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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Well this is very very nice on a Saturday afternoon. #thebeatles

Rubber Soul LP by the Beatles on my record player

Rubber Soul LP by the Beatles on my record player, disc two, with the 1965 photo of the Beatles pre distortion

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also out sketching the Davis Farmers Market again, it’s well hot today. Start of October, heatwave.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Out sketching the Davis community church this morning doing thumbnails for a possible bigger drawing.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Apparently this old house (1905) on 3rd st is gonna be demolished, apparently not in good nick, but that’s a shame because I like to draw it.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Arboretum sketches (Davis California)

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I really love drawing. If it is not obvious! Stopped into Three Mile in Davis after the Pence Gallery Art Auction, both pieces sold, celebrating with a pint of “Arnold Schwarzenlager”. It’s a good week, first week of the quarter, and our dept got a historic name change approved. Busy next week!

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Today marks ten years to the day since the UC Davis Pitzer Center opened its new doors for the opening concert by the Music faculty and students, I had drawn the buildings progress from when the Boiler Building stood there before, to the new recital hall going up. Ten years ago now, wow.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

After work yesterday I went down to the Shields Oak Grove in the UCD Arboretum, a place I’ve really not explored before, in 21 years. It was just beautiful. Started a new sketchbook.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s the first day of classes at #ucdavis! I was out at lunchtime by the roundabout next to the Silo, where loads of people were gathered to, as per tradition, yell at people for not wearing helmets or going too fast, and cheer people for wearing helmets and riding safely. Had to sketch it.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Two sketches I did yesterday during the Let’s Draw Davis meetup on D St

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sketchcrawl today at 10:30, will be a nice morning for sketching.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oh I have a good idea, get up at 5am to watch Spurs against Villa, oh we are losing already and we have still scored still ZERO GOALS… it is almost hilarious at this point. I think football is broken for me.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Up early to watch Lando Norris get pole in F1 qualifying, then had a 4 mile run. Now to watch Spurs huff and puff.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Ok come on now Spurs. Spent all that dough, let’s score a goal, eh? Also why are Everton wearing that awful kit?

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Pence Gallery annual art auction just opened and they hosted the ArtAbout reception tonight. Auction closes in two weeks! (Both my pieces, drawings from Richmond, have sold already though! Always a nice feeling). Some really lovely art in the Pence this year.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ah, sad tree news. The big Siberian Elm near the South Silo on the UC Davis campus, the big tall one that was leaning over a lot, was finally hit down, I saw today. I had drawn it a lot over the years and was hoping to sketch it again, but not to be. Goodbye old friend.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

An old English Elm, planted in 1906, 99 years before I arrived in Davis, on 3rd St. & it’s an official Landmark Tree, there is a list of them on the City website. Maybe I will draw them all.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Resting my legs after the 10k Labor Day Run this morning, I really liked that route in South Davis, some places I’ve not gone to in a few years. Happy with the time, not worrying about beating past times now.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Another bad decision to stay in and watch Spurs, at least we didn’t lose, but could we maybe score a goal at some point this season?

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wow Pierre Gasly on pole in Monza!!!!

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The difference between Monday and Tuesday was amazing

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Did a sketch on F St today, taking a break from trees (though there are trees in this scene) Davis CA

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Let’s Draw Davis on September 19, meet at 10:30am on D St next to the ref phone box (outside cloud forest cafe), and we will sketch that area for a couple of hours before coming back together to look at our sketchbooks. Hope to see you there, Davis area sketchers!

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Another tree, I think it’s a Chinese Elm, on the North Davis Greenbelt today.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I got up and ran over four and a half, maybe five miles this morning, I don’t know exactly cos my silly watch died again shortly into the run. Still, good practice for next weeks 10k Labor Day Run.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Another tree, this one’s downtown on 3rd St, it’s a century old male (so I was told) Carob tree, near Newsbeat. I always liked this one, today I learned that it’s as old as (maybe older than) downtown itself.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I was going to take the train down to the city again today, woke up early, but then decided, can't be bothered, too much effort. Feeling restless, need to do some URBAN sketching but just the thought of the long journey back at the end of the day wears me out.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Last tree of the week, California Buckeye in the UCD Arboretum.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Another tree,this is like treemonth or something, “Arb-gust”. No irony like those months renamed for silly things, not having it. This is a Coast Live Oak in the UCD arboretum.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Ten years ago I drew these buildings on the UCD campus, one of which was the oldest building (Wyatt Pavilion, 99 years at the time), the other was the newest (Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, still a couple of months away from opening) at the time).

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Totally not able to sleep, because the mind just won’t stop, so I get up and do some work, just the easy work that doesn’t require too much but keeps my brain occupied. It’s why I sketch so much, so I can put my mind elsewhere for a bit, focus on a tree or something.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tree is all I draw now. This is on the corner of Rice and A.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oh no, Dolly Parton?! Very sad news. We loved her. Rest in Peace.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

More trees for the start of the week. It’s hard to stop drawing trees. It’s very relaxing.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Wow, Lando wins again! Final Zandvoort race. Feel bad for Max tho. Glad I got up early to watch the F1.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A final tree for this week full of trees. This is on the north Davis green belt, and there were a couple of lizards running around it as I sketched. It was hot out, saw lots of of lizards scurrying about on my walk.

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Is proper football back? No hydration breaks, no obligatory cutting to Gianni, no half hour half times. Come on you Spurs!

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Pete Scully @petescully.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Twenty years (and one day) ago today I was very early in my Drawing Davis days and I went out with my bike and a new paint set, and drew the red phone box on D St. Never forget that first summer in Davis, it was so hot, and I’m still here drawing all these same places. I love this old sketch though.