Carrie’s Painting of the Week
Burton's Shore
By Carrie Jacobson
One of the reasons, I think, that Wachapreague and the surrounding areas on the eastern shore of Virginia are so beautiful and untouched is that there are really no beaches there.
Instead, there’s a gorgeous salt marsh that draws all sorts of birds, and deep inlets that are home to all sorts of sealife.
And there are barrier islands with beautiful, untrammeled beaches – but they’re out between the bay and the Atlantic.
I am thankful for this, much as I love beaches. It has kept the eastern shore from looking like Virginia Beach or the Outer Banks, or any of a thousand other seaside spots that have been built up and built up and overbuilt up.
Here and there, of course, there are strips of sand, small beaches – like this one, on Burton’s Bay. It is lovely, and filled with fiddler crabs. One of these days, I’ll go swimming there. This time, I just painted.
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If you’re looking for something to do this weekend, you might consider taking a drive to check out the Mt. Gretna Outdoor Art Festival, in Mt. Gretna, PA. It is supposed to be an excellent show – I will report about it on my blog, The Accidental Artist, if you want to know how it came out…
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