Feb 9

Helene was off with Mimi and Deb at Thomas  Bartlett's estate to paint with Margrit Mondavi again. I stopped by later in the day and met Tom and Margrit. Tom is very tall and is a very talented designer. It was a pleasure meeting him and seeing his beautiful estate. We will be going there again in 2 weeks for a fundraiser that we have tickets for. Margrit is a wonderful lady. She had some very nice things to say about Helene and her work. We had a nice chat before she got back to her painting. She is very talented, as I mentioned in a previous post. She was flying back to Napa on her private jet later in the day. We hope to meet her again.
The rest of the day, we spent walking the beach. It has been a truly remarkable week ! Tomorrow, off to San Pancho again !

Deb, Helene and Mimi in Thomas's garden.

At the end off La Penita beach, there is a volcanic rock formation that is part of a crater. The sea was actually fairly calm as it was low tide. When its high tide, it is very viscious and dangerous. there were people fishing from the rocks behind Helene.

For a prairie boy from Saskatchewan, this is pretty amazing. I took a bit of time to sit down and take this all in. The surf was pounding on the black rocks, locals were tossing their lines out and catching fish. Just around the corner to the  right some surfers and boogie boarders were riding at La Colonia beach. I was looking back towards La Penita and the miles of beach there was. It was a pretty cool moment.