Art in the Garden and Brimfield

Back from a super busy, but fun weekend. Friday I hit my junky flea market, Collingswood, before heading up North to go pick up Jane on my way to Scarsdale, New York to teach at Art in the Garden, part of the summer series for Art is You (that was a mouthful!). I got to meet her new little kit-n, Pixie (so cute!)





then we drove to Sal's house, where she and Max eagerly awaited our arrival. We had a lovely Greek dinner before hitting the hay early as we were getting up at 4am to head to the Brimfield Antique show.

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The ride to Brimfield is about 2.5 hours from Sal's. We drove in 2 cars and made a quick pit stop to pick up, fellow partner in crime, Colleen before heading on our way. Colleen pointed out some devastating damage to the area outside Brimfield, recently hit by a tornado. It was massive destruction and sad to see.

We saw Diane Keaton towards the end of the day- so that was fun. (and yes, that booth was full of vintage, $5 tablecloths!)

me just fooling around with the Colonel

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here's a few more pics of the altered chandy that I picked up. It's quite cool (and heavy!) i still haven't decided if it is a keeper or if i will take to California next year to sell in a show. time will tell!

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On Sunday I taught a class to some fine ladies (most of whom i know quite well!). we had a lovely day working on our projects. We created a project that I did for the book, Resinate - so it was fun to see the projects come alive with their own style and personality.

greetings from Brimfield

me, jane, sal and collleen, made the trek to Brimfield flea market today. we got up at 4am and got home around 7:00pm. we sure were tired, but had great time! we were pretty good about our purchases, but each of us walked away with a favorite purchase. my favorite purchase was an altered chandelier with Charlotte doll heads. when i get home, ill take a nice picture of it. its quite fun and enchanting.

we did lots of walking and the day was quite warm and sunny.

dragonflies

Last weekend, Leslie Marsh taught a class here. After class was over, we decided to drive over to the reservoir to take some pictures. I became quite captivated by a dragonfly who was sitting on a reed. No matter how close we'd get to him, he take off for a second and then come right back to his reed to perch. guess he was sunning himself. i love the color of his eyes!

come take a garden tour

lists

do you make lists? i find that i make a lot of lists. grocery lists, to do list, errand list, reminder list, chore list, etc.

recently though i started another list, and it was to jot down everything i did throughout the day. I did this for a few days to see how i was spending my time. Sometimes I feel like I've gotten nothing accomplished and i 'll think, "what have i been doing all day"?

You should try it for a few days to see exactly all that you get done. i think you'll be surprised that you are doing much more than you thought.

so here is my "things that i did today" list for 7/7/11
(*in tuck's room means i was doing some sort of caregiving )


1) woke up
2) made coffee
3) took dogs outside
4) dropped off culture to lab
5) stopped by Campbell's Pharmacy and placed an order for Tucker
6) fed dogs and cats
7) swept kitchen floor
8) cleaned kitchen table and put away sewing stuff
9) washed Tucker's hair
10) gave Tucker a sponge bath, redressed
11) washed hair basin
12) cleaned toilet
13) swept and mopped bathroom floor
14) did laundry
15) *back in tuck's room
16) organized a grocery list
17) ate a pop tart
18) worked on an art project for my kitchen table (an altered lampshade)
19) more laundry
20) *in tuck's room
21) finished lampshade project
22) swept and tidied up studio
23) went outside and took some bird photos
24) more laundry
25) *in tuck's room
26) went to Panera
27) shopping at Costco
28) put groceries away
29) gave Tucker a respiratory treatment
30) more laundry
31) boiled chicken for dogs food
32) replaced glass in a frame that was accidentally broken
33) picked hydrangeas
34) fed dogs dinner
35) fed kitties
36) fed birdies/changed H2O
37) *in tuck's room
38) had a glass of wine
39) answered emails
40) read
41) went to bed