Race committee boat

It was my lucky day today. My friend Michele extended an invitation to paint with her at the Hudson Yacht Club, and I was free. We made the most of this perfect — and near windless — morning by setting up in the shade with a view of the race committee boat and its companions. I could have done an entirely different painting from the same spot: a gaggle of geese feeding on the lawn and then descending, single file, down the boat launch and into the water for a swim. Maybe the geese will be next time.