View of the booth from my table at Panera Bread

I'm sitting at my table at Panera Bread, yesterday I spent most of the day in the RV working on the mailing list for Ramble in Garden which is next week at Fairchild Tropical Garden in Miami (can't wait to go- it's my favorite place in the world).

There is a portico on the roof of Panera where wild Parrots like to congregate. They sit up there and squawk all day long and then ever so often we would hear the sound of a car alarm coming from up there and we were amazed to think that some parrot had learned to mimic the sound of a car alarm so well. Then the security guard told us it was something that had been installed to scare away the birds. Suddenly the sound became amazingly annoying... The weather is absolutely perfect again and we are hoping to have a good day sales wise. Come on Art Gods... Show me some Love!!!

Slow Beautiful Day in Estero FL

Beutiful day, just gorgeous! Not a cloud in the sky and the temperatures in the low 70s with a nice breeze blowing. Also there are swans here and swans are good...

Breaking Down at Sunset

A Day at the Beach

Here are more pictures from the day- Paul beside the booth, some good looking pups from the Great Dane rescue group that was out fund-raising and some more of the amazing sand sculptures.

We totally lucked out with the weather today. We had no rain and the crowds came out in droves. I probably won't do this show again because the percentage of high end art buyers is low, but it sure was fun watching the people, the parade, the dogs, horses, sea gulls, etc.

One more day of the show and a stop off at my parents place in Newport News and then we head back to Orlando.

Incredible Sand Sculptures

OMG Amazing! I had to walk a million
miles to see this but damn it was worth it. More pics later.

Grey clouds on top of grey clouds

Man I'm bored. We walled off a little 6x6 storage area in the booth
and I'm hiding back here trying to keep warm. The sky is starting to
depress me and I know, I know, I should be happy that it's not pouring
down rain and 50 mile an hour winds, but still! I'm sure it will turn
out ok but in the meantime, mind if I whine?
There is a loud speaker near our booth and every ten minutes some guy
who likes the sound of his own voice comes on and blows our eardrums
out with announcements. There are a few good art booths here but
there is also a lot of what I call crappy craft (or shit on a stick),
and worse- things that are obviously buy/sell. I hate it when I see
that at a show but I do have my eye on a pair of $10 indoor outdoor
slippers...
Oh here comes the loudspeaker guy again thanking the sponsors of the
show for the 20th time.
On a happier note, tomorrow there is a sand sculpture competition and
those are always cool!

Horses on the beach

Something about horses on the beach that warms my heart... The rest of
me is cold but my heart is warm