Day 251 "Fore River Bridge - Waiting" ink and pencils 9 x 9

Yesterday I waited on Quincy's Fore River Bridge for a beautiful orange tanker to be pulled from the river through to Boston Harbor.  It was a sweet 20 minutes, cars stopped on the bridge, families getting in and out of cars to watch in the beautiful late afternoon sunshine.  Yesterday I blogged another view from the bridge.  I waited for the ship to get closer to the bridge for this angle, which I like, especially with the man in the foreground.  Adding sound to the adventure, there were five men below the bridge heading a soccer ball to one another while laughing and teasing each other in Spanish.  
This is my two hundred fifty-first daily drawing.  Thank you for your continued interest and your comments.

Day 250 "Fore River" ink and pencils 6 x 12

I spent a lovely afternoon with my teaching colleagues celebrating the last day of classes this year.  Next week is a field day followed by final exams.  On the way home, the Quincy Fore River bridge signaled it was opening.  A few cars bailed out, turned around, and headed for an alternate route. It was a beautiful afternoon, so I shut the car off and walked over to the side of the bridge to watch.  Two tugs pulled/pushed a large orange tanker up the Fore River into the harbor from the river.  It was beautiful in the sun.  We all hung out for about 25 minutes, then back in the cars and on with our evenings.  What a nice way to end the afternoon.
This is my two hundred fiftieth daily drawing.... a quarter of a millennium, (and a few other synonyms for 1000); millenary, chiliad, millenial.... excited to be 25% there.  Thank you for your continued interest in the world through my eyes.  

"Mystic Crossing" 8" x 6" oil

A couple crossing the drawbridge in lovely Mystic Connecticut. I love the architecture, the bridge and the iconic red and white striped crossing gate on this spring day.  

See "Mystic Crossing" in the juried art & sculpture show at the North River Arts Festival in Marshfield Hills, MA this Memorial Day weekend.  I'll be painting out on the street with many other artists during the weekend of celebration... music, art, photography, artisans, and a giant book sale at the Clift Rodgers Free Library.  Hope to see you there.
Thanks for looking.