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Gear is packed, coffee is ready, and time to find a painting site.  It is 50 degrees, so warm in the sun, but pretty chilly in the shade.

After a lengthy discussion with a maintenance guy, I poked our sign in at the base of a date palm.

None of the palms in this park are native, but planted over the early years of cattle ranching and attempts at agriculture.

I have fancied this scene many times, but another scene is drawing my attention

That clump of Washingtonian palms across the pond--I like the reflections in the still water.

Lara stopped by.  She is a watercolorist, and a good one!  

I had lots of curious ducks waddle my way.  And as you'll see several friends stopped by, too.

Warren and Nancy live right across from the park.  Nancy brought a little bag of chocolate chip cookies.

Cookies, coffee, and painting--Perfect combination!

After about 90 minutes, my painting was finished.  

Lara was nearly finished too.

I returned to the parking lot, to rest a bit, then, a nice surprise, my friend and neighbor Anne stopped by with her lunch, so we found a table and enjoyed a little conversation with a photographer Jeremy Eichhorn.  

And this would be the scene I'd paint in the afternoon.

And another nice surprise; friends, Bill and Jori stopped by!  And, although I don't have have a photo, a friend I hadn't seen for a long time, Lisa C. just happened by.  

Here's the piece I worked on in the afternoon.  By 3 p.m., some pretty angry clouds had started to form over the Catalinas, so I packed up my gear and drove home.

Better sunsets with clouds.  Here's the sunset on Paint Arizona Day.  The show of work begins April 30th at Four Corners Gallery in Tucson.