Catching Up.......

My travel has been from one home to another these past months.  North to South and then to a new home.  A lot of work involved but I ended up with a lovely studio space overlooking the palms. 

This summer will  include a trip to Ireland with the FMBAA group.  The Burren Art Center is the main focus and then to paint in the surrounding countryside.  I hope to post as before as we visit the many beautiful locations.     We have been planning and preparing our gear for this trip for the past few months.  FMBAA is lucky to have Neil to make the painting trip arrangements for us.  Next year will include Sonoma and Limoux and who knows where after that.  My plan is to join them in Limoux.

As amazing as it seems, we will be celebrating our 50th reunion in August and look forward to seeing old friends from school.  Many of them started kindergarten with us!!

Then on to Europe for a visit to Paris, Prague, down the Danube and ending in Budapest.  The river cruise is a first for us and we are excited to try this version of our favorite way to travel.  I am pleased to return to France for the third time and practice my French again.  Really, they are very tolerant of my language skills.  Mrs. Brown, my French teacher, would be happy that it stayed in my memory after all these years.  I should really practice more!!

In between this travel I'll be doing more plein air painting and working to launch the 5th Paint the Beach plein air festival on Nov. 3-9.  And of course we look forward to time on the lake and with our children and grandchildren...the best part of summer!!

  Wiggens Pass....