Every
year, a weekend in July is devoted to traveling to family reunions. It just
happens that both of my parent’s families get together on the same weekend –
one in Preston, Minnesota, and the other in Marshalltown, Iowa. On the
designated Saturday, we gather in the city park in Preston, with my mom’s
family – the descendants of the Pickett brothers – five brothers and their
families who homesteaded in a beautiful valley in this region in the 1860’s and
named the settlement, Carimona. Although the town no longer exists, we still
carry the stories within us and take time to visit the family cemetery. On
Sunday, we are in Iowa with my dad’s relatives and the Norman family reunion to
celebrate the life of my Great Grandma Bertha Williams. It’s a lovely time of
reconnecting with dear family and getting to meet new arrivals – spouses and
babies! This week’s
painting reflects a familiar sight – Road to Carimona, 8” x 10” on 300 lb. Watercolor
paper, captures the sense of traveling the country roads through the beautiful
landscape of southern Minnesota.
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