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| Mike's Mug is waiting under the spout 😉 |
Here's where I find out whether or not you actually read what's under the photos or even the blog for that matter. Ok, enough for the test or at the very least I hope you got the joke.
Suzette and I arrived and found Christine & Sophie getting stuff out of their vehicles and chatting. I was not prepared and have no photos of this particular arrival (I was the driver this day, so my cell phone was not in hand).
But I did get one of Sophie heading off down the trail.
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| Sophie |
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| Front to Back - Suzette & Christine |
No sooner then we started out we saw someone walking swiftly towards us, watercolor palette in hand.
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| Bob |
It was Bob, and you know what -- I never did see where his spot wound up being. I think I did catch him wandering a bit though. Speaking of wandering
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| Sophie |
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| Sophie |
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| Sophie |
Yes, in case you were wondering, that's Sophie the wanderer doing her thing. Although I was at least able to find her in her spot eventually. That's something I can't say about everyone in the group this day. And, here she is -- geez, after all those open spots I found her in, check this out.
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| Sophie in her Spot |
Christine found a very interesting tree she decided to claim for her spot. When Bob walked past he realized there was a path that way and decided to take it.
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| Christine, Bob |
While I was also looking for my spot, I saw this -- isn't it weird? Oh don't be silly, I'm not talking about the legs off to the right, that's just Sophie who was still wandering. However, when you look at the pic, you'll see what I mean.
Now the fact that a branch from a tree was put across a trail to stop you from walking that way isn't odd. BUT, the fact that they completed the killing of the cactus and included a downed "trail" sign to do it is a bit mind boggling.
Oh look what I just found - a front facing pic of Suzette as she was looking for her spot. How about that, you can actually see her face in this one, well, sort of.
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| Suzette |
Then much to my surprise, we had a returner -- Cynde (in case you're wondering what a "returner" is -- it's someone who's returned to the area and joined us after being away for a while, like the whole Summer).
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| Cynde |
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| (Above) Nori, (Below) Suzette |
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| See, it's Nori |
Then Denise popped up right along side her.
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| Nori with Denise waving |
Here's Nori & Suzette in their spots with Christine on the side.
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| (L to R) Christine, Nori, Suzette, then far right Denise |
It looks like Denise danced right on over to her spot - or at least I think this was her spot.
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| Denise in her spot |
I had heard that David was there and I went looking for him, TWICE. I did receive this text from him though.
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| David & his cave |
We really were spread out a bit and I sort of lost track of who was there, so when it came time for the final photos, there were a few missing. In fact, I didn't find out that Mike was there until I was heading to my car. Fortunately I was able to get a photo of him and his painting and also Bob and his painting. I'll show them to you after, so when you think it's all said and done (which is usually after the smile on 2), read on, because there's more.
Well here's our gallery minus a few, which were Mike, Bob and also Sophie -- we all thought she had wandered right on home, but it turns out she was just a little late and the gallery had already closed. Or, in other words, we picked up our paintings and were heading home.
Oops wait before I show you the gallery let me just tell you about Chris. You see she arrived and I clearly wasn't prepared to catch a photo of her, but you'll see she was there because she's in the final photo. In fact she made it in time to do 2 paintings and was there for the gallery shot and the group. I just didn't get any others of her. Oh, by the way, she's also a "returner" and we're happy to have her back!! Welcome back Chris!! You'll see her in the group photo.
Look at this happy group all smiling on 2! Now don't forget you still have to go past what would normally be the final photo.
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| (Back Row L to R) Christine, Nori, David, Denise, Suzette, Chris (Front L to R) Me, Cynde |
See, I told you Chris was there. I didn't get a photo of Sophie as I mentioned but here are Mike and Bob.
In fact this was the first I saw of Mike.
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| Mike |
He saw my car so he knew we were there someplace and he also saw Bob, so he painted fairly close to the parking lot. But, here he is with his painting.
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| Mike |
And, because Bob didn't make it back over to us either, here he is with his paintings.
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| Bob |
Ok, well, that finally wraps it up. Hope to see you all next week as we head out to Slide Rock to check things out before they have their Fall Fest in October which a number of you have signed up for.
Till Tuesday!
Cecilia