Working Cat Studio: And Then I Went To Camp...

In order to recover from the stress and trials of organizing and presenting Daughter# 1's wedding, I gave myself a little present. I gave myself the permission to go on my very first art retreat. I signed up pre-wedding and the goal of going to Susan Schwake's Art Retreat Camp 2013 kept me focused and sane throughout the month of July. I first read about it in an email from Mati Rose with whom I had taken an online painting course. I thought,"Art, like-minded women, good food, on an island-and it's in New Hampshire? I'm there!" From there it was a bunch of serendipitous (is that a word?) incidents. I told Susan I had found out about it from Mati. Susan told me that Mati was originally from nearby Kittery. Who knew? Susan, I discovered, was moving her business Artstream to Dover where I worked. Then I realized I had actually received a poster for ARC 2013 at work and hung it up in our foyer thinking all the while , "This sounds interesting". I guess it was just meant to be. I had so much fun and met a great group of women. And it all took place at such beautiful location at Mayhew Island on Newfound Lake.