Agua Azul - Ruth Andre

I must confess that deep water puts terror into my heart. With that said do not even ask me how I ended up on a fishing boat in Baja California, Mexico with no life jacket in sight. There I was with a bunch of fishermen trying my best to enjoy the sun and blue waters of Cabo San Lucas on a boat that seemed to get smaller with each rolling wave. THEN sharks were spotted and when they started circling the boat was when my day ended being fun. Saying I was sick for the next four hours does not quite cover how badly I felt. There was no mercy, only fishing lines being sent out to sea to catch a prize fish. No prizes were won that day and once on land heading for my hotel was one of the best times of my life. I vowed to never venture out to sea again. I decided the water looked just great from shore. Memories of Baja California made for, "A Painting Day".

"Aqua Azul" - Blue Water - 8x8 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre

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Rugged Coastline - Ruth Andre

My husband and I farmed in Baja California. We had one hundred acres and we grew cut flowers. The seeds and plugs would be planted with variety and color in mind for the coming holidays. It was a big operation and labor intensive.

Once the flowers were mature, cut and bundled they were then trucked up to our warehouse in Encinitas, California by our driver to be sold wholesale across the country. The wholesale sales side was also a big operation and I was in charge of Big Box sales. Big Box are words used for large grocery chains.

We had several sales people and timing was everything. Once the flowers were cut they had to be moved quickly from field to truck to processing and boxing for shipment. Then the flowers would travel by truck, train, plane and sometimes bus, to their destination. I kind of get warn out thinking about the fast pace of the flower industry. We did enjoy Baja California. Our ranch was just a few minutes from the coast with its beautiful rugged coastline. Thinking about the growing fields in Baja California made for, "A Painting Day".

"Rugged Coastline" 6x8 inches, oil on canvas by Ruth Andre

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