On Vacation

Windsongs (ok- Philip and Judy) has taken a short vacation. We are currently in VA visiting with daughter, Jenny and her family. For those of you that have been reading your postcards all these years, this is the daughter who married, Michael (son of old friends). They have three kiddos now and live in VA.
So, we came for a visit and so far, we have seen one cemetary,gone to three museums, eaten gourmet foods, been to the movies, been to swimming lessons, took a boat ride on the Potomac AND played with grandchildren. Here are a few photos to substantiate our fun:

We are not so sure the newest babe has decided whether or not to stick it out with this clan!

Rockport on Fourth of July!!

Happy Fourth of July to everyone.
Another good show. In fact, a great show!!
One never knows about Rockport. We have melted, been blown around and been in some bad storms in our years at this show. This year was hot, but not unbearable. Lots of people were in Rockport this year, so business was good. This show has a nice artists party on Friday early evening in the art museum. It is a chance to eat and talk with the other artists. This group of museum staff and volunteers is one of the nicest groups we work with. They work very hard to make sure the artists are comfortable and have everything they need.

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Our friend and wonderful jeweler, Steve Kriechbaum, was there there year and wowed the jewelry buying crowd!

"The Bird Guy" was present, as usual. At 10:00, on Saturday, when the gates open, people RUN to his booth to snatch up the beautiful birds he creates from narly pieces of wood. This year was no exception. People ran from both gates to converge on him. For the rest of the morning, you could see people walking out with 2-3 of his pieces.

Rockport is a show where everyone comes to visit us. My sister, Jan and her husband, Alan come up from Victoria. Our friends, Jen and Drew from San Antonio spend the weekend visiting us and the town. Our friend, Jeff, who lives in Rockport comes by to hang out and catch up. Plus, since we are close to Victoria, friends from our school days come by. We also just enjoy Rockport. I strolled over to the little harbor and took some pictures of:

the harbor

the birds

and the jellyfish!






No more shows now for a several weeks. Philip will still take orders over the internet and by phone. We will fly to VA to see Jenny and family. Hang out with Carla and family in Boerne and go to the lake in Austin as long as there is water.

Father's Day Weekend in Nashville

This is the weekend every year we spend in Nashville at the American Artisan show. We left Boerne on Tues,got as far as Austin, spent the night on our boat and then took off early on Wed. The goal was to make it through Memphis by Wednesday night, thus avoiding the early morning Memphis traffic. Then the trip into Nashville is easy and we can leisurely set up the booth and be ready for Friday opening at noon.
We saw water and green grass and trees as we got into Tenn.

The show was somewhat similar to years' past. The originator of the show was Nancy Saturn who was a breast cancer survivor and used part of the proceeds to support cancer research. Nancy always fed the artists on Friday night at her house. The house was full of arts and crafts that she had collected over the many years. Her husband, Allen, was also very active in th life of the show. Both of these people passed away two years ago. One of their daughters is working to keep the show going. It was a good show for us this year. Our booth was in the same place. Our friend, Dave Piper, was there to sell his great sandals.

We stayed in our ususal Holiday Inn that backs up to Vanderbilt campus.

We ate (several times) those delicious pulled pork sandwhiches at Hog's Breath, which is luckily located just a few yards behind our booth.

We saw lots of old friends, lots of great customers, and saw RAIN!!
Our friends, Carla and Bill Puckett, took us out to eat and listen to a band called The BOOMERS one night. We were in the cool music area of Nashville. The food was great and the music was from our youth.

The show ended at 5:00 pm on Sunday and we were home by midnight Monday evening. The ride home is always longer, right?