Postcards from the Lake: More from Art Camp

My favorite week of the summer is Art Camp! As I think I've explained before, art camp is just an excuse for my artist friend Kate and I to get together up north and spend most of our day doing art.

That's not all we do. Far from it! We take walks around our area of the lake. We're lucky to have a woods right outside the door so there's lots of shade.

This overturned bear in a swamp is the closest thing we've seen to a bear at the lake!

We'll count bunnies along the way and I am continually trying to get better photos of the eagle. So far, this is the best I can do!

And we look for signs of autumn. Alas, we are seeing too many of them!

We don't leave the lake often, but going to town to the farmer's market is a must.

Sometimes we even discover an antique market while we're there! (More in a different post on that!).

During the evenings when the light starts to change, we read, watch Midsomer Murders (since I couldn't get the internet to handle my computer, we watched on her little ipad screen!) and watch for the ducks on the lake.

We enjoyed many sunsets (but skip the sunrises).

We'll take a dip if weather permits.

And now and then, spot a butterfly!

I was chasing this one down the beach!

On occasion there's a bit of unwanted adventure.

Fortunately, no one was hurt and nothing damaged with this small electrical incident, as smoke came out of the electrical outlet. Three cheers to the volunteer fire department and police in Gaylord! (And the electricians who came later in the day!) Not that they weren't wonderful people, but I was glad to see the back of them!

Sometimes a friend will stop by for lunch or on their route home from other spots.

And while we mostly cook at home, we'll be sure to get out for dinner once or twice.

This time we went back to our favorite restaurant, Bennethums. They have the best happy hour in the north -- so they say and I believe it!

It's always good to toast the week!

It is so relaxing to sit in the garden under a beautiful green umbrella on a perfect early evening, make a dinner out of appetizers and enjoy the mellow!

But mostly we did art, even if it was too nippy and windy to work on the porch. Just move the table in!

And of course, we were under continual supervision.

 
I'll share more of the work in another post, but it was indeed a productive week -- and that's what it's all about!

(I know I'm jumping around a bit, but I'll continue with more from the Isabelle De Borchgrave exhibit soon. Some of you had questions about the art and I'm trying to suss out the answers for you!

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