I wonder how many of you will be painting the above scene 🤔
I arrived there after Nita and Mike, both of them thought the meet up time was 8:00 -- so, once again I am reminded that people don't read my emails 😢, well at least they caught the change in location.
Here's my first view of Nita.
I bet you're impressed I knew who it was from that distance. It's one of those "the object is closer than it appears" things. Well, it didn't take long for others to pull in right behind me.
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| Betty and Kristen |
Yes, Betty has returned from her very long and eventful vacation. Just FYI, she had a wonderful time and didn't miss us at all because she was too busy touring and having fun. It didn't take her long to scamper off down the hill to find Nita who was already in the weeds.
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| Betty, Nita |
Kristen found a great place in the shade under several trees.
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| Kristen -- lower right is my shadow |
Boy, does my shadow look weird -- what's with the alien hand??? I'm looking at it real time right now and I still have 5 fingers and they're not pincer styled. Cue the music from "The Twilight Zone".
Here's Betty looking for a spot while at the same time behind me we have more people arriving up top.
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| Betty |
With everyone finding a different path to head down. Here's Tecla:
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| Tecla |
It always looks like she finds a flatter path, but the truth is it was just as steep up behind her.
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| Dona and Lisa trying to navigate this path |
As you can see, they picked a rocky one as did Cathy.
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| Cathy |
Carolyn showed up doing her gear balancing act.
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| Carolyn with all her "stuff" and Tecla |
And in this next photo you can see the very spot where a pretty red cardinal just WAS.
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| Yup, they always fly off when I raise the camera |
And, here's LeAnne, just showing up after doing the "Grand Tour" - don't worry I'll explain.
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| LeAnne |
So folks, I give very specific directions for a reason -- it's so we'll all hopefully show up at the same location. While LeAnne read the email, she decided she knew where she was going and then promptly drove to the wrong place😕. But, once realizing her mistake, she found us thankfully. So once she arrived, she quickly found her spot.
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| LeAnne in her spot |
Several of us found spots near that picnic table where we once found a baseball (anyone besides me remember that?)
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| Carolyn in her spot, Cathy on the ground and my green bag |
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| Tecla in her spot |
And, if you look to the right of Tecla you'll see that's really Cathy in her spot on the ground - she brought a beach towel to sit on. Here's a better view of Cathy's spot.
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| Carolyn, Cathy (Barefootin) |
I'd provide a link to that song, but I know most of you won't click on it.
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| Kristen hid in the trees for her spot |
While Lisa roamed about and had at least 3 different spots.
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| Lisa in one of her spots |
And, Dona in her spot.
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| Dona |
We all saw the duo in the top photo -- well, here they are again -- what a good boy! He looks like he's loving it!
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| Good boy! |
By the time we were packing things up -- more people arrived to enjoy the water.
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| Strangers enjoying the water |
Oh, and I wouldn't want you to think that there was only one raft out there.
Oh and look, there's Lisa in one of her many spots in the background and if you look amongst the trees, you'll see Dona in her spot.
Mike arrived from wherever his spot was, somewhere near Nita.
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| Mike |
This was the gathering I saw when I returned from letting Betty know that we were winding up. I did forget to get a pic of her spot, but have no fear, she had one!
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| Bunch of Artists Mike in the shadow, Lisa bending over, Carolyn, LeAnne and Nita & Tecla talking |
So, since we had gathered at the picnic table, that meant we had to do a bit of arranging and rearranging of stuff and paintings. But, we got a gallery built just in time as Lisa had to run off.
Oh, here's where I have to tell you I received a text when I got home from someone else who didn't read the directions - I'm sensing a pattern here ...
From our Summertime Artist that comes up from down South -- Denise, she did send me a photo of her painting though and here it is:
But, for now, we just have smiles from those who made it to the actual location, and here they are on "2".
Oh wait, but first I have to tell you about the Fake Photo. So, I had to do a Fake Photo, but when I did it, I forgot that when I mount the phone for a photo it reverses right to left because it's using the front facing camera. I also forgot that feet weren't included ... So, Carolyn and Lisa -- that's what happened to that photo
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| Fake Photo |
It was a good looking photo though!! But, instead this is what we have.
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| Back Row (L to R) Carolyn, Tecla, Mike, Cathy, Kristen, Dona, Nita, LeAnne, Betty Front Row -- Me, Lisa |
Cecilia