Last Weekend: A Market and a Sunset

28/4/2016

Part of my booth at the JAC Mothers' Day Craft Fair 2016

Last weekend, on a sunny but still-much-too-crisp spring Saturday, I spent the day among artisans and locals of Montreal's West Island area, at a craft fair that took place at John Abbott College.

It was an amusing experience to be back on the waterfront campus of my former College - especially since I'd not been within the walls of the school since graduation over ten years ago! It was also wonderful to get to share my photography with so many new faces and with artisans I'd not met at fairs I've participated in downtown.

Veni Etiam Photography, Square fine-art prints

After we packed up at the end of the afternoon, it was time to unwind and to say hello to the water, which had been calling me all day long. The wind was chilly on the boardwalk, but locals were enjoying their ice creams and favorite terraces regardless.

These last weeks have been so frenetic and mind-consuming that I had not actually been close to nature in any way. Who knew a couple of hours in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, with nothing on the agenda except walking, sitting, talking and snapping a few inevitable photos, could do such a world of good!

Reeds (C) Veni Etiam Photography

Boardwalk (C) Veni Etiam Photography

Tired Path / Keep Afloat (C) Veni Etiam Photography

And when the sun started to tuck itself in for the night, I realized my cheeks were pink and warm and sunkissed for the first time this season, and that it had been a very good day.