Just finished up the "Covington Art Show" in Fort Wayne Indiana.

I want to rave about the shows staff...its so rare when an art festival director and staff really appreciate and understand what it takes to actually do a show.

This staff was over the top wonderful...from easy set up, and parking directly behind your booth!, an artists "oasis" where clean air conditioned rest rooms were, coffee and breakfast in the morning, sandwich stuff at lunch, veggie munchies and cold water. When bad weather started to threaten Sundays show...we were kindly told to pack up any time we felt our inventory or safety was in jeopardy. To put this last credit into light, I was once told by the Sugarloaf show staff in Virginia that "It is our policy that you need to set up regardless" This was said when all weather reports showed a HURRICANE baring down on us. Nice....really nice. I did not, by the way, set up my booth....I'm not completly crazy. Others did, and lost their tents if not inventory.

Anyway a big applause to the show staff of the Covington Art Festival. Thank you so much for caring about us.

Awhile ago I wrote a blog about being sick with a horrible cold and then still have to show up and do an art show. There were unfortunately less then good results, as I was not up to being too friendly or enthusiastic, and at least one "customer" went to the trouble to complain.

This weekend we were in South Bend Indiana at the "Leeper Park Art Festival"

I had a terrible tooth ache....my face looked like a chipmunk who filled one cheek with an overload of nuts. I was in miserable pain, as the antibiotics that the dentist prescribed wasn't doing a thing for me. Luckily Joe was there to help out and let me go whimper in solitude in the travel trailer allot of the day.

I tried very hard to smile...or half smile (only one side of my face was able to move) and be as cheerful as I could while I was in the booth. I changed my art show name tag to read:

"my name is Susan, not Alvin like the chipmunk, I have a toothache....ouch!" Hopefully anyone who didn't get my best salesmanship attitude, read my tag, and understood.

Most people realized by the size of my cheek, that something was wrong, giving me advise and hope that the upcoming root canal won't be another horror show.

Thanks to all that had kind words, thanks for all who excused my appearance and lack of bubbly enthusiasm.

As I said before....."the show must go on", sometimes its just harder then others.

This weekend we are in Fort Wayne Indiana for the "Covington Art Festival" This will be our first year at this show....and already I like it because its only a hour from home! What a joy that is not to have to drive 4-5 hours on Sunday night back home. I've heard through the artist grapevine that is a really good show besides!

Wowie Zowie!!

Cincinnati Summerfair was incredible! We lucked out on the weather, missing the hard rain and tornado threats...we sailed through the long hours of this show and sold out of allot of our inventory!
yippee!

Ooopps...I guess that means I've got to work even harder this week just to catch up again.

We had some friends over for dinner last night, our first porch feast of the season. I wish I'd taken a photo of the gathering to show you instead of our empty porch.

The photo at the top is of a hooked rug I made for the porch. I was visiting a bead enthusiast and friend last spring and was inspired to get back into old fashioned rug hooking after seeing her lovely rugs. My Grandmother made them, and my Mom did too....I guess you could say I come from a long line of hookers.

Back to work!

Cincinnati Summerfair Art Festival, garden and Indiana

Wow,


I've been away too long!


The Garden beckons me and keeps me from writting much lately.





We are in Angola Indiana now for the summer. We are so happy to be back "home".





This weekend is the "Cincinnati Summerfair" in ....Cincinnati, Ohio. This is a really fine show and we are so glad to be back in this year. I just hope the weather holds, its been mighty wet and windy around here lately.

The photo is of the lovely Smoke tree (purple leaves) which I am trying to keep small, with a white lily and nearly blooming Hollyhocks. I garden is growing like crazy...doesn't it seem like everything is coming up allot earlier this year?