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Yesterday was the members show at the Gateway Center for the Arts in Debary. The reception was very light, maybe the cold prevented more attendance. I am showing photos of some of the artwork on the walls. Lots of fine talent in that center, and don’t forget they teach all kinds of classes in all types of media. I enjoyed talking to people who actually came to look at the art and were so appreciative of having Sandra Wilson’s vision for art, right there in their back yard.
http://www.gatewaycenterforthearts.org/
a few dashboard cams That’s the huge electric plant.
Gorgeous silk screening and that gator is made out of a sawmill root.
And those are just a few samples of what is on exhibit. Thanks to Bev for braving that cold! And thanks to the artists for supporting a marvelous art center.
Another place that is welcoming of artists is the Relax In Comfort shop at Seminole Towne Center. They are featuring the beautiful work of Robin Maria Pedrero, a very smart and prolific artist. Robin Maria teaches about websites and marketing, she is a terrific marketer! Her website is http://www.gallery523.com, here are a few photos.
Robin Maria is a whiz at getting her work out and selling it! She is someone who knows how to market, if that interests you, please check out her websites. it will also list her classes and give an email to notify her if you would be interested in learning from her.
Pocketful of Colors my blog – http://www.pocketfullofcolors.blogspot.com/
Website – http://www.gallery523.com
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1000 markets ~ http://www.1000markets.com/users/avisualjourney
Books ~ http://stores.lulu.com/robinmariapedrero
Video ~ http://www.youtube.com/rmpastel
Please join my Fan Club ~ http://artist.to/robinmariapedrero/
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The day was dull, every photo I put in todays blog is colorized. I cheated! Hurricane Ida hit up at the panhandle and the weather is affecting us. We are supposed to finally get rain tomorrow – will it actually happen? All day it looked so dull. As I drove up to Sanford and stopped to take some pics, I kept thinking the sky would unload any minute, but not a drop. I took a few dashboard cams of things and places, and they all looked so boring I had to jazz them up a bit.
The Gateway condos actually look like this
and the corner of First Street near the Welcome Center looked much more festive like this –
and even the bales of hay in the hay trucks looked more delicious with some color to the grain.
An abandoned building looked a little more appealing by deepening the color
At the marina, there was nothing new, same old birds, had to emphasize the ibis.
And when I got home, I had to blame what I thought was an eagle as an excuse for fishing in early afternoon. I could see it flying all over, but could not get a close photo. Finally it landed three houses over so I threw out the pixels on the telephoto to capture it way up in a tree. That’s an osprey.
I caught a shiner and threw it back, caught a couple bream and they went back. The cranes were there, Ringo was with me too.
Then the heron flew into the tree and watched me cast out over and over.
Finally I caught a nice sized bream and threw it on the ground, the heron flew down and nabbed it. He swallowed and happily flew off. Ringo and I came in as it was almost completely dark by 5:30pm!
My HP “refurbished” printer came in today so I can resume getting photos ready for this weekend art show. HP tells you to send the defective printer back within three days or get charged a chunk of change on your credit card, but the return address label I needed to do that was not included, they forgot to send it! I had to call them and stay on the line forever getting a case number from someone in Bangladesh so they could send me a label. I suggested they email it and they refused. I could have flown to India in the same time it took to stay on hold for their techs.
Rat update: G & H Pest Control in Sanford came out Monday to give me my last estimate for how they would address my rodent issue. Gene, who owns the company came out and walked around and looked in the attic and did a thorough search of the house just like Massey. Gene looked at me and told me “he would be taking my money if I hired him” because he would be doing the same exact things I have been doing. They would set the traps as I have and that is all they can do. He suggested I keep fresh peanut butter in the trap every week and keep doing it. He said he could find no fresh droppings and I had no roach or bug problem. He didn’t even give me a price for a yearly spray, so if you live around this area and want a really honest pest control company, call G & H Pest Control Inc. 407-323-6681 website http://ghpestcontrol.com/ Actually, it has been rather quiet, but I will keep listening for signs of life above my head…
As I finish this I can hear a light rain outside,that is good news, hope we are in for a night of the wetstuff! In fact, I walked outside and immediately smelled the earthy scent of wet grass. The drops were light, but anything is better than nothing! After the art show, I can get back to looking for photo ops. Be patient, and come to the Gateway this weekend to see what 40 artists have for you…(nothing like more self promotion)
Went to a luncheon put on by the Gateway Center For the Arts, and The National Museum of Women in the Arts. They wanted to thank Victor Thomas, the manager of Stacey’s for his generous support of food during the art receptions. I had never been to Staceys which is about a mile north of Saxon Blvd on 17/92. It’s been there many years under different names: Homers and Duffs. Stacey is Homer the owners daughter. They also have them in Ohio and other Florida locations.
There was a good line waiting to get in at 1pm when Pam and I went to the meeting. They charge $5.99 for all you can eat and WHAT A DEAL! The food was DELISH!!!! I ate and ate and looked at the dozens of different desserts and my eyeballs almost went into a diabetic shock! They do have the option of sugar-free pies). They had it all, food food food in all descriptions. I ate fried fish and hush puppies, steamed carrots and mac and cheese, broccoli and soup. They had turkey, tacos, meatloaf, fried chicken and much more. Everything was great. I had a lot of fun and so wanted to really take close ups of the food which was beautifully displayed, but knew that was rather tacky. So just got a few to show.
Victor’s wife, Veronica works there also and could not have been more attentive to our needs. The NMWA & Gateway gave Victor and Veronica a beautiful signed and numbered print from one of the members.
So here’s the thumbs up for a fun afternoon with very nice artists and art supporters and of course, great home cooking, (I never cook anything like this at home,) thanks to Pam for hauling me up there and paying for my lunch, I ate my fill and then some! My turn to get lunch next time!
Back at home, Carbs is still here. Look at duck’s teeth, how uniform, see if you can enlarge to see them. As long as the Band Of Brother mallards stay away, I guess Carbs will stick around. I fished a little while, no bites, but a wonderful breeze blew over the lake. I decided to mow the back instead. Carbs just moved from one side of the yard to the other as I mowed, it didn’t really bother him.
The hurricane is supposed to stay to the east of us, lets hope so. The state of Florida seems to love to gouge us with spiking gas prices as a hurricane approaches, they know we will be gassing our cars and gas cans and any thing that has a gas cap to have the extra gas for generators. It will be reaching about $3.00 a gallon in a week I bet, and maybe sooner if that hurricane comes closer to home. I did fill up a couple gas cans and they are out in the garage, and I can even smell faint fumes in the house – how I hate hate hate everything gasoline. One day they will find an alternative like electric instead! I hate having to gas the lawn mower and blower and having that awful smell on your hands or a few drops on your shoes – YUK!!! But I hate having extra long cords and fooling with electric by the lake!!! One day we should be able to harness the sun with a sensor chip on our lawn equipment! If I don’t write tomorrow. I have been overcome with gas…