Medad Stone Tavern -- 27 August 2013

Things were pretty wet at dawn, when most of us rolled out of bed and turned on our computers, TV's, or radios to see what the forecast would say. It said things would pretty much clear up and dry out by mid-morning. And that's just what happened. Eight of us had faith enough to show up -- Patty, Elena, Betsey, Bob, Jay, Pam, Sally, and me.

Pam and Bob both had to leave early. Hans showed up on foot -- Dorothea dropped him off while she went off to do errands, this day before they head off to Tuscany! (We're all expecting to see a collection of Tuscan watercolors in a few weeks.) Betsey brought a portrait she had done of Hans from a photo. Wow!

It was quite a beautiful morning, a bit hot in the sun, but mostly pleasant. The newly re-sided barn is quite a change from the one we painted last summer. The horses were fairly camera shy, as usual, but we managed to catch a few pics.

Today was our final Tuesday of the season. From now on, our regular painting day will be Thursday. I had thought that we would not paint on Thursday next week, because of the holiday and the Riverside event on the following weekend. But I think Sally may call a paint-out for Thursday, as well. The more the better, right?

As of now, we have six CTSA members signed up for the special Riverside Park paint-out in New London on Saturday, the 7th. If you want to join that group, you still have a few days until August 30 to register by email to mrsj@snet.net. If you are planning to go, please also let me know, so that we can look for you there.

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