The meet up time was 9:00 am at the "Ball Field" apparently also by some considered a dog park?? Anyway I arrived about 8:50 to find Mike already there talking with Carolyn.
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| Mike, Carolyn Hint: Don't take photos into the sun |
Yes, I really should've known better, but I went to stand in the sun because it was much warmer where I was standing than where they were standing. So, yes, it was cold at that hour. In fact, Mike's first words to me were, "I think we need to start meeting at 10". 😊
Next David, who last week said he'd be back, arrived.
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| David a "Returner" |
Tecla then joined us along with Roxy.
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| Tecla and the short one is Roxy |
I know, when she drove past us to park I almost didn't recognize her either with her hair down. According to Carolyn she had it cut short -- boy, I didn't know it was that long. Oh, by the way -- this Sunday is Tecla's birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TECLA!!
We decided to wait for Pat who said she'd be joining us, but after standing around shivering till 9:05, we piled into 2 vehicles and headed to the park. Most of us decided to spend time in the sun. That big round ball in the sky shining on you really does make a difference.
Get to the 3rd pond (our usual spot) and I see walking around in the distance a person that looked like an artist carrying their stuff. As I looked closer, I realized it was Pat.
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| Pat |
Turns out that while we were waiting for her at the Ball Field, she had already come and gone and was at the park. She thought I meant for us to meet before 9 at the Ball Field and 9 at the park. So, she made up her own meet up time - she figured that perhaps I meant for us to meet at 8:45 at the Ball Field so she went there and no one was there 😟. So she drove from pond to pond and then just figured she stay at the third pond like we normally do. Turns out that Mike probably arrived maybe only a minute or two after she had left. But, she was gone thinking that we had already left without her.
Carolyn and I picked a bench that had been warming in the sun for our spots.
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| Carolyn and the warm bench |
That spot was also located next to a few fowl creatures.
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| Mr. and Mrs. Duck |
You know how their feathers glisten in the sun, well when we first got there it looked like they had solid black heads and not that gorgeous green. Nature really is amazing and beautiful. You can't make up colors like that.
Mike picked a spot in the shade????
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| Mike |
David went up to Pond 2 and Pat wandered around in the distance.
Tecla decided she wanted to be comfortable.
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| Tecla |
Here's another view of Carolyn and Mike in their spots. I think that's the same spot Mike's painted from before too.
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| (L to R) Some person fishing, Carolyn standing, Mike sitting |
We had a surprise visitor.
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| Carolyn, Mike, Nori |
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| Pat, Nori |
I found David after he had just packed up.
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| David looking down the hill |
As we were building our gallery we had a few more friendly artists come by.
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| Jim and Jette |
While Jette didn't join us for the painting part of things, she did stop by to chat with all of us for a bit. It's a walk the two of them do nearly every day, what a really pretty place to go.
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| (L to R Middle & Back Rows) Pat, Carolyn, Jim, David, Jette, Mike, Nori (L to R Front Row) Tecla, Me |
Gee, so pretty, I think we need to do a Day 2 -- so hope to see you next week!
Cecilia