On with the show!

Today after church I ditched my friends and went to have a quick lunch with Justin at Ruby Tuesday on the Island. We didn't have time for Chili's since it was Fellowship Sunday for which Judy is in charge. Ruby's was busy but we were well taken care of. Justin took my leftovers home for me as I made my way to Great Hang Ups. I had my Rolo Turtles for the opening reception of the Fin, Feather, and Fur show. I'd frozen them to ensure they wouldn't melt in the car. I thought turtles would be in keeping with the theme. Either that, or would seem like a cannibal to some. I took the risk!

This show was a fund raiser for the Safe Animal Shelter, a charity quite popular with many people. I kept my animal remarks to myself out of courtesy to the lovers. ("I do like animals---mostly between bread slices with bbq sauce....") Yeah, they wouldn't see the humor in that! The Shelter folks were there en masse so my hostessing duties were minimal. The shop was filled to overflowing, but Dee's neighbor at the vacuum cleaner shop put up a tent cover to provide shade and extra seating, in the parking lot. 

The awards were announced and not surprisingly my name was not one of those listed. More than once, though, I have admitted the honor of just being juried into such a show. Whew! I am now 7 for 7. Dee was at first going to re-use a frame from a previous entry but the matte was cut too large. Julia instead slipped it into a frame they had on hand, which presented it nicely. 

I had some wonderful visits with folks, those whom I usually see at the shop or other art gatherings. Dee's daughter, Helen, also an artist, came over at the behest of her mom to see some people who'd been asking about her. Helen is moving to Seattle shortly and is staying at her parent's house in the meantime. I had a nice chat with her outside under the tent. Her husband has already left for the coast to start his new job with Amazon. 

Since Dee and Julia had so much help from the Shelter folks, I decided to head for home when the show ended. My feet were tired and it had already been a long day. Fortunately there were some turtles left to bring along home for Justin and me to enjoy. Why do we make these only at Christmas and for special shows? Maybe because they are so putzy to make...?

Carol is seated on the bow with one of the boys with Laurie behind her, texting!

I was seated in the family room, feet up and relaxing, when my cell phone went off. It was a text message from Laurie, my friend from church. I knew they were going out on the boat today so was not surprised to hear they were outside my house. Justin and I rushed to the patio door and started to wave frantically. Poor Carol, a guest on the boat, could not pick out our place from that far out, so Brad pulled the boat into the basin. I grabbed my Turkish flag and was flapping it to beat the band. At last, she could see which door way was mine. The water was too shallow for them to pull all the way up, but got close enough for me to take a picture of them. How fun is that???