Someone asked if there is a sitting area in my trailer. There is a sofa that can be folded down into a small bed. There is an unattached table that came with my trailer. It’s in my condo storage room. It is heavy and was in the way. I use a TV tray which saves a lot of room. I take a Blu-Ray player and about 30 or 40 dvds. I installed a pure sine wave inverter in my trailer so I have alternating current for my tv and Blu-Ray player when I don’t have shore power.
Ready and excited to go in one week. All cleaned and organized.
It’s less than a month until my 100 day Big Horn Mountains/National Forest trip. I have many flies to tie, leaders to tie, and trailer and truck preparations so I will probably not do any painting until June when I’m in Wyoming.
Visited Kennedy Space Center today with my brother-in-law John.
Today there were three different rockets on launch pads, the Artemis Moon Rocket, a SpaceX Rocket that will take satellites into space tomorrow, and a SpaceX Rocket that will launch 4 people into space on Saturday. We could see them in the distance but couldn’t get any closer.
Saturn 5/Apollo Rocket lying on its side in stages. It’s huge.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
Hubble Telescope replica
Redstone Rocket that took Allen Shepherd into space. For me it was surprisingly small.
Got my painting back from Michael’s. They did a great job. If you have an account there you regularly get emails advertising 70% off custom frames. This was just over $100 for an 18″ x 18″ painting.
Did a little work on the linen. Need to do a good job on it.
Folds in linen are difficult for me so I drew some folds with pencil as a guide. I think if I can get the linen right this might end up being a good painting. Today I’m also glueing linen to 11 x 14 boards for my trip.
Used the paints I mixed yesterday to work on the background, plate, dish, and table of Still Life 2.
On the way out to the Bighorn Mountains I stay one night at Adrian, Minnesota Campground at the border of Minnesota and South Dakota and at Reuter Campground near Sundance, Wyoming.
Took quite a while to mix the colors I’ll need to continue painting the dish, cup, and table of Still Life 2. Mixing exact colors is deceptive and difficult for me. I have some things to do so a drop of clove oil on each color and some plastic wrap will keep the paint wet for days.
When there is a gallery of photos like this each one can be clicked on to enlarge.
Worked on Still Life 2. Painted the first step of the apples.
