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Baby It's Cold Outside

Winter is in full swing and it's cold, overcast and a bit rainy outside.  Not Utah cold but Asheville cold where you don't want to do anything outdoors.


To this end I've done a wee bit of a painting of Bobbie's uncles beach House on the panhandle of Florida.  It's at Indian Pass, between "not here" and "over there".  Really, there is not much going on in this part of the "forgotten Coast".  That the real name for this area.  No big condo's, no college crowds, not nothing much going on except just hanging out in town, on the beach or on the porch.

You can go to the state park on St. George island (we used to own a lot here) and walk the beach and not see anybody for miles.  It's this forgotten.

Here is a photo of the actual house from the rental company (he rents it most of the year).


You can see from the photo that it's not very built up in this area.  It's like time slowed down about 50 years ago and never tried to keep up.  There are new houses going up but it feels like that are pushing luck with the hurricanes and rising sea level.  

It's very relaxing there.  


Here is a bonus picture I also did down here done with Gouache paints down at the dock in Appalachia a few miles away.




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