It’s about 40 km SW of Red Deer, so I stayed here last week during my pottery week at the Polytechnic. A beautiful drive through rolling hills on farmland, so lush and green and yellows bursting with canola.
It was a busy week, so I didn’t really get much of a feel for the hamlet but I sure enjoyed doing so this week.
6 streets and 40 people are here but it has an incredible active Icelandic Society that runs the program. There’s a creamery right across the road. There’s a pottery shop, an “craft store” and a Boy Scout Museum. There was a wedding in the backyard on Saturday and then they set up a miniature display of the town in the backyard. It’s surrounded by a river and has a couple bridges that lead to a campground and ball fields The people are very friendly. I was invited to the town potluck, a “Sing and Supper” evening and a backyard fire while I was here. Luckily, my “Artist Talk” never materialized! 🥴. There was even a tapestry from Iceland on display at the museum.
A great meal with d’Arcy and her husband and their neighbors after seeing their back yard house full of art from their 8 years in the Middle East after painting outside all day and meeting many locals and getting commissioned to paint a dude and his motorcycle! Where do theseinteresting people come from? What a day!
Didn’t do much painting but sure enjoyed the experience. So glad I did this!
