Midland in September

Well, the Museum of the Southwest Art show is a little early and I'm a little late in posting. But... we will be ready to leave on Thursday before the show. We will set up on Friday and be ready for customers. Hope to see you all there!

Rockport Here We Come!

Well we can't think summer unless we think of 4th of July in Rockport. We will actually be driving down to Rockport on the 4th but should be there in time for late night fireworks!
We will set up on Friday and be ready for the show on Saturday and Sunday. This is a special show as it is the 50th anniversary of this very fun show.

https://www.rockportartcenter.com/artfest

We have been getting ready, pulling in help from any family member willing to assist!

                                                  Sheila, the wonder shop dog on guard.

                              Oh, if I could just turn over all the sail work to an 8 year old!

She was pretty darn good and packaging and even posting the invoices.

This year, Philip made a new sail drying "tree". This is it loaded down with sails just taken from the drying boxes. 

And finally, the bell man does sit down when taking orders from a customer on the internet. 

So for those of you who live near the coast and those of you who want to come to Rockport for any or all of the July 4th holiday weekend (July 6th and &7th ), we will see you there !

CATCHING UP

I have been remiss in posting. We've had two art shows already  - Fayetteville's ART WALK and San Antonio's KING WILLIAM ART FAIR. Both were great shows. We had good sales and caught up with past customers and friends.

                                                           Fayetteville City Square

                                                                King William

Now ... lest you thing that all we do is work, let me put your mind at ease and let you know that we took a week off and flew to sunny Florida. We spent a week there celebrating our 48th wedding anniversary. We had a great time!

Some people get all dressed up and go out to eat and a fancy restaurant. We went to UKULELE BRANDS and ate on the porch and watched the alligators swim in the lake just beyond the parking lot.

So now we are back in the shop and have been getting ready all week for the Kerrville Festival of the Arts. 

Kerrville Fesival of the Arts

Come see us!

Winter Is Over?

Well it is almost the end of February. We are awaiting news from the spring art shows to know if we have been accepted. We do know that we will be in the King William show, but not sure about the others yet.

IN THE MEANTIME..... here's what the  bellmakers have been doing.

                                                          Judy has been making sails.

Sheila guards the boxes to be shipped out and waits for the UPS driver.

When he isn't welding bells, Philip is busy working on our boat. YES, we are still working on it. These are the covers to the access holes in the headboard of our bed which allow us to get to the anchor chain. He had to rework them, add a frame and then stain them. Some work is done on the boat and some thing are brought home to work on!









When I'm not working on sails, I have been getting the garden ready AND planting seeds in the greenhouse.
Here we have peas, morning glories and
garlic (in the HEB containers.)

This is one bed in the garden. I couldn't wait to plant a few things. There is kale, onion, garlic and as of today - some spinach in here. My fingers are crossed that there will be no more severe frosts. 

So, that's it for now. I will post again when we know more about shows. 

THESE BELLS TRAVEL BETTER THAN WE DO!

We just received an email from a customer with photos of their bells hanging pretty darn far from their place of creation.  They were purchased in Houston and now hang in South Africa, near Kruger National Park!

                                                                                                                           Small world!!

The Greatest Show in Texas is Reborn!

See you in Ingram this weekend! 

The weather should be great in the Hill Country.

 https://txartsandcraftsfair.com/

CLASS REUNION TIME!!

So, just to keep you up with what we have been doing - we just went to Philip's 50th high school reunion last weekend. We both graduated from Victoria High School. Philip in 1968 and me in 1969. So, we went. And, we did have a good time. Here's a few pictures.

Our high school is now the Alternative High School. This is the monument out in front of the building.

This is the Stingaree which was and still is on the floor of the foyer of the old main building.
The threat from upper classmen was that if a freshman stepped on the Stingaree, he/she would have to scrub it with a toothbrush.

                                             We were surely proud of being a "Stingaree"!

The couple behind us is my very best friend and her husband, both VHS grads as well.

Carol, Janice and Judy (we are 1969 grads).