Wow, sun!

Sun and warm weather?? Can't last!

2 days till the Marathon. Oh, good Lord. Looking like it's going to be 68 and mostly sunny. Let's hope. I've decided I'm going to wear "wheelies" and just covertly skate when people aren't looking.

My daughter had a pep rally today. I wish I had taken a picture of her before she left the house. Oh. My. God. Let's see, she had on a teal-colored top (which she claimed to be blue), gold shorts (blue/gold-school colors), white knee-socks, pulled all the way up, Uggs over the knee socks-but the socks poked out the top, and hair in pigtails. She looked like she was part of Cirque S'oleil. (I have no idea if that's spelled correctly).

My son - another story altogether. Can teenagers have Alzheimers? Or it just that they are so wrapped up in their own world that they don't notice that rest of us are here? He completely blew off Mother's Day - never said the words, and his father had to sign his Mother's Day card for him because he just couldn't find the time. (Am I whining?) It's a good thing I love him so much, he gets away with murder.

Paint, paint...

So here's my chair for the Children's Beach House Barbecue that will be held this August. The chairs, to be completed by a dozen local artists, will be auctioned off to benefit the CBH. Perdy butterflies.




This is a painting IN PROGRESS - (yes, I see the problems, and they will be fixed.) Still working on it, but should be done in the next day or two. Look for the finished product on kimklabe.com soon.





And WOW, what a storm. Dustin took these shots around Rehoboth and Lewes. Our house took some storm damage, which means it's currently off the market until I can get repairs. Sigh.



These are his feet (he's wearing hip waders) standing in the road.



This was in our neighborhood.

Overbooked....and liking it...kind of.

I have no idea how I worked 40 hours. I think I've now filled all those hours with other things to keep any possibility of boredowm from setting in. Ever.

One week to the Marathon. Thank God this training is almost over. I always start to hate running at this point, but it's always temporary. I really, really, really hope there's nice weather on Sunday.

Yesterday was the all-day (too long) Jazz, Blues and BBQ event at Killen's Pond. I froze my butt off. Sold some stuff, but froze. Enough with this weather already. We definitely had spring this year, no jumping from winter to summer like Delaware usually does.

The Little Foxes is coming along. Lots of rehearsals, lots of lines, a very long play. But it's really fun playing Regina, who is just about the meanest, coldest woman next to Joan Collins. Love her. :)

Sheridan is complaining about sweating in Hawaii. How dare he. I'd like to bounce a pineapple off his head.

Come to Sedona over Memorial Day weekend for a meet-the-artist day. Bring money, buy art!

Solo Show at Sedona Restaurant

For the month of May, I'll be the Featured Artist at Sedona's in Bethany. I hung the work yesterday and they'll be opening for the season tomorrow. I'll be there on Sunday, Mother's Day, for a "meet the artist" kind of thing at brunch. Lots of good buzz about the artwork, and I'm excited to have a change of venue.

Since most of my artwork will be split between Sedona and the Kennedy Gallery, there is very little left to take to the Blues Festival this weekend. SO, I'm planning on taking hand-painted wine glasses and a few originals and prints. It's supposed to be 80 on Saturday and the music festival is outside, so I'll be sure to bring sunscreen too. If sales are slow, at least I can get a tan.

I'll post pics after Sunday's meet-and-greet.

(Only 11 more days till the marathon. Eek.)

Attack of the face painters

Okay. So this was my first year doing "Dover Days". I agreed to participate months ago, and thought I'd do face painting instead of taking artwork because there were supposed to be a lot of kids at this thing. And yes, there were a lot of kids. However, there were also a lot of FACE PAINTERS! In fact, look at this monstrosity that was DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM ME. For crying out loud! They had three people painting for less than what I was charging and they were clowns! There's no competing with that. AND, if you walked three booths up, there was ANOTHER face painter. Turned out to be plenty of kids to spread among the three face painters. Here are some of the faces:

Arti Gras

Man, plein aire painting is TOUGH! I find it extremely frustrating, but I'm not giving up on it yet. The difference between a studio piece and a plein aire piece is huge. Loockerman Street in Dover was closed for this event tonight, which was kind of like a block party. There were bands, vendors, artists and MIMES. MIMES! Children mimes. They were hideous, and kept coming up behind me and posing in these creepy, frozen stances. Then they had a make-believe baseball game in the middle of the street that was so realistic, I ducked when the ball appeared to be coming my way. (I hate mimes, now more than ever.)

So, here's a few shots of the street, and of my crappy painting. There was nothing much to paint, so I painted the Bell, Book and Candle shop which is where I was assigned to be. It's a, um....wicca-kind-of-fairy-dust-occult but not in a scary way- yoga-ish-sandalwood scented-kind of store. I gave them the painting and they were thrilled. I was thrilled to have it leave my hands. Ugh.

Dover Days

Okay, so I'm headed up to Dover for their "Arti Gras" which preceeds tomorrow's all day event at Dover Days. Tonight there are just a bunch of slacker artists hanging out doing their thing in and around the streets of Dover. I'm taking some canvas panels and an easel and am doing some plein aire practice. It's from 4-8, and I'll be in front of Bell, Book and Candle. If I paint anything worth sharing, I'll post it.

Tomorrow I'll be doing face painting for kids (and adults if they insist). See my October posts for some examples. This is not your "balloon on a cheek" kind of face painting.

Enjoy this BEAUTIFUL weather!