Eramosa paintings

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ruralrob's post yesterday, with its images of watchful horses in muddy fields, inspired me to wander far afield Wednesday morning in search of similar late winter vistas. The most interesting subject matter, however, appeared upon the return to my own backyard, or back pond rather. Two notable Guelph artists, Laura Coots and Scott Abbott, had decided to make the best of this mild weather. You can see my own Old Man Willow in Laura's painting.



Burly, bearded Scott appears behind the cut.



I needn't have walked so far for these pictures. The hike exerted me because the melting trails have lost their hard-packed surfaces. I found no muddy fields or ephemeral ponds. In fact my findings accentuated the fact that Guelph received more snow this year than the easterly regions inhabited by Rob and Meirion emjaybaxter. Much of this fell in the January 27 storm.

One more image:



Outside the city limits, no mud and no pretty horses.