And in Between, we had some fun!
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Chocolate
Critters!
Debra
cooked spaghetti with meat sauce for Friday night's dinner. We usually
eat WELL at these retreats!
Ann
Pfeiffer lived in nearby Fredericksburg and would bring really FATTENING
treats everyday! These were her chocolate critters! They are chocolate
covered strawberries. And then there was the day she brought 7 POUNDS
of homemade fudge...ooooooo....
This
is Dena's studio at her house. She has quite a HUGE collection of paintings
from various artists that teach at the Bunkhouse and , of course, her
own paintings which are quite distinctive in style!
Dena
out in the field. She took me out to show me where there were pink and
orange cactus blossoms. We only spent about 30 minutes out there and I
came back with 237 spear grass spikes in my socks and sneakers! Dena was
tough though, she was out there in sandals. I asked her how she managed
to avoid the spear grass spikes. She said she had them trained to only
spear Yankees. Oh...well...that explains THAT anyway! HA!
The
front porch of the Bunkhouse is a great place to sit and relax. The Bunkhouse
is a restored 1890s homestead.
This
is Mama wren!
Marchita
took this picture of her setup. She did plein aire painting around the
ranch. Dena's miniature donkeys were "helping" her and giving
a critique!
Mary
took this picture of Shorty. Shorty stays on the front porch. Dena got
him in trade for one of her paintings. Notice his hat. It is home to a
mother wren and her babies!!
Mary
got this picture of the baby birds now living in Shorty's hat (He's probably
mortifed...it's just not a cowboy thing to have birds nesting in your
hat!).
Dena
was able to paint with us as l for a while. At other times she was trying
to rid of of a wildlife problem!
I
think it makes a statement, don't you?!