Colorful Umbrella

 

Late this morning, I decided to go to Fort Myers Beach, thinking the weather was so great. It was the first time in a year that I was on beach. Everything stayed the same except for the fact that it cost more to park there than a year ago. I remembered it was $6 for the whole day but I couldn't find this line any more on the meter. OK.

At first, I saw a group of old Germans sitting in the shade. To be cautious, I went over and asked them how much longer they were going to stay. I didn't want them to take off when I set up and got started. The answer was 20 minutes. Of course, I couldn't paint them. Then I noticed, not far from where I stood, a young couple were reading with their opened umbrella leaning on the sand. Chances are they would be stable if they kept reading. So I set up to paint them. I didn't go into details in the picture because I reminded myself that they might leave at any minute. I had to catch the images as quickly as possible. Fortunately, when they got out of their chairs and wrapped up their stuff, I was done with the picture. Hope you like it.