Yesterday was a perfect weather day for sketching...although it was very warm (close to 90) there was a nice breeze. Lots of shade at where we were. We sketched at Simon's Feed and Seed store in Leesburg, FL...an old timey place that has a million things to sketch from birds and chickens to flowers and old farm equipment. We could sketch there once a week and never run out of fun things to draw.
This is my favorite Stillman and Birns 5 x 7 on a two-page spread. (hint: I take a piece of glass and put it over the two pages before I photograph it. That way the pages lay down nice and flat!)
The outing was also billed as the "snowbird" farewell as quite a number of us head north like the robins about this time of year. There were 10 there and I know for sure we were missing two people. We had a nice lunch at Blooms on Main Street in Leesburg after sketching.
I was very late because I had a haircut that morning but I got in a preliminary ink sketch and as you can see in the photo of me...I was taking a photo of the scene to finish painting at home. What a great way to finish up the month of April.
We are on the official count down now...19 days and counting.
We have started the earliest chores but no serious packing yet. Our lists are printed and on the fridge. A tentative travel itinerary is set. Today our dentist appointments will happen. And we'll send the hold up north so the mail will start holding up there next week. The newspaper stops this week. This weekend I'll start packing up the studio. It's my hardest thing to pack. So I divide it into small jobs. It's not only physically challenging but lots of decision making. Friends and family sigh having to read about the count down AGAIN. Most of them know our routine by heart now.
We are headed to our grandson, Dylan's high school graduation on Saturday May 25 in Rockford, IL. Then the cabin the next day.
The ice just went off the lake up at the cabin last week. This is always hard to envision when it's 90 degrees here!
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