30 Minutes in My Cousin's Garden

My cousin has exquisite taste and a visit to her lovely home is always a real treat and especially her garden.  It is long and narrow and I think its my favorite place to be!  I gave myself 30 minutes with my paint kit to paint the fountain...

and this is what I got!  Certainly not enough time to get it where I wanted it to be, but enough to make it recognizable.  Can't wait to go back and pick another subject out there in the prettiest little courtyard!

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While I chaperoned my son’s Quiz Bowl Team at the day long tournament recently, I brought along my paint kit to help me while away the many hours you sit and listen to questions being asked an answered.  It was held at Subiaco Academy, a wonderful Benedictine Catholic Boy’s Boarding School not too far from where we live.  The classrooms are very plain and aside from the crucifix on each classroom wall, the only other adornment was the striped blue and orange ties their students wear.   So, I just started sketching common things that were in the rooms.  Here’s what I came up

 with…

You can tell I was getting bored and started day dreaming of working in my garden rather than chaperoning, then I could come inside and watch the Kentucky Derby!

It was all worth the wait as my son’s team won the tournament!