Postcards from the Lake: Art Camp's Special Visitor!

My friend Kate and I began our annual "art camp" holiday at the lake this week. For those who aren't familiar, there is no scheduled program. It's just the two of us, creating our own art, sometimes sharing a technique or video, and spending the rest of the time walking, reading, watching a video, maybe (if the weather is right) swimming. 

We kicked it off by getting some provisions at the farmer's market -- cherries, peaches and blueberries are hitting their stride and fabulous!

We also had a special guest. Harry North. 

It was thrilling to catch up with our lake heron, not at all far away from us on the beach.

I crept slowly, like a stalker, to get as close as possible and to max out my zoom. I was pleased with the detail!

He was fishing. Those that come so close to shore are mostly minnows so he needed rather a lot of them!

I'm not sure if you can see it in this photo without enlarging it, but you could even see the eye on the little fish he caught!

And I love his spindly legs!

So, yes. You could add "bird watching" to our list of activities.

As for art, I have one thing to share. This is another of the color challenges I've been doing and the theme was Ocean. So, based on our current turtle stamps, a Loggerhead Turtle.

Frankly, I don't have it right. But as Rick often says, declare victory and move on.

So more to come!

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