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JOY of a clean Studio

With the EBCA studio fast approaching...and barely being able to walk in the studio I am finding JOY in cleaning up...spring cleaning as snow flakes fell

I will also find JOY in drawing these brittle blooms.

How are you finding joy?

Some Sum Summertime

The last of my special gift of Jamaica blooms...cool sipping on a hot hot weekend

my bicycle, which is Jamaica laden, carried me out and away...

to enjoy the last bits of this long glorious time off.  Back to it all now...the studio is turned upside down and I must get it all together for the FAC in the Garden tour that begins at the Mango Studio this Friday from 5 - 9.

Please do come by...

Totemic Stories

A quick spring snow covers the blooming trees and tulips outside while the wood nymphs and bird boys come to life...in time for earth day and spring ritual celebrations...

they came out of the kiln today...

stacking and restacking

mingling with other objects in the Mango Studio

postcards...fom my little corner of this eARTh

Spring...bird life and death

The yard around the Mango Studio begins to come alive...bits of green among the brown leaves.  Mr R brought a found gift...

as new bird song begins to fill the air, remains of a beautiful creature...a gift of fragile life.

Under Construction

Building...layer by layer...in the Mango Studio

as spring flowers and bugs march along

and bird song is just around the corner...

Mango Studio Surprise

The first day of the Chinese New Year...the year of the rabbit, and the temps finally warm enough for fat snow flakes to begin to fall.

old lanterns flying high in the Mango Studio

and this little surprise...

you can see the Mango Studio in the spring issue of Studios.  Pre-order here, I haven't seen it yet but I am in the online table of contents...brings my joy!

   

After All is Said and Done

Wanted to give you a quick peek at the weekend before I drop off for some much needed sleep.  The weekend could not have been much better...the weather gorgeous, the artwork beautiful, the crowds plentiful...

here a bit of Fran's display, rich with color and texture.

 

We had two days of steady visitors and picture perfect weather...

many new faces and lots of familiar ones...

talking art inside...

and out.

Melly and Olive are exhausted too greeting all the visitors and entertaining Henry, Diane's sweet old poodle.

Thanks Fran and Diane for sharing your talents at the Mango Studio and everyone that came by...and you guys for checking in here. 

You made it all worth while!

It's Buzzing around Here

We have been like busy bees...cleaning up the yard as well as the Mango Studio in anticipation of the Longmont Studio Tour this weekend.

the girls have been watching it all...

and are plum tuckered out from so much activity.

everything's in place...

and aligning to be a great weekend

I do hope you can drop by...

Inviting you in...

Part of getting ready for the Studio Tour is dusting off my collections...

sprucing up the shelves, bowls of heart shaped rocks, clay goddesses, old troll dolls,

tin toy menagerie...

because I am sure I am just like you....as much as I love looking at artwork,

I also LOVE to peek into artists shelves and collections, books and inspiration.

That's all part of it and fun for me too...

more peeks into the studio this week for those that won't be able to join me

Falling...

for September...I see signs of autumn everywhere I look...including the Mango Studio, where we're getting in shape for the upcoming Studio Tour.