Debbie and I spent a wonderful week, with my father, at my parent's house on Paudash Lake. I used to love the lake with all the small cottages tucked in the birches and pines but oh how that has changed over the last few years. More and more of those cottages are being replaced by huge summer homes with massive lawns spreading down to the lake. Stone walls and concrete docks are replacing the trees and the lilies. So many people think that they are escaping the city when in fact many of them are just bringing suburbia with them.
Now when we look down the shore from my parent's beach all you can see is very expensive toys. This view used to me one of my favourites anywhere. This painting will never be for sale because I wasn't in a happy place when I painted it. We tossed around names such as "The Joneses" and "Conspicuous Consumers" These boats are rarely away from the docks and they are far too big for our lake with all its small bays. The sole purpose of the boats and other toys that I left out is to impress.
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