Summer turned out to be way busier than I thought.  So it was nice to get back in the lookout / studio this morning and do a bit of painting:

7-27-23  Back from our annual stay at the Ross Lake Resort.  If you rent a Resort boat ---be careful.  With the water levels low it is easy to drive the boat across a shallow area.  I know the lake pretty well and still did that -- dinging the prop and creating a loud awful [...]