a little bit of a surprise for the first day of summer

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last day of Spring

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coming home after dark

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egrets heading home after work

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beginning and end of the day today

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Sunset seem from the hills above the village of Manique do Intendente

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WIP Sunrise, August, Ribatejo Portugal Oil On Linen 12" x 18"

Some more work on this. I think I am about ready to try and finish this guy after letting it sit for a while. Anything easy here has been done, so it's real work from here on out.

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WIP Sunrise, August, Ribatejo Portugal Oil On Linen 12" x 18"

This little guy is pretty tricky! A ways to go still.

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Our friend Antonio was helping us by mowing our little vineyard this afternoon. The egrets come by to pick up on the insects that are displaced in the process and they swirl around, then land, then swirl around again.

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