Hi All,
We're going back for a Day 2 as all who showed up agreed, it was a quite pleasant place to be and we had enough options of things to paint. The shade is plentiful and it's easy to get comfortable. Directions once again are on the right. -- SIRENS BLARE -- WHOOP, WHOOP -- Time Change Ahead -- Keep your eyes open and Read!!
Since it is so hot out there and pretty much everyone arrived well before 8:00 am, we opted to change the time to 7:30 or, of course, it's whenever you get there.
I arrived after Suzette as she wanted to get an early start. She brought her trusty chair and was all set up in her spot when I got there.
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| Suzette & her trusty chair |
Betty wandered in shortly after.
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| Betty |
Tecla and Carolyn arrived next. I was too busy talking and didn't get a pic of Carolyn, but you'll see her later. However, here's Tecla checking out the shade for her spot.
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| Tecla being distracted by all the signage |
While Tecla was setting up her spot, Denise came walking in
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| Denise with a spring in her step |
And, apparently, she let Tecla do the work for her in finding a spot as she set up right behind her.
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| Tecla and Denise |
It looks like Carolyn and Betty decided to share the long bench for their spots and mine was on the other side of Smokey.
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| Tecla, Denise, Carolyn, Betty |
Oh, I found a photo that has my spot in it -- you can see my tripod set up on the other side of Smokey
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| Left to Right and Front of photo to back to front again Carolyn, Betty, Smokey, My Spot, strangers, Suzette, more strangers, Denise |
For those of you that don't know, this station has a hummingbird garden. It happens to be right over the wall from where Suzette is sitting. Along that opening they have images with names and descriptions of all the hummingbirds you might see there - that's what all those evenly spaced signs are. And, here is a photo of Suzette looking at them as well as one of the smaller strangers (little visitor).
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| Suzette, little visitor, papa visitor |
This next photo is "The Family From Ohio", the fellow in the front was sitting next to me and asking all sorts of questions about our group. He had said they were from Ohio and weren't used to this intense heat. I let him know that it was even HOT for us. They were a nice, cheerful and friendly group. Another plus to this location is getting to meet friendly people from all over.
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| The Family From Ohio |
Well, shortly after that little visit it was time to wrap things up. At least I didn't have to go wandering in search of anyone because we were all right there. It certainly did make my job easier, plus those benches definitely make putting together the gallery a lot easier.
While we all smiled on 2, Smokey didn't even blink. Although he did seem to enjoy having a couple of lovely ladies put their heads on his shoulders. Oh, I also now understand why Tecla was tilting her head like that.
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| Me, Denise, Carolyn, Smokey, Suzette, Tecla, Smokey's Shovel, Betty |
Cecilia