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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Summer Fun on Long Island

The best place to live in my humble opinion is Long Island. I do not think people realize the abundance of natural beauty this island has to offer. When a person has the luxury of exploring this gem of a place by sea, the wonders never cease. I was out jetskiing last week on the glorious great South Bay, the sun blaring, waves crashing in my salt stung eyes, wind blowing through my hair and all I kept thinking was this is the life!! I felt such gratitude in being able to experience this wonderful place, and cherish it as if it were my own backyard. The tide was real low, just south of the Robert Moses Causeway, we stopped and got of our skis. The water was a mere 18 inches tops. There were bushels of clams, crabs and sea snails everywhere. I picked up a coch shell the size of a football!.. Of course I brought it home to add to my collection. Then we headed over to Fire Island....whew was it hot! Figuratively and literally! Little didwe know ther area of beach we moored on was nude...Then we spotted a very naked man who looked exactly like Santa emerge from the surf..we new we either had to take it all off or head for the bar...Sangria won out and we will be happy to be keeping our tan lines thank you very much! On the way over to the bar we saw a family of deer in the grass just beneath the light house, what a place!! The lighthouse was crawling with people. Kismet is a quaint and lovely little place to beach comb, relax or just throw a few back. Our ride home was choppy, exciting and very wet! I love my little slice of heaven.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Painting outdoors in Plien Air....

Have you always thought you would like to pack up your easel, tubes of paint and head for the park or beach? I have passed people I see doing this and often wondered to myself is it more of a pain to lug all my stuff, or is it worth the trip. I have never painted in Plien Air, I have thought about it. I even envy people I see doing this, secretly wanting to sneak up on them and ...well, never mind that. I think I will try it. I have had a creative funk this summer, due to to the chronic fun I have been having, seems painting is more like work and i have been an absentee employee in the work force this summer. My dark skin color is a dead give away to my slacking abilities. I am going to paint in Plien Air, I saw a woman, from my jet ski last week, did I mention I was on my jet ski? Anyhoo, she was painting her little heart out on a canal over looking the Great South Bay, what a view! I admit it I was jealous for a second, before I sped away and sprayed her with my wake...no just kidding , really I am going to do this Plien Air, out door painting thing .