Sunflower House!
The sunflowers are finally opening up ... everywhere in our yard. We have a lot of "volunteer" sunflowers this year ... and they are everywhere. It's nice and welcoming and happy and yellow! We finally had a bit of rain, and the flowers have decided it's safe to come out. So nice to see. The black eyed Susans are also beginning to open. Must be yellow flower time! The day lilies are about finished. The summer seems to be absolutely flying by.
On that note, we had someone come out to our house and give us an estimate on spraying foam insulation in to help with the heat this winter. Yikes! We need to win the lottery pretty soon. Fortunately we can do it in stages ... underneath the floors on the first floor (ceiling of the basement and garage) ... then the "roof deck" ... then the walls. The walls will be the most intricate part having to drill holes every 15" or so and every 2 feet into the siding. That's a lot of patching ... so maybe we reside? Maybe we have to win the lottery first! Yikes! It's July ... the temps have been in the high 70's to high 80's and absolutely lovely. And here I am, worrying about the winter. I have found that heat is very important up here in the High Country!
Dance Camp has begun at the Crossnore School and we have successfully completed our first week. It's lots of fun to see the kids smile and even laugh sometimes. Makes my day!
Paul & I continue to work at Fabio's on Friday and Saturday night. It is GREAT fun and hard work sometimes! Last night was jammin' and we were actually having to turn folks away. But the ones that had reservations and got in at the right time had a wonderful dinner and totally enjoyed their evening. Food and fun!
I am still pushing hard to get enough inventory for the show on August 21st. Shannon and I went to see the Avery Arts Council people on Friday. I called to make sure they would be there. We pulled in right after they pulled out about 2:00. So disappointing. I will try again tomorrow after dance camp. We are full of questions and curiosity about things ... would love to just get some answers! I put some more pieces in BJ's last week. I'm hoping to get some more finished this week and keep the cycle going. I met someone who's been very inspiring to me. Check out her art work .... she is phenomenal. http://www.periwinklepass.com/ Tammy Brinkley has opened up a shop here in Elk Park and she has the most delightful paintings and collages ever. She also has some cool furniture she's redone, as well as antique pieces she's found at auctions and such. If you are local or in town for a bit, please make of point of dropping by her little shop. It is well worth your time and trip!! Tammy will be doing a couple of shows next week too, the Blowing Rock Art Walk or Art in the Park (whichever one is next weekend) and Banner Elk as well. Treat yourself!
Added these to the booth at BJ's ---
and this (paper media - no mosaic here)I had a meeting with someone about joining her art center as the dance portion of it. We'll see. It's time to make some "work" decisions .... I'm asking for wisdom and guidance from the universe. Hope it comes in bucket fulls, Lord knows I need bucket fulls!!!
Paul is working hard in this crazy heat. I'd say it is like Florida, but that would be a lie. It's hard to breathe up here when it's over 80 because we're up so high and humidity is about a zillion percent. He's pretty tired when he gets in. Those big trucks come in off of the road and they too are a thousand degrees. Then he has to get under them and change the burning hot oil and etc. It's a very dirty job. Yesterday he actually got to work on an iron railing with his buddy Bruce. He said it felt really good to do that. It would be so nice to have the shop up ... but then, up here there just aren't enough iron railing jobs to make fulltime work. Hopefully we can change that! Man, that's optimism, isn't it?
Final world cup match today. Spain vs. Holland. It'll be kind of boring without a cup game to look forward to. All of our Mexican friends are hoping for Espana, but secretly betting on Holland. We shall see ... 2pm EST.
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.
Cheers!
Paul & Cheri
You always have so much going on Cheri! I'd love to help out if I can when I come up there in the next month or two. :-)
ReplyDeleteThose sunflowers look so happy!
Aren't you the busy, busy one?, how do you fit everything in? The Avante garden is looking good, and those sun flowers WOW!!
ReplyDeleteSo when does the work on the insulation begin?, you know you will just get everything done how you want it and then-- find something you want to move into!! yes maybe!! Anyway you sound like you are both enjoying life in the mountains, you know we wish you both well. Keep up the good work, but both of you, REMEMBER to REST also and smell the flowers. LOL.
Best wishes Mum ("B") & Dad (Mel)