Chalk the Block: The Rainy Year

Chalk the Block is such a cool little festival, held at a beautiful outdoor mall each September.  I love to go see what local amateur artists come up with, as well as the featured artists who come each year.  It was supposed to be held in mid-September but was postponed a week due to rainy weather.  Wouldn't you know, the following weekend was rainy too.  Fortunately, the rain didn't get too bad until mid-afternoon on the last day.... just when we were walking around.  Suz and her family joined Eliza and me for this little adventure.  We were able to enjoy lots of cool chalk art when we arrived, then as the rain picked up we saw lots of beautiful colors of chalk run-off as we hurried to the car.

Eliza was so excited about this beautiful sea turtle -
did you know that turtles are her favorite animal?

 A featured artist is hard at work behind us.

Eliza brought her own sidewalk chalk so that she could
contribute to the art festival.

Can you tell what she drew?

She took advantage of us hanging out under a covering,
out of the rain for a few minutes, to do lots of chalk art.

This was one of my favorites.  A new take on Norman Rockwell's
"Triple Self-Portrait."  I wish I'd gotten a better picture of it, but
at this point we were ready to get out of the cold and rain.

Triple Self-Portrait