It was a good Father's Day weekend. Jesse went off to Lake Texoma with friends. Bo and the grandkids came over for lunch on Sunday. Mr T is now old enough and big enough to sit in a booster chair in the car rather than a car seat. So, he got to ride home from church with us. He was thrilled. It's the little things sometimes. JT was not thrilled and thought he was big enough to ride with us too. Life's disappointments. Anyway, once home, we had the big lunch and then lots of time playing on the farm. 
Everyone was worn out by 4 PM. When we got them gone, Toby and I took a big nap. Jesse showed up about 5 PM and we visited and then went out to the barn to throw some pots. Jesse did a demo for us. She used a zip tie to hold her hair back. She didn't realize how silly she looked until I took her picture. She spent the night with us before heading back to her home.
Monday morning I finished giving the ITBS test to GBN2. Last week I gave the test to several kids, but GBN2 was not feeling well on the second day of testing and stayed home. Yep that meant another 3 hours of testing and a new plan for where and when. This time we met at the public library and I was able to steal some Wi-Fi while she took the test. GBN2 was able to browse the movies in between tests. The three hours turned into four, since we went long and had to stop to have lunch. All in all, it good time spent with GBN2.
I picked up a new kitten. He is yellow and quite the tough guy. I think I will name him Rubio or Rascal. Now I need to get the GGs out here to rough him up. He seems to be a good cat so far. Robin Egg will love him.
This next weekend is the CTAC Art Walk. I'm working like a fiend trying to get stuff together to have a booth. Most of my art is at Viridian Coffee. Although, I have plenty hanging around the house and under the bed. Getting it all ready to show is another story. I'm also trying to get pottery done as well as some printed cards and some small matted watercolors ready - things that might actually sell. It will be hotter than the dickens on Saturday sitting out in the park all day. Sigh, the things we do to promote art!
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Love the photo of Toby and the grands… Nice to have Jesse around. Wishing you the best for your show. It is so hot today again. Temp wise better than a week ago, but very humid and sticky. Looking forward to the mountains.
Jo the Art Walk went well. A big storm hit about 6AM and was gone by 7:30. It really cooled things off fo a little while.
Good times!!
FASO, Fine Art Studios On-Line, is one of the best and easiest art sites. Professional looking. Offers blog, your newsletters, in their newsletter, etc., post to Facebook automatically, etc. Regina works for them, you might get her as your helper when you sign up. It is not too expensive if you actually sell. https://faso.com Price varies with number of photos. Also you get to enter their contests free.
There is also the Daily Paintworks started by Carol Marine, daily painter. $12.95 a month, first month free. You have the website, auctions, they post your paintings daily. It is a very good site, too. One of the easiest with good exposure for soooo many artists. https://www.dailypaintworks.com/ Possible to be picked for artist of the month and featured. Doesn’t offer newsletter or blog but they promote the new paintings in a newsletter daily or weekly.
My server is Deluxe, APlus Net. You can work from a template. They are in Canada and very helpful and you can understand the English. You would have to figure out how to set up all the categories etc. You could make it simple. I’ve done mine for years on Dreamweaver but if I go to a new computer I would have to use Dreamweaver on-line and pay that for a month. If I get back into painting I will go with FASO or Daily Paintworks. https://www.aplus.net/ inexpensive, you have to pay to get the new secure site, something like $40 a year. https instead of http I don’t have it on my page yet.
You have been so busy, the mountains will be fun. No rest on the paint out though!
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