Summer Shade Festival

Summer Shade Festival, Grant Park, Atlanta, GA. Saturday was quite hot. Sunday was nice with thunderstorms - always a treat. The festival is really growing with something for everyone. Music, food, shopping, children's area. We certainly appreciate our customers from last year stopping by and loved meeting lots of new friends/customers. A special thank you to Dee, Cathy and Vicki for traveling to the big city to see us. (or was it the tamales?)

The best thing about being a carnie tent dweller is the people you meet and the friends that you make. Grant Park afforded me the opportunity to hug on some of my favorite artists. It's always a great pleasure to see Mark Meyer representing his wife, Sandra Meyer's, stunning paintings and hearing how their son, Noah, has grown. Robert Jones has been on the road for several weeks with his beautiful photography. His last stop was Lexington where he took some great horse shots. William Etheridge has been busy with a new house and continues to paint. (yeah!) Katy DeMent and I share a love of beeswax. Katy is now keeping her own bees and still making her most excellent hand made papers. Eddie King, Eddie's Bottle Art, hasn't been feeling well so we exchanged several hugs. Elizabeth Zappa was pretty busy painting her "canned ham" but managed a quick "follow your bliss!" - just when I needed it. Plus we had the great pleasure of getting to know our "next door neighbor" Dave Goldman. Dave is from North Carolina and does beautiful oils on canvas well worth checking out. Please follow the artist's links to view their works - you'll be glad you did.

One more big thank you to Fernando Fernandez and his lovely wife, Sida, for purchasing a candle and taking the time to talk with us about pilons and the internet. We had such fun and learned much.