Art Show for handicapped

WHat a beautiful weekend so far. The weather has been just perfect.. around 20-21 degrees and pure sunshine. I think this time and Spring are THE best times of the summer in the Montreal area. I wish I could take my vacation now.

Anyways after days of watching the horrors of the Gulf Coast unfold and still unfolding I took a break from it all and went with Sheila to an art exhibit way out on the West Island in Pointe-Claire. It's an annual event where local artists display and sell their work in a pretty setting along the waterfront of the St Lawrence. Half the proceeds will go to handicapped charities so a good worthwhile event. The prices of the work though are out of my league but I still like to go look around and enjoy the paintings and watch the people. It's really relaxing and today was just perfect for it. Here's some pics of the event including Lac St-Louis (a large lake that's part of the St Lawrence on the southern part of the island of Montreal) and some of the paintings we liked.

First off though I planted some sunflower seeds this spring and this near 3 meter monster has popped up! LOL








The setting itself is very pretty. It's in a park like area along the water front of Lac St-Louis. There's an old mansion that is the centre of activity. A local singer serenaded everyone with some Caribbean sounding songs. Made for an interesting mix of sights and sounds.




















The lake itself was so pretty. I'm always amazed this is only 20 minutes from home and a city of 3.5 million people. Nice to sit down by the shoreline and listen to the waves and watch the ducks... 3 of them sleeping each on one leg.. kinda cute.














Now some of the paintings we liked. I really would have liked to purchase the Autumn scene with all the colours in it, or the Montreal Grey Stone water colour done of a home on rue St-Denis or St-Hubert.. both really pretty. Lots of talent here.






















Some other shots... this dog was so beautiful and enormous! When sitting it was as tall as it's master. Also it was so calm and quiet and had big beautiful eyes. If I could own a dog in a perfect environment this would be it. Someone remarked it stood like an Afghan which it did but it was not. I don't know which breed it was. Quite nice though.







Even the trees themselves were so old and had a lot of character. I Love tall trees like this. Also my second giant sunflower finally opened... quite spectacular up close.








So a nice event and something to take all the horrible of images coming from the television away for a little while.