ADOPTED by NANCY CANNING This is the last of my fishing Little Gems I'm going to paint. If you've been following the stories, you know that my husband has a passion for fishing and he guides for Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing twice a year here. It is 3 days of camaraderie and fly fishing for wounded warriors. Each one is teamed up with a guide who's sole purpose is to help them have a good time and hook up a fish and get that "trophy" picture...and you can hear the whooping and hollering up and down the valley. I was invited to stay for the final dinner this year, for the first time, and was privy to stories that were shared of how this event has changed their lives. How something as simple as learning how to fly fish has helped them to heal. Just amazing! I spent most of the evening fighting back tears as these were just ordinary men that have been traumatized by war. I wonder if the day will ever come that the world will live in peace. I don't have to be a beauty queen to wish for it! This painting is obviously a Fall rendering, but as an artist I'm allowed to "imaginate" these things, LOL. Thank you for letting me come along and paint and for letting me share these moments, now, with you! Hope you are having a fabulous day...its not snowing here, today, so it's a GREAT day in the high country! Till tomorrow...
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