A Brandon skyline

With the intention to plain a flood scene I found myself standing on the bank of swollen Assiniboine River on the first street facing the inundated Dinsdale Park. However, instead of setting up my easel to paint,  I left the scene feeling not right to paint when I could see in the distance some houses on the edge of the river are threatened by the rising river. On my way back I stopped instead to paint the McKenzie building with the 8th street bridges arching across the railway tracks. A gentleman living close by came over to chat with me sharing every detail of the history associated with the scene, not realizing then, just a few days later this area of Brandon became the evacuated zone due to ever rising Assiniboine water level.