I shoot a lot of photos when traveling and sometimes it takes a while to work out a painting based on the photographic reference material I collect on various trips. The week of my Wife’s and I’s anniversary we were planning on making a trip to east Tennessee to visit family and friends, as well as driving through our favorite mountains, the Appalachians. However, since sometimes our “plans” turn out to be a work of fiction, I came down with COVID 2 days before we were to leave. Everything we had planned was scrapped. Maybe we get a mulligan on this year’s anniversary 😊
Last year we spent our anniversary in the Caddo Lake area of east Texas. I know that a lake that is more of a swamp is not on the list of places to celebrate anniversaries for most people, but my wife and I have never been much of “fu-fu” anniversary trappings. We enjoy paddling around in a canoe shooting photos and taking in all that God has created. Swamp, snakes, ospreys, raccoons… it’s all good. So, we rented a small house/cabin in Uncertain, Texas and spent three days enjoying the peace and quiet of the only natural lake in Texas. (its true… Caddo Lake is the only natural lake in Texas).
The little place we stayed in could not have been improved upon at all. Secluded in the trees, backed up against part of the Caddo, long wooden boardwalks leading down to the water through the cypress trees, passing small, screened in dock houses supplied with table and chairs to relax and enjoy the unique atmosphere of the Caddo. We loved it.
With the exception of commission work, I always paint what I love, what I can relate to. The little house we stayed in had a screened in back porch which became our “go to” spot every morning. Cup of coffee in hand, camera ready, we sat on the back porch and thanked the Lord for His tender mercies and simple blessings. Perhaps it was a glimpse of another world beyond our reach.
Have a blessed fall.
He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart; yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end. Ecclesiates 3:11
