Alex,
I see that you do business in thatching reeds. I did one small one, 30 x 40 cm, last year at the same time of the year. I notice that the reeds have not reached the full height yet, so it must be early summer.
Mine was also intended to be a figurative, but the canoe was so fast , or I was slow, and it went away before I managed to squeeze out the orange for it, might as well be my luck.
I love your variations of the dark in the water, from bluish to olive. It's those, normally unnoticed nuances, that makes the painting live.