Can you believe that summer is over??? It was such a weird summer for me with the cold rain, hot dry and smoke, I spent a lot of the time inside, and didn't even get out to paint plein air once!
It was an interesting summer for my garden however. I rented a plot at our local community garden where I planted some things I had never tried before: potatoes, red carrots, spagetti squash, celery and broccoli. That garden did great and it was so nice to get to meet other gardeners in my community. In my home gardens, I planted beets, potatoes, snap peas and carrots, which were all attacked by VOLES! One day I went out to check on my 3' high pea crop and it was like someone cut off all the plants 2" above the ground. They didn't eat them, just destroyed them! I now have some bait traps in place to try to rid myself of these destructive rodents, but not before they decimated my entire beet crop. The tops looked great, but when I dug them up, they were all eaten around their centres. As if it isn't hard enough to garden here with Chinooks, cool nights, hail and early frosts! But we gardeners persevere -a nutty bunch.
In order to try to get my art 'out there' to a new clientele, I decided to try the 'tent show' gig this summer. I am now a pro after having 5 of these shows: 2 in Rosebud, 1 at the Leighton Art Centre, 1 at Okotoks and 1 in our community of Oakridge. Now let me tell you, it is a LOT of work, but it was sure fun to meet people who were new to my work. I absolutely loved the comments "What a breath of fresh air!" and "Oh my goodness, I LOVE your colour!!" Here is a pic from one them: |
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