This particular day, my painting friend Sue and I were wandering through a horse pasture someplace in rural Zumbrota, MN, looking for the perfect scene to paint.  Of course we had permission to be wandering here, and we felt as if we had stepped into not only another world (being city girls and all!) but also another era...this landscape was so pristine and untouched by development I was completely expecting Laura Ingalls Wilder to walk around the corner!  This day was a breath of new life for my soul...to be so far removed from my usual life and having the privilege of attempting to capture on canvas this space and all I felt about it.
And so that experience was part of the plein air event in Zumbrota, celebrating the 100th anniversary of it's covered bridge, concluding with a "quick paint" of the bridge itself. 
Later on, in July, I ventured over to Red Wing, MN, to partake in a week of plein air painting in that quaint town bursting with charm, never-ending flower pots , historic buildings, beautiful marina scenes, and flowing rural landscapes.  Although the temps were precariously close to 100, it was an awesome week!  Those paintings still remain in the Depot Gallery downtown.
The next week, I ventured back to Door County, WI, where I am represented by Fine Line Designs Gallery, to join in the plein air "quick paint' sponsored by the Peninsula School of Art.  What a cool art school!!  It was a lovely opportunity I hope to partake in again!  I don't have images of these events to post here because the paintings sold at the events, but that's a good thing!