We recently went back to visit my parents in Bolton Ontario, on the so-called north hill. It's not really a hill, rather, the north part of a deep valley running through the downtown. In the old days the river powered a mill, which caused a town to pop up around the mill. Nowadays the mill is gone but Mill Park remains, with some of the old foundations of the mill still visible. In this scene, I painted a renovated pond which serves as a rainwater overflow for the neighborhood. It took many years for them to finish it, at least its done now and by next summer it should be full of reeds and ducks.
Pond Renovations, Bolton, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, November 2022 (No. 3297a)
A walking train in the valley provided this view of their house, with the chestnut tree in the foreground. The chestnut tree had been under attack from the creeping vines, but my parent's cut the vines regularly and saved the tree. Now the squirrels have a plentiful source of food. Most of the squirrels there have black fur but some of them have grey fur. I took these pictures with my cell phone in the natural sun, you can see my thumb and fingers in the pictures.
Parent's House Ravine View, watercolour 5 x 7" cold press, November 2022 (No. 3322a)
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