Lake Saint Catherine - Sketch 9

  I am enjoying a misty blue morning

on Lake Saint Catherine,

snuggled under a blanket sketching.

Breakfast on the Lake - Sketch 8 -Lake Flowers

Getting ready for breakfast....

First comes a refreshing jump

in the lake. 

Then a short ride in the Ram for some

local farm to table grocerys.

While Dan and Jay are out and about.

Linda and I make an arrangement for the table.

There is nothing like farm fresh eggs.

Really fresh, still warm to the touch fresh!

Dan and Jay grill the bacon

and sausge they just got from the farm

 while Linda whips up the eggs.

Now it's time for a delicious breakfast

with a long view of Lake Saint Catherine.

Complete with home made cinnamon buns

from Julie's.

Lake Flowers

Sketch 8

Sketch 7 - Wishing Stones

In Florida I collect shells

in Maine I found myself collecting

wishing stones.

Sketch 6 - Window with a View

I did a little sketch this morning as

 I enjoyed the view and drank my morning coffee.

  Lake Saint Catherine, VT.

A Stroll on Little Cranberry Island - Croquet - Sketch

A

 Stroll

 on

 Little Cranberry Island.

In the middle of our walk 

we came to the Neighborhood House.

 It just happened to be the house's 100th

anniversary.

In this ageless beauty you will find a museum,

library, rec hall, performance hall

and a living garden that wraps around the side

of the building onto the back yard.

Artist Ashley Bryan and other members of the community

gave a reading of Dr. Martin Luther King's 

1962 speech," I Have a Dream."

They all did a great job. Many of us were

moved to tears.

Our walk continued with a visit to Ashley Bryan's

Studio. The time spent with Ashley was an incredible experience.

I hope to do a future blog of that experience.

After our visit with Ashley we continued our walk through

a woodland,

where we came upon these fairy houses.

Once we broke out of the wood

we walked onto a smooth rocky beach.

We found boulders where we sat an eat a picnic

lunch. Then some of as looked for sea glass.

Where ever there are Useppians there is usually

a croquet game,

and always winners!

  It was another incredible day

with friends.

And then there is the 4th sketch.

Maine - Useppians - Hike - Sketch

 Fifteen Useppians ready for our hike 

 around Jordan Pond and up the Bubble.

We're off.

Half way around the pond

Up we go! Hi, Paul!

Mary and Susie show us how to

climb up this very narrow and very steep

mountain. 

Looks like we made it to the top.

766 feet high

Time for lunch.

Susie places her rock on the Kairn at very top of the Bubble.

Now we will head down the mountain.

Wow! Whow! 

Seven miles up, around and down.

Time to play!

An amazing hike and fantastic day!

Today we woke up to a view of Cranberry Harbor encased in fog. 

Day 3 Sketch