More from Art Day in Wetlands

 Not doing much since walking so thought I'd show you some of the painters and their paintings. Interesting how different the paintings of the same area are from artist to artist. This is the Cotton Grove area, last year the owls were nesting here. There were two men working on their art here. How different their paintings were.  He is painting the tree with the cross. 

He is looking out towards the trail and the vegetation. He said he likes bold colors. Yep he does. 

We walked further to the Vern's Island area. And found three more artists busy at work. They were all doing some version of this interesting tree and the pond behind it. 

The three of them. 

Her version. Interesting choice of colors. Of course every one still had a lot to do. 

They all were using different mediums. 

He was quite far along. He said he was using an ? oil chalk? I like the tree. 

Further along a site at a different area - This is Vern's Pond. The view they were drawing. 

Three here also.

This belongs to the lady in the above picture who is standing up and talking to the other artists.

This was the lady with the mask on. I really like it. Interesting to watch her add shading that completely changed the looks.

She said she was doing an abstract. Okay. 

Back at the nature center, some kind of class in the lounge. 

Outside, finger painting in bright colors for small children; the guy on the right is trying to get a glob of blue paint off the bottom of his shoe. And the

lady bending over is mopping up paint from the cement. 

I thought this was interesting for older children. A blank pure white puzzle. Then they got to paint their picture and had a puzzle to take home. The volunteer was warning them to NOT TAKE the puzzle apart before they painted it and before they got it home. Good advice. 

Even music available. I'm sure there were a lot more painters but we didn't go back through the park looking for them. By now we were getting tired and it was still a mile to get home.

There were also watercolor classes for adults for a fee and food trucks. All in all quite an event. I am so glad we live right next to it. Haven't walked since. Monday morning I had to get my taxes done and today the food pantry truck comes in the community for the people who live here and want to take advantage of it and my walking friend volunteers with it. 

Haven't heard from the neurologist for Bill's eye yet. They said by the end of the week someone should call us. Sure hope so. Yesterday it was 88 here and today supposed to be over 90. Then back down into the high 60's in a few days. 

Good and not so good goings on

We've had a busy time since I last wrote. I mentioned that the back seat window in the Jeep disappeared into the door and wouldn't come  up. So off we went to Pep Boys to get it fixed. I'd forgot about the Pep Boys logo. Here they are in all their glory. 

We got checked in. Also needed to get the back right turn signal fixed - new bulb. We were there before the mechanic, so sat around for a bit and waited. He finally got there and told Bill it would take a couple of hours!? Okay, so we thought we'd walk up to the Carl's Jr and have some coffee. So off we went, then Bill decided why not go home and relax. After all it's a couple of hours. So called Uber, he was there in a few minutes and off we went home. We hadn't been home twenty minutes when they call and say the car was ready !!! Another call to Uber, again he was close and back we went. So that is taken care of. From there we went to a big Mexican Supermarket up the street. El Super is the name. And it was huge. Amazing meat market. Bill found some stuff he wanted to try. So we bought a few things and will probably go back there again. But NOT to buy eggs. 1 dozen $18.97 - WOW I've been buying 18 extra large for $8.59 at Walmart (now $6.50) ever since the egg thing began. Maybe they were priced in Pesos. 

We also managed to get an appointment with the eyelid doctor. Not good news. He doesn't think another surgery will work. He thinks Bill has Ocular Myasthenia Gravis. That explains the double vision and the drooping that gets worse during the day. So he referred him to an neurologist. I called there Friday - and got a real person who was very helpful. She told me doctor has all the paper work and needs to check it over, decide if she can/will see him ? and call our insurance. Should hear from her by end of this week. Sure hope so. The lid barely stays open any more. 

Saturday my fast walker friend and I went walking. I mentioned that I didn't want to go too far, no off the trails stuff. We do a lot of stopping and looking when we walk. The orange plastic thing with the blue rope on it is a crawfish trap. We had no idea but the person who pulls up the traps came while we were there. Wonder where the crayfish come from. Also this was the pond with the two new koi/goldfish and a lot of catfish in it. Yesterday we didn't see one fish. Hum....

We saw two bunnies, this one was nice enough to sit still long enough for me to take a picture. He was pretty small maybe very young. 

It was a very overcast day so even though it was in the high 60's with a slight breeze it was nice walking. 

A canopy set up for the artists who were going to be in the park that day. Plein Air artists "Paint en plein air at Clark County Wetlands Park during Wetlands Art Day."One of the trees in the area they would be painting. Also the river and the bridge. 

A palm tree floating down the river. Wonder where it came from. 

A flock of white pelicans flying over us. 

So on our way back home we went to a few areas that we thought we might see artists painting. Found quite a few. And ended up walking FOUR - that's right FOUR miles for the day. 

More about the artists next time. Another picture of the Sphere. Looks like you could walk right into it.

Going to do some sewing and then watch NASCAR. It is supposed to be 90 here by Wednesday. UGH!

Wetlands Park Art Show

Have been managing to get out to walk again. Still somewhat hit and miss but trying. Tomorrow is a walking day but have to take the Jeep to the shop. The window in the back seat decided to drop down into the door and won't come back up. 

Woke up the other morning to fog in the Wetlands. Haven't seen that before.  Started out as just a thin strip.

Then bloomed into complete fog. 

Cleared up in time for us to walk at 9:30 though. We first went to the Nature Center as we've earned our first reward for walking for the year. After five walks we got a nice button to put on our hats. Also discovered this years Art show was beginning at 10 o'clock. So we walked over to see it. It is called HAVEN this year. "Ten artists have been selected for HAVEN, our fourth annual temporary outdoor art installation! Sculptures will be displayed at the Nature Preserve from March 15 to May 15, 2025. Look out for the exhibit while you’re walking the trails at Wetlands Park!"

The first sculpture we saw. No idea what the message is. But it was colorful. 

The next one got first prize. It is called HAVEN

I leave it to you to figure it out. This one will remain on permanent display somewhere in the park.

No title for this one. 

But I kind of like it. It was three dimensional. And at least it looked like something. The snake finding HAVEN in the rocks and desert - maybe?

Hard to read this - Cranes of Sanctuary. 

Now that really looks like a sculpture. Like it. 

Another no title, wonder why.

Another one we really liked. It is a dragonfly made of a heavy twine or rope. Hard to see in the picture as it blends with the background. Very interesting though.

Just a different view. 

Guess I didn't see the info for this one. 

This says Branches of Life. 

Okay - it is pretty and colorful. 

Nesting...

Rather strange. 

I would of thought this one wouldn't be hard to name. 

I really like it. Using the natural setting to add dimension to it.  Colorful too. 

Okay, title makes sense. 

Also neat to look at. There are hummingbirds in the park. 

After leaving the art show we continued to walk. Got in 3.2 miles. First time this year we've seen Canadian Geese here. Usually there are two or three pairs for the whole winter. 

Keeping it short this time. Hope you enjoyed.