Santa Fe, New Mexico “Lovely courtyard at The Inn of the Five Graces. I loved my apartment in Sandalwood. Our first day, we stopped at Gusterman’s and walked the town.” https://www.leestudiotc.com/ — Excerpt and image from Leslie’s Travel Companion: 2017 New Mexico (2017 04 06 New Mexico, Santa Fe, the courtyard at the Inn of the Five Graces) #LeeStudio #traveljournal #travelbooks #SantaFe #NewMexico #TheInnoftheFiveGraces #Gustermans
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“I was completely charmed by this insightful and heartfelt portrait of Ireland. Leslie Lee’s descriptions of the people she met and the places she visited are so well written, so immediate, that I felt like I was there.” Jerry Dennis, Michigan Author
About the Artist
Not formally trained in art, Leslie began to draw when she traveled as a way to see more clearly what was around her. She carried a notebook, pen and tiny paint kit instead of a camera, and when everyone else was clicking away, she whipped out her kit and painted—fast. The simplicity of her paint palette and the speed with which she painted has become her signature style.
Northwest Lower Michigan defines her. She considers herself part of the landscape among the bluestems and butterfly weed, beneath the cedars, willows, and maple trees. The wind of the woods and water speak her language and sing the songs of her childhood. How will a visitor know us if we don’t know who we are? How will we venture out in the world if we have nothing of ourselves to offer? If we treasure our origins, we take these gifts out to the world as we travel, and come home again, enriched twice over. Wherever we are, every day, we create the story and the adventure of our lives. Here are her favorite stories and drawings.
After a lifetime of writing and painting in the margins of work and family, now semi-retired, Leslie has made it a priority to share. Thirty years of travel journals and paintings have been dusted off, edited, and excerpted and will be appearing here on her website as books, fine art, folded note cards and postcards, and other gifts and products for sale.
Leslie's Note Cards
All of our fine art reproductions use archival inks and paper and are suitable for framing. Giclee is another term for this process. The color and quality of the reproductions are so impeccable, it’s difficult to tell they’re not the originals until you turn them over to read the printed details of the image. Framed, they look great on the wall and make wonderful gifts.
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Leslie's Artwork
- Keem Beach on Achill Island2010 09 30 Ireland, Co. Mayo, Achill Island, Keem Beach
- The Doolin Round Tower2010 10 04 Ireland, Co. Clare, Doolin, Round Tower
- Dunmore Head2010 11 16 Ireland, Co. Kerry, Dingle Peninsula, Dunmore Head
- An Apperol Spritz at the Locanda Cipriani2018 03 30 Italy, Torcello, Apperol Spritz and Bread
- Ceidhle at Glenmorangie House2014 09 26 Scotland, Glenmorangie House, Lass in Blue
- The Labby Stone2007 04 04 Ireland, Co. Sligo, The Labby Dolmen