Tuesday - Rain at the shore

While no one wishes for rain on a beach vacation, once in a while it's nice to enjoy a rainy day.  It slows everything down --no one's getting ready to set up camp on the beach.  In fact, nobody has anywhere to be.  Everyone finds a quiet corner to curl up in and relax.  Like everything else, relaxation comes in shades, flavors, textures, or however your perceptions interpret them.  A rainy day on vacation has a different aesthetic.  It's a more grey, soft, and womb-like feeling.  It's vacation; there's nowhere to be, no appointments, no schedules, just rain and quiet.  A wonderful time to read a book or just take a nap.

Rainy old pier.

Good food and good company.

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Monday - Kicked Back

Forget those Corona commercials, this is the way to kick back on vacation.

View of the table.

View off the porch.

Looking in the other direction.

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Sunday - Down the Shore

We arrived at the NJ shore on Sunday, July 17.  It was the start of our annual family summer vacation and is always a good time.

There was a dramatic moon rising above the waves with clouds drifting by above and below it so I took lots of pictures.

You can see more of the pictures here.


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Monday - Independently Smudged

July 4th a bunch of us met at Clayworks to help Adrienne smudge the studio.  It was the first time I had witnessed a smudging and it was nice to be there for it.  After the whole building got some sage smoke, we celebrated with a champagne toast in the break room.

Later in the evening we went downtown to watch the fireworks.  We found a great spot in a parking lot near the show and enjoyed a good show.  The kid in me still loves fireworks.

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Sunday - Patriotic Bagels

Every year for Independence Day Stephanie insists that we get red, white, and blue bagels and this year was no exception.  Looks appetizing, doesn't it?  (You should see the St. Patrick's Day version!  We do.)

Salute the bagel.

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Friday - Happy Day

June also saw another celebration of my surviving another year.  As usual, Stephanie baked (and decorated) a cake for me.  It was a quiet family party with just the four of us.

A well-decorated cake.

Stephanie and Meredith waiting for cake.

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Saturday - terra4m sale

It's been quite a while since I've posted here and several people have contacted me about it.  Some were concerned that something had happened to me.  Some were wondering if I'd lost internet access.  Some even were having withdrawal from my local news.  Seems there are actually people out there reading my ramblings.  (Go figure!)

To all who've worried about us, we're fine.

Sometime in June things just got really busy and I stopped having a digital life.  Once I stopped, it was easy to get out of the habit.  I haven't posted to my blog, I haven't read any blogs, and I haven't even logged into FB for a month.

Surprisingly, I've survived.

I'm sure I've missed a lot of good blogging and status updates, pictures and videos, new artwork and lots of fun, but I've just been too busy in the analog world to even think about it much.

To all my blogging friends, I apologize for not keeping up with your recent achievements.  I will jump back into the stream and wade into your lives once again.

To my Facebook friends, I promise to 'like' things again soon.

And now...

back to the 'catch-up':

On Saturday, June 16, we had our Almost Summer terra4m Sale.  It was a hot day so traffic was light, but it was good seeing the terra4m artists and all our guest artists and their awesome work.  I truly am awed by the talent of my friends.

My booth.

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