There are special moments in life that we treasure in our hearts. This is an en plein air sketch that I finished several months later from memory. Every year I get together with the most unlikely combination of four other women, all powerful, all with completely different interests and professions, all with one purpose. We were randomly thrown together in a personal development program called Samari Camp over three years ago; we keep in touch by conference call once per week with one intention: to change the world in which we live. It was during our annual retreat, this time in Jasper last fall, that I shared my love of painting and storytelling. We had spent the morning in conversation over breakfast savouring the minutes and the tidbits as we discussed our accomplishments over the past year. We left with a prepared lunch in the direction of Maligne Canyon pulling in at each bridge as we made our way higher into the gorge. There were some complaints about gerbils in the back (my shocks or spring cushions are rather noisy) but we delighted in the natural beauty and after a short hike decided to lunch and paint at the Fifth Bridge. I chose the spot because the terrain lent itself to easels and such, not that we had any, but there were places to sit. Everyone had their own palette (mine had the good paint in it) and we set about looking at shapes instead of trees, rivers and mountains. This is a keeper. Just done the next task is to generate a few greeting cards and send them off to special people on special occasions or for no reason at all, just because. Life is good.