and the other bits I forgot to add...

 Thank you Josette and Michel..... you can't imagine how many pumpkin soups I have made!

Our Wednesday evening painting group's exhibition at Le Pas at the beginning of October.  This is my contribution - and I even sold one!

September update

I've been a bit busy, but here are the last painting competition updates.  Next stop, Isle of Wight!

La Chabotterie, Vendee.   Couleurs de Bretagne got first prize and I got an individual 3rd prize! and I sold it...

La Meziere - our last painting venue, loads of people and very hot

and here we are relaxing and celebrating the Mason's 39th wedding anniversary as well as the last painting session for quite a few of us.

20th & 21st August

Bazouge la Perouse - why didn't I do what I had planned instead of this buildings scene.  Should have stuck to flowers.  Rain and cold in morning, too hot in the afternoon!

 Combourg - very hot! (Over 100 competitors.....)

 Virtually all the motor-home painting chums turned up - I don't think we've ever had a complete group liike this.

Poor old Bertie was too hot - had to stay inside most of the time because the tarmac burnt his paws!

Ducey 14th August

Only just made it due to absolutely awful weather. Thanks to Pierre Dinahet who organised the event.

August 6th & 7th

 Saturday - it rained ALL day, so I decided to do an ink picture

 Sunday - Spooky village, but at least it was very sunny in the morning, had time to do a second, which is shown underneath.  I entered that as hors concors

Here are the latest...

mid to late July update

 Pontrieux - most of France must have been painting watercolours!

 La Roche Derrien - and it rained again! New umbrella worked, but it was still tough. 3rd place

 Chatelaudren - misty initally, then cleared. 2nd place - Pierre D came first - good.

Binic (below) - very very hot.  Wish I'd just done a drawing instead.  The world was  painting watercolours again!

Here are the latest paintings.  Between venues Bertie managed to fall into the marais, totally coated in green slime.  He had three sessions in the sea which he loved, and we had the most enormous portion of mussels and chips that you have ever seen at Il Grande.  It was enough for four people and cost 16 euros.  We decided we'de better eat it for the whole of the Dodds family.

Eleven (2nd prize - really pleased with this one)

Guerlesquin

Huelgoat (well I tried something different, but it didn't work!)

La Roche Bernard

St Fiacre, Faoeut (3rd prize)

Beginning of July results of our latest trip - most of the time it rained.  Have now bought a fisherman's umbrella for the forthcoming painting weekends!