Wow

I took my lunch break to climb aboard 4 of the tall ships, from Romania, Brazil, Russia and Holland. These things are astonishingly photogenic, and that is while they are at rest. I do hope to see them at sail on Monday, when they head off to Charleston - there is very little that could match these beautiful things in 'full sail'.

Apparently they have been a big draw as well. Front Street etal was packed last night, the first night of the close-the-streets festival, despite periodic rain. Tonight was expected to be bigger, tho there was a very heavy rain shower right around 6 pm. This being Bermuda, the showers tend to the violent and brief; this blew in while I was waiting for the bus, and by the time it arrived the rain was past.

I'd thought about staying in town tonight, but decided that between my trawling at lunch, my sail tomorrow morning to see them from the water (with buffet and bar), and Monday's view from St. David's Headlands I was doing pretty well for my part. (I went to the opening of the newest show at BSOA - photos and paintings with water somehow as its theme - after work. If I were feeling acquisitive there were several things I'd seriously consider. And three 'gallery' shows, single artist productions that held up well - one where, somehow, photos were 'reproduced' as gold leaf on clear glass (which, with lighting, produced a shadow of color related to the light used) (Peter Lapsley, tho this is quite different than the work on his website); one I wasn't overwhelmed by; and one, in acrylics, with such meticulous detail and saturated color I'd thought they were photographs until I read the fine print. Spoke with the lovely young woman who is the artist for those - she paints astonishingly, precisely. Sigh. Alice Coutet. (There is a website.)

Weekend plans are a bit scattered. Normally, of course, I head into St. George's for painting class. This harbor thing came up at the last minute, and since Tall Ships happens not all that often (last time about ten years ago), I thought I'd do that, tho who knows about the weather. I'll have dinner Sunday with a friend who is visiting, whose family is here, but who I met and got to be friends with in Pacific Grove, CA.

Otherwise I have a wagon-load of work I brought home with me.

More tomorrow. A bunch of photos, tho, if I can make any choices - 200 photos were taken at lunch, and I haven't junked a one!