Although the season is still officially spring, the past few days have certainly felt more like summer. The spring has been damp and often cool but now a warm spell has settled down, spurring verdant growth and sudden sweat. Today the high temperature at our place was 99 degrees, and the humidity was a similar number. Gardens are lush.
The Saturday sketchers met last weekend after a morning of rain was followed by partly blue skies. We elected to gather in the formal rose garden behind the Des Moines Art Center, where we usually meet to decide the day's location. The roses are in full flower, filling the formal beds with reds, pinks, yellows, a beautiful bed of pure white roses, and more. The roses are flanked by stone and by two small shady pavilions. We sat just outside the formal beds and painted. At one point I got up to stretch my legs and walked into the mass of flowering plants. The scent of roses was nearly overpowering in the warmth and humidity.
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