Atlanta '09
Atlanta ( Norcross to be exact!) on a beautiful fall day. Fun art, shoppers , restaurants , a picturesque town, a very helpful herd of volunteers & a train! Yes a VERY loud train, 50 yards from the show, passing by multiple times a day . So other than having to plug my ears every hour to avoid permanent damage , it was a great weekend!
This more than made up for my last show in Atlanta about 5 years ago.
That trip involved, in the correct order: a blown trailer tire while driving 70 miles per hour in the mountains in the drizzling rain in a falling rock zone. Broken axle,on the trailer which is why the tire blew. Driving 2 miles an hour on the shoulder (don't forget the falling rock zone!) for 5 miles to an exit. Of course if that weren't bad enough Mother Nature was calling & my bladder was desperate to heed the call. Once there the trailer had to be unhitched so I could drive to the next exit to rent a Haul trailer, then drive back, unload & reload all my stuff. Make sure the broken trailer was safe , drive 5 hours to Atlanta, set up & find my hotel.
Needless to say I headed straight to the bar after that. Story doesn't end there (of course not), Had a crummy show, too hot, too many people hydrating themselves with Mike's hard lemonade instead of water. As I drove across the main street of the show after my speedy pack up (OK I did start a bit early), My Haul (which is only supposed to be unhitched by their personnel, (oops!) came unhitched & slammed into the back of my truck!! Needless to say I was very glad to have that trip behind me!
Thank the Art Fair Gods, this trip was much easier on the nerves!
My neighbors this past weekend were both women whose work I really enjoyed.
Bailey Jack is a painter. Her style is folk art scenes mostly involving dogs & cats framed with old salvaged flooring wood. Baileyjack.net
My neighbor to the left, Emily Allison, was also a folk artist using tin cans & wood as her medium. http://www.emilyallisonstudios.com/ ( her web site doesn't do her work justice!)
One big surprise was running into my friend Tricia. Triciarobinson.com . We were neighbors at the Fairhope AL show last year. Unfortunately she wasn't close enough for us to chat a much this time.
Hoping that we both do Fairhope again. I really enjoy her company.
So all in all Atlanta has risen again... in MY mind!!
Next up... Bloomington IL
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