Watercolors and More
Last Saturday, the ten acre site, Mill Creek Park in South Portland, was home to the 35th annual Art in the Park festivities. The park itself has been around since 1954 when it was commissioned. The meandering pond has a fountain in the middle, a small bandstand, plenty of wild ducks and this day spaces for 175 artists and vendors. The sun played hide'n' seek with the clouds most of the afternoon, and as you can see there was a brief shower. Amid the hundreds of artists and a few stray raindrops, I did finally meet Rita aka 'Sketchbook Wandering' in the blogosphere. It was so nice to meet her face to face. Overall, it was an artistically enhanced afternoon in the park. Later, I met up with Marchin and Donna, and we walked over to Knightsville and took in the block party featuring food and music clustered along the storefronts. My evening ended with friends and dinner on the outdoor patio at the Snow Squall.
Viewing art at Mill Creek pond and dining under a dynamic sunset filled my day.
The supermoon kept me company along the drive home.
Could it have been any better?
In my ledger of days, place this one in the plus column.
Looks like a great venue for duck portraits. :-)
ReplyDeleteLots of things going on there! Looks very nice.
ReplyDeleteTo me your day sounds mighty close to perfect.
ReplyDeleteYou've painted a picture of a perfect afternoon.
ReplyDeleteoh, neat that you met up with 'sketchbook' rita! so cool!
ReplyDeleteWish I had been there!!
ReplyDeleteYour arts fair is a walk in the park! Ours is held in October. Do you know why? Yes, it's not quite as hot. Usually.
ReplyDeleteLooks like fine and you were able to express your artsy fartsy side!
Sounds like a perfect day with art, friends, and ending with a fine shared meal. May you continue to have great days like this.
ReplyDeleteI love art fairs like this. Such fun to see all the different works.
ReplyDeleteIt's good to have a day like that! Lucky guy.
ReplyDeleteDear Mr. Birdman, It was indeed a pleasure for J & I to meet you in person! Next year/time Elenka will be there too, yes?It was fun to be part of one of your Plus Days of which you have many! Could it have something to do with your approach to life?? Love my hat disguise, almost as good as your paper mask!
ReplyDeletePS Thank you for taking this photo. I had no camera with me & I love seeing a glimpse of the experience, rain, sun, rain, sun & all! (not to mention those ducks!)
ReplyDeleteA park is really a great setting for these art exhibits.
ReplyDeleteWater. Colors. Great post. I love your spare format
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So is that Sketchbook Rita in the shot above?
ReplyDeleteI love "plus" days in the ledger. I think you've been having quite a few of them this summer. Bravo!
What a great place and event to spend some time!
ReplyDeleteC'mon, Birdman, this might have been a double plus day. Friends, family, art, beauty? Yeah. Double plus.
ReplyDeleteDoes sound like a pretty good day you had yourself there Birdman :)
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