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Sometimes you go out to do a plein aire and you need two days instead of one. On a lovely unseasonably warm day for winter, I went out with a friend to paint. We painted from my deck which faces our lake we live on. I was able to get down two small paintings before the dimming of the sun made it to cold to continue. After looking at this painting, I felt it needed more time and another plain aire adventure. So the next reasonably warm day with sun, I went out and captured additional information and am much happier with the results. Sometimes a location or view or painting deserves a second plein air trip to the same spot. I have done this when painting larger canvases in plein aire but never with a smaller one. Glad I did.