On Wednesday, Katy finished the end of Spring Quarter at South Puget Sound Community College. Every student’s paper has been graded, and the results turned in to the college, so she is officially on break until summer session begins.
To celebrate, we spent the day at Bloedel Reserve, a lovingly preserved natural area on Bainbridge Island. There are trails, meadows, forests, ponds, and the estate home of the Bloedel family from years ago. Katy took her camera and I took my painting gear and we both got our fillof natural beauty.
I painted the old sheep sheds across a meadow. When this was a working farm, these sheds sheltered the sheep on long rainy nights. It was sunny and warm as I painted, and the washes dried very quickly so I had to paint fast. Hikers passed by frequently, craning their necks to see my painting and offering encouragement.
