T Stands for Different Kind of July 4th Picnic

Hi everyone. Happy Tuesday.  Today I have a lot to share in my post.

I'll start with this page in the little journal I've made for this month's Art Journal Journey When It's Hot challenge.

Most of this page is a painting, except for the quote that I stamped and the black lines I drew in. Oh and the sails on the sailboat which I created with some little triangles of white paper and a black pen. I painted the sky, water and the sun. After painting the sun with acrylic paints I took some mica watercolors and gave it a coat, which you can see the bit of a shen it created.

I thought this page will fit almost perfectly for my T day post. (Be sure to stop by  Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog   to join us with your drink related photo.)

When we woke up on July 4th, it was a beautiful day. So my husband and I packed our lunch and went for a little cruise in my husband's boat.

We cruised out to the beach where we anchored and sat for a couple of hours having a relaxing lunch.

Our picnic lunch  included some of this bottle of pre-mixed margaritas.

This is the best way to bring it on the boat, even if homemade ones are better.

This is my drink to share with you for T.

We also packed some homemade chicken salad, chips, and some little packages of cookies.

Maybe not  a lobster roll or a romantic picnic, but it still tasted yummy.

We also brought the dogs with us. The pups love boat rides.

Maddie found a good place to take her nap. You can see we are at the beach area with many other folks having the same idea.

We have to travel 6 miles down a river (The Piscataqua) in order to reach the ocean. That river has a really bad current during tide changes, one of the fastest in the country. So while we boat on the river the dogs need their life jackets so we could scoop them out of the water faster should they go overboard.

They always look so cute in their life jackets and they also had on flag bandanas to celebrate the July 4th holiday.

And let me share a few more boating photos with you.

The day started sunny, but as we enjoyed our lunch, the fog rolled in.

It makes such a dramatic view.

After awhile we got sick of the fog and turned around and went back up the river. As we moved inland we eventually lost the fog and the sun came back out.

But even that didn't last too long. After we pulled the boat out of the water and were cleaning it, the fog rolled in up river, and then it seemed to follow us all the way home. 

Explains the foggy and wet weather we had overnight.

Thanks for visiting.

Have a happy T day too.