{"id":22767,"date":"2025-05-21T17:37:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=22767"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:37:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T23:37:30","slug":"pleinairpril-fail-may-snow-showers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2025\/05\/pleinairpril-fail-may-snow-showers\/","title":{"rendered":"PleinAirpril Fail &#8230; May snow showers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have been working on a video for weeks &#8230; par for the course in my YouTube creator adventure!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Re PleinAirpril Fail:  I struggled after a strong first week start and never regained my momentum.  Nothing horrendous, just life and I allowed some distractions to push me off course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, it is history and I still learned and am still painting and even a fair amount of Plein Air painting from my &#8220;Mobile Art SUV&#8221; &#8211; that is the video that is pending &#8230; hopefully tomorrow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, it has been typical Montana Spring:  warm, hot-ish, cold, rainy, graupel and mountain snow.  All good, especially the rain and mountain snow as we are still playing catch up as far as snow\/runoff\/water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, I was working on finishing up the video when I needed to download some things and my connection was slow so I headed for a spot with better speed.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the way home &#8230; on the road home:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0129.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0129.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0129-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0129-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0129-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0129-71x40.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0130.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0130.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0130-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0130-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0130-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_0130-71x40.jpg 71w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was a bit more dramatic than the photos show.  Still &#8230; lovely color and light and contrast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memorial Day weekend is upcoming.  Typically it snows or is cold and rainy Memorial Day weekend, but current forecast is for sunny and mid-70 to mid-80 F &#8230; woo-hoo!!  We will see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working on a video for weeks &#8230; par for the course in my YouTube creator adventure! Re PleinAirpril Fail: I struggled after a strong first week start and never regained my momentum. Nothing horrendous, just life and I allowed some distractions to push me off course. 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