Yesterday was a beautiful day… would it have been too much to have two days in a row?!
Apparently yes. Instead, we started the morning with a couple hours of drizzle followed
by a couple hours of strong, gusty winds. Now don’t get me wrong… I don’t like either
one of those conditions. But if I had to choose… I’d much rather have rain than wind.
With rain you might get wet, but you will dry… as will my pots! However with wind…
a strong gust can shake your nerves, shake your tent and shake your pots! Luckily,
we didn’t have any “wind related casualties” but it was a bit un-nerving for a large portion
of the day. Eventually, the sun came out, the wind died down and the swarms of dragonflies
all came back to the lake’s edge. But by the end of the day… the flowers were wilted,
the shelves were covered with a thick layer of dust and my booth neighbor’s husband Scott
was wilted as well… and tried to sneak in a quick nap before the tear-down process began.
Looks like it was a long day for all of us!

At the end of the long day, it’s another art fair done for the season. And another successful
art show in Evanston. It was a lot of fun to see so many of my friends, students and loyal
customers at the fair this weekend.  And it wasn’t quite the perfect weather weekend we
all hope for… but it wasn’t terrible either. Looking back – it could have been a LOT worse!

Next up?… Art In The Barn on September 25th & 26th in Barrington!

Oh yeah…
did I mention the best, most chocolate-iest milk shakes ever?!!! Over the course
of the two day art fair – I had three of them!!! From some small little white trailer called
“The Malt Shoppe” with the nicest “ice cream barristas” ever… they make a great shake.
Of course I had to help “train” them… chocolate milk shake with chocolate ice cream,
chocolate sauce, hot fudge, and if you think you couldn’t possibly add more chocolate – do.
There’s no such thing as too much chocolate in my shake. In fact, if they would just give me
a cup of hit fudge and a straw – I would be a happy kid. I have the palate of a 4-year old.
And even better – they also come out to Barrington in September. Something extra special
and extra chocolatey to look forward to!