Gorgeous Day

Great day for our hike, meditation, some yoga and then to really work hard on some art. No goofing off. Must get some done for 2 shows coming right up this month and a custom sink for a customer (almost done) and then one piece for the Kootenai Co Humane Society's Tails at Twilight fundraiser. I think I will donate purple iris's against a orange sunset with greens for the grasses and stems.

will post a picture when done.

Mary Jane's Farm Fair

Yesterday, Mike and I spent the entire day in Oakesdale, WA which is on the Palouse. I just can't express how wonderful the day was. Well, putting aside the fact that we thought we were actually running on schedule, and about 3 miles from our place, I realized that we needed to *be* there by 7:00 am, not be a few miles from home! It's a good hours drive from our place. So, we got there and I was paniking we wouldn't have enough time to set up. It all worked out just fine. Could have done w/o the panic attacks. It only added stress and did no good whatsoever! I've got to stop that!

We met and had a nice long conversation with Mary Jane Butters of Mary Jane's Farm, which includes but I'm sure is not limited to in any way: a farm - but not just any farm - an organic farm, & now owner of the 100 yr old grist mill in Oakesdale - which is magnificant and huge!, & designer and maker of the "organic" camp trailers, & author of 3 books so far & editor and owner of her own magazine publication. Later, yesterday, she had a book signing and Mike went to it and purchased, had signed, her first book: Mary Jane ~ IdeabookCookbookLivingbook.

There was like a little petting/information zoo with a horned sheep, a lamb, and a adorable goat. There were horses to ride and many partook in that! There were free tours of the old Grist Mill and we would have loved to do that but the tours were done by the time the farm/art show was over at 7:00. Maybe next time.

Mike walked a couple blocks over to the little local store and the store was out of ice before noon! Not very good planning by someone - probably the ice company! We know this is probably true because on the way home we stopped in Plummer, Idaho to grab some snacks and the clerk was putting up a sign that said OUT OF ICE....we told her about our experience and she said she'd been out of it for some time and that many places were as well.

Must share this and hope it doesn't sound braggish. I'm just so excited and honored and awed that Mary Jane Butters herself, a local celebrity of sorts, loves my mosaic'd windows and would like to have some for the 12,000 foot business / home they are building on her farm. I hope she doesn't forget me and my art!

Mike was so excited because he has followed Mary Jane's story for 20+ years now. She used to be a forest service worker, Mike still is and she's an huge organic gardener, Mike has always only done it that way and would like to expand into a small business of some kind of organic thing - some herb maybe.

It was good to get home and we slept in big time this am. Mike is napping right now and I feel like it, too a little. Life is so good. I am so grateful for my life, Mike, my art, our pets, our home and our acreage here.

Peace, love, and blessings...

Becky

Haven't posted here for a while. Have had an art show since last posting and was my first time there. It was ArtFest in Spokane and was a very nice show. We we're exhausted before, during, and after but got through it and had a great time. Met some very nice people. Brown's Addition, Coeur d'alene Park is a lovely area.

We had to cancel our yearly party which would have been this next weekend. Many many reasons to do so and are relieved.

We have completed planting a veggie garden for the first time in a few years. With Mike's normal wildland firefighting job, he just couldn't do it. We have also planted a couple more apple trees and some other things. Things are looking like our little paradise out there.

The art gallery we had planned to open by the end of May didn't happen yet. It will be a couple more months possibly before we can now. The art and nature retreat will be down the road another year or two. But, the vision is clear! We WILL do these things.

Life is good. And it is supposed to be!

after mother's day...

the pocket vases cracked. I just don't know what i'm doin wrong with those..... oh, well. have the kiln loaded with 10 sets of earrings and 5 large barretts. Crossing my fingers.

Have a show in Seattle this weekend and am not at all ready for it. Must work my fingers to the bone until Friday when we leave. Buddha Eyes has to be done by then.....

Took a hike yesterday with our potentially new addition ~ will be called Saydee if she ends up ours. We found her running along the hiway Sunday night and brought her home. She's totally at home and was right away. She's a teenager and wants to play play play. Full of clumsy energy all the time! She's cute.....

babbles & stuff

Am feeling very tired again and still on super sonic vit D (50,000 ie twice a week and have been for months). Still low. Doc said my lab results are not so good that things could come back at this rate. NO!

Anyway, have shows coming up, a custom piece to finish by the end of next week, a party coming up in June with people coming from OR, WA, MT and Idaho so far. Projects to start and finish at home here...........and the usual.

Life is good. I just need my energy back pre diagnoses 2003......

Oh, I just took two pocket wall vases out of the kiln. First ones, have to refire cuz I made too thin....we'll see tomorrow when I take them back out again......hope hope!

pictures ~ Indian Mountain Trail gets closer & closer

Here are some pictures I took today on Indian Mtn. somewhere between Moscow & Coeur d'alene Idaho.......on our almost daily hike up our property on the trail the Mike has been building for 12 years now! It's awesome.........

Followers ???

How do I get followers? Oh well, guess this could be my living journal................for my own use. Was hoping to network and get my story and art out there but will use another venue.....

I am drinking Mike's awesome French press coffee. Wow and is it ever kick ass.
Maybe that'll get me in gear today!

Then some yoga (still can't do much of it yet), some health green & purple shake, and then a hike up the mountain and hope the sun will be out long enough to take some pictures of the awesome view. Mike as built at least 30 more feet and the view is spectacular! I will post on this and Facebook when I get them taken and uploaded.

Then I will finish the floral mosaic I started last night...........

Peace, love, happiness, compassion, acceptance to all.....