Sally Downey's Blog (89)

What a Beautiful day yesterday!  Delighted so many of us could make it AND get parking - Caroline, Margaret, Irene, Caitriona, Paul, Rosemary.   Missing from pic - Michael, Norah and…

A promising start to a lovely day in Listoke.  And welcome to Rosemary and Margaret. …

Spring had arrived and was bustin out all over the Botanic Gardens today -

Happy to say that that is NOT snow outside the window.  Just a bit of…

Well done to John McManus and Frank Hallinan Flood especially who braved the elements and painted en plein air and plaudits too to the rest of us who retreated to the dubious comfort of a glasshouse.…

At last  - and sorry for the delay -  our memories of Renvyle -

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Galle…

Selfie to the 8th Degree

....................But someone is missing!  We were blissfully unaware that poor Carrie was discovering all the lesser known byways of County Meath between Julianstown…

Another lovely day in Listoke Gardens even more glorious than the last one. Big welcome back to Catriona. Full marks to Caitriona, with her new hip, and to Rita, with her very new knee, for coming. Glad we had such a lovely day especially for them.

Susan, not in photograph, is elsewhere 'finishing…

Umbrellas up to all who came to Martry Mill.  We were washed out by an unexpected shower but reformed and got back to work.  …

Svetlana and Roisin cleverly missed the photo shoot.  Lovely day at Monasterboice.  Some members went further up the road to Mellifont.  Either way it was going to be a spiritual experience.  Monasterboice was a difficult subject as the crosses and round tower are so tall and so close.  But Svetlana…

OMG Patrick, what did you leave out?…

As sometimes happens our group was small today but what it lacked in quantity is had in quality.  Anna is missing from the photograph.…

Its always difficult to get a meeting place for Clogherhead.  However, Forge Field Farm Shop and Coffee Shop in Termonfeckin fulfilled the need beautifully.  Again, we neglected to get a group photo.  Had we done so it would have featured Anna, Sean, Gerry, David, Michael, John McManus, Colm and…

Regrettably we neglected to get a group photo of the painters who turned out today. I have no ‘action shots’ either so if anyone else can supply some please do.

The usual Saturday date had to be postponed because of a forecast of terrible weather.  So we met on Sunday 14t^h June.   The weather on Sunday was glorious.

Six and a half Boyne Valleyers turned up – Sean, David, Phil Hofler, Gerry Smyth, first-time-;painting-with-us Brendan and…

Thanks to Dee for the photographs.  I'm really sorry to have missed another great day.

All the straight-out-of-the oven scones have been demolished.  Sorry I missed them.  Great to see Paddy again, also in the picture Caroline, Sean, Anna, Dee, Kay, Bob and Roisin.  Not…

At least twelve of us fell for Sean's Bluebell propaganda and turned up in Ardgillan today.  However he did find a glade of bluebells and the image below shows proof of him collecting poof of bluebells.  We had a truly great day and he used his influence to ensure beautiful weather.  Thanks Sean.…

Forecast for to-day warned all week that today would be very cold with heavy rain all day.  Nevertheless five B V members showed up in Virginia to paint bluebells!   We spent two hours over breakfast/coffee in the vain hope that rain might ease off.   It didn't really.  But we set out anyway.  Some lovely paintings were produced, also a few very wet in wet ones.  Here we are before setting out.…