Well, it happened! I was the one that needed a timestamp - arrival: 10:05. Meet up time was 9:45 😔 Hey, it was bound to happen sooner or later.
But, as it turned out I still caught some people arriving, well sort of. Here's Bob, he was actually just wandering around.
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| Bob |
As you can see in the distance, while there's still some fall colors, a lot of trees have lost their leaves.
And, here's Mike not set up yet either.
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| Mike |
And, Pat was also there. She must've been on time.
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| Pat |
So, it turns out that Bob brought another Pat with him, she was off in an area that Mike would usually go to that doesn't have Cathedral Rock views, but does face the creek. Anyway, 2 Pats, guess you know what that means. Above is Pat1. And, I have a little funny story about there being 2 Pats that happened as we were setting up our gallery.
Off in the distance I saw there was another artist already set up and painting.
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| See the black dot on the left -- I said it was in the distance! |
So, I had to go find out who that was, as I got closer, recognition started setting in.
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| Betty |
It was Betty in her spot! After greeting and chatting, I turned back to go find my spot and found that Mike for a change decided to face Cathedral Rock.
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| Mike in his spot |
Now, if you look at the photo you'll see a black bag on the right side and to Mike's real left -- that's my spot, BUT, on the other side we have someone just setting up that wasn't there before.
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| A scrambler and Nita |
That's right, that other person was Timestamp Nita (aka Nita1), oh, and the actual time 10:15. Now as to that scrambler, well it was David who had informed me beforehand he'd be arriving late. Between what he's carrying and what he has on his back, you'd think he would have taken the easier way down -- guess he was just following Nita as that's always her preferred arrival point.
Oh good, he made it down.
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| David |
David decided his spot should also be facing the rocks - hey, join the crowd!
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| David's back and view of the rocks |
You can see that there was also someone else that showed up, as off in the distance near where Betty was is another artist. Let's see who it is.
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| (L to R) Spencer, Jeanne |
Yes, that's a slightly better view of Jeanne and a very, very friendly and curious Spencer. I was very well greeted when I went over to say hello to Jeanne 😊
Here's a view of the group that went the "extra distance"
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| (L to R) Betty, Jeanne, Stranger hiking, another stranger hiking |
Oh my, this was a surprise, with thanks to Jeanne - she caught me 😉
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| (L to R) Me, Betty |
How about that, Jeanne had time to do a great painting and sneak in a picture of me too -- thanks Jeanne!
After visiting here with Betty and others dispersed around, I went to find who we'll now refer to as Pat2. I finally found her somewhere near where Mike would usually set up but didn't this day. Only thing is, I was so intent on finding her that I forgot to get a picture of her -- I'm sorry. But, have no fear, she made it into the group photo and perhaps some of you will recognize her from NAWS.
Speaking of the group photo which means we had a gallery, when we were starting to set up our gallery I saw Pat2 over near Bob's spot which was on your out to the road. I didn't want her to leave before the photos were taken so I yelled "Pat, you're not leaving are you?" and in response I heard a very distinctly different voice respond but from the same area, it was Pat1. Which was when I realized, oh no, we have 2 Pats. It did make me laugh when Pat1 replied.
Anyway, as usual we gathered together to build the gallery and I tried to get a picture of it all. As proof of that, Jeanne once again grabbed her phone and took a picture of this endeavor.
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| Me and all the great paintings with thanks to Jeanne |
Have no fear -- I'll show you what the photo I took looked like, well sort of -- I did have to add a slow poke's painting in after the fact, but I'm not saying whose. Although, I did just give you something to search for - as in "what's different between the two photos". Now you have to study all the paintings - have fun!
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| Wow, quite the display |
If you're doing a count, you'll find that our Timestamp painter as usual did multiple and because she always arrives so late, she does it in record time. There's 4 contributions to the gallery from Nita1.
Then as timing would have it, we had a visitor show up who had offered to take the photo, but we thanked her and told her we had it set up, HOWEVER, she said ok well let me know when you're ready and then I'll make you smile. Well, she was quite the character and had us all outright laughing. That explains why I'm doing something weird in the photo (like looking at my wrist), I was so distracted I looked in the wrong direction on 2 while everyone else was still smiling.
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| (L to R) Bob, Me, David, Mike, Pat2, Nita1, Pat1, Betty, Jeanne, Spencer |
It was a very pretty morning and a fun one too. Thanks to all who attended (including Spencer). Oh, forgot to mention, Spencer felt compelled to give all the paintings a thorough inspection - Jeanne stopped him before he got to the oil though, didn't wan that on his nose. So folks, the paintings were Spencer Approved!
Till next week for Day 2!
Cecilia