Possibly Heavy At Times

Today I drove to Milford, DE, a small town about 35 miles north of here.  The trip takes about 50 minutes, due to all the small towns we need to drive through to get there.  Milford is a pretty little town, with a growing and vibrant down-town, a festival, parades, glleries, a play-house, library, and, best of all, the Mispillion Art League.

This spring, from April 1 to May 30, Mispillion Art League is showing their annual Spring Juried/Judged show, "Creativity Springs."  Of course, I entered.  Jurying and judging is tomorrow, so I won't know if I've been juried in until tomorrow evening.  And, from glancing at the other work dropped off this morning, it's gonna be a GREAT SHOW!

I always combine my trips to Milford with taking care of errands along the way, and LUNCH, preferably with a fellow artiste!  Today's lunch was scrumptious!  We brunched at Abbott's Grill, with an array of fruit, desserts, breakfast and lunch items, including Red Velvet pancakes, hash browns, two types of egg dishes (and custom omelets), bacon, scrapple, sausage, salads, and cheese blintzes.  When we finally waddled away from the table, my friend, Rosemary, and I turned up at the dessert bar, and sketched.  This was the best part -- Rosemary sketched the desserts and I sketched Rosemary sketching the desserts.  Had more of us been there, it would have been a conga line of sketchers!

Which leads to the topic of this blog.  I live at the beach, or 1-1/2 mile from the beach, if you're gonna be technical.  the weather is . . .  changeable.  we can have an inch of snow, and 5 miles inland, they are nestled in 9" of fluffy white.  Essentially, our weather is different.  Now, my Mom was a charge nurse in my home-town hospital.  She would tell stories of how it would be raining cats and dogs on one side of the hospital, and sunny on the other.  This, from a hospital that took up one city block.  But, I've never seen the weather variations we have here.

Today, we had a fog advisory.  Of the two routes north to MIlford, one skirts the beach communities.  And when there's fog, it is pea-soup fog.  The other is a little further inland, and boasts more rain.  So, figuring rain was easier to deal with than fog-and-rain, you know what I chose.  What I failed to hear was the catch-all phrase "possibly heavy at times."  Every time it rains, it's always "possibly heavy at times."  Snow (possibly heavy at times).  Rain (possibly heavy at times).  Showers (possibly heavy at times).  Fog (possibly heavy at times).  On any given day, the weather forecast can read "sunny, with a chance of showers, possibly heavy at times."  And THAT just covers the waterfront, it you know what I mean.

When I returned home, our rain gauges showed a total of  a whole TENTH of an inch of rain.  And, I KNOW I drove through at least an inch downfall in the two hours I was on the road.  At least I had my trusty bumpershoot and rain jacket with me.

This circles back to the Mispillion Art League -- there is some "possibly heavy at times" art in this Spring Show -- not just paintings, but jewelry, carvings and other three-dimensional work.  It's worth the trip if you're in the area.  And, there's always a lot to do, and some great places to eat and get coffee!

Mispillion Art League is at 5 North Walnut Street, Milford, DE  19963 -- www.MispillionArts.org.  Check their web-site for hours, directions and other activities!