May 15 – Friday—-
–Call from JC that no one was at the Gallery, could I go and work for a few hours? Hesitated -immediate money- Said NO. Had other plans for the day. Proud of myself!
–Festival emails sent and answered.
–2.5 hours of moving Day Lilies and trying to make space for the new Rose Bushes. Not even halfway there.
–Art Walk. Looked like rain, but never really did. New challenge at CMWL-bags are “disrespectful to the wall artists” according to MH. She has been moving them without consulting with Festival and never wants them back hanging where they were selling.
–Nat was worried about doing the confrontation with PARAB chair in public would “embarrass” her. That was what she meant by a “car wreck” about to happen.
–Green Horse had a lovely opening with lots of people from down south of the Springs.
–Home and watched Amazing Race.At the end, the TV, just this Channel went black. Could hear, but not see the finale. My favorite team came in 2nd. They were ahead, and I can’t figure out what happened at the end from just hearing it.
–To bed, read more Brunson – may be too big a concept, keeps talking about his team. Then a few pages of “Violin” and off to sleep. An Artist friend just posted an eerier painting of a violin. Asked her if she had read this book . . . no, she hasn’t.

May 16 – Saturday—-
–Checked emails. Fest had reply from Zeb to meet Monday after my Hearing appointment. And the person who has my healing triangle brought back by Aine from Brazil can meet happily after that meeting at Trader Joe’s near Costco where I have to go also on Monday. Good series of errands set-up for Monday morning.
–Walked to MAC for local Garden Club Plant Sale. Spent $23 on Cilantro, some flowers, Cherry Pepper and Winter Squash start. Saw Karl A, getting over the flu. Walked back with Nancy, stopped at PO and then home. Iffy Weather.
–Gardened early until rained a bit. Lunch break. Got the rest of the Lilies moved. Now to figure out the placement of the roses with the plant Mel has in the middle of the bed from last year.
–After lunch, clipped and pulled out much of the dead poppies. So very sad. Depressed I am over not having them bloom this year. So many dead heads . . . Some Iris have survived and blooming. And picked a few strands of Lily of the Valley to sniff at my desk.
–Caught up with this journal. FB post with photos of dead poppies . . .
–Feather studio 4pm until . . . 8pm. Masks for ETSY! and the Commonwheel Gallery.
FACEBOOK POST:

Trying not to cry . . . but I don’t think any Poppies survived the SIX inches -yes 6″- of hail the other day. I was able to cover some of the bed, but couldn’t get the sheet off to keep them from freezing that night. And the Rhubarb was shredded also.
–Still will probably have a great mint crop . . . it seems to be coming back just fine. Along with the weeds . . .
–Spent about 2 hours clearing out the easily removable broken Poppy leaves, stalks and buds from the garden. Still have more to do, but after soaking wet the 3rd pair of gloves, had to quit.
–Besides I need to get into my feather studio and play with colorful feathers to cheer myself up a bit. People walking by asking, “What are those?” “Dead Poppies.” Not my favorite answer after so many years of having such a glorious riotous display of orange flowers each spring. OK, can’t dwell on this, will just have to plant more flowers if the weather ever gets warm . . .
–Brought in 3 sprigs of Lily-Of-The-Valley. Smells so lovely. Live AromaTherapy.
–Got only 4 masks created and 2 more set-up for Peacock Party Masks.
–Ended the day watching Survivor and catching up with emails. My back is sore, so time to get some sleep. Then did a little work on the Squirrel Bonus instead for 30 minutes.

May 16 – Sunday—-
–Took photos of FantaFaces items that I want to put on ETSY and Commonwheel Shop Web Site. Pulled some out of storage. Discovered some Hat Clips that I had thought were all sold, not sure what to do with them . . .

Silver Pheasant Pendant with Rhinestones part of a new collection of work at Commonwheel also. And I actually have some items on our web site to sell now. Exciting for me and Commonwheel Artists.

Red Queen Mask for Etsy. Really need to figure out some stories to go with my FantaFaces Masks on the heads.

–Mel didn’t like my saying the rose was dead, wouldn’t leave it at that, had to push to make me say she killed it, just didn’t want to go there. Came back to solution of how to get it out of there.
–Got Squirrel Book downloaded to Kindle & CreateSpace. In Review Process. had to redo the cover in Quark. Too big when created a pdf from the PhotoShop version.
–Greek Hiking friend showed up at the house. Walked up Ruxton with her. Took pictures of beautiful lilacs. Deer in a yard also.
–Fixed Turkey Burgers for dinner for Mel & myself.
–Tried to get Sinister Frog into Kindle. Missing pieces: description and keywords. Also noticed some formatting needed fixing. Also reworked the Title image on the cover.
–Need to ask TW & Rause for ideas.
–Little Kitty has been a pain today. Shedding, won’t let us brush her, wants fed constantly.
–Upstairs tenants and request for payment to cover cost of Bathroom floor & paint fix. OK. Also want to paint the kitchen area . . .
–Posted more about Squirrel book on FB and blooming Iris.
–Up really late tonight . . . busy day tomorrow.

May 18 – Monday—- Very Full day.
–Hearing Appointment.
–Zeb Confirm with TrP at least Restorative Justice work, if not a booth.
–Hobby Lob – glue & Silver Sharpie for masks with a 40% off coupon I actually remembered!
–Picked up my Healing Triangle & met J from Aine Group. Learned a bit about Casa in Brazil and how life changing going there can be. Not sure I could be that much into meditation to actually go there.
–Costco, gas & groceries. More groceries at Kings. PO Stop for apps.
–Worked on Westword ad & online banners. Information glitch. Which size should the ad really be? Emailed that question.
–Connected w/ Fest Com member about apps.
–Mask Boards, Masks & hair clips to Commonwheel.
–MSAC meeting. Brought rice snack from Costco. Mentioned the idea about Pleinair event again. This time others had more ideas. May happen next year. Need to ask some people for donations to help with the fundraising concert – muffins – Rusty Wine – later this week.
–And it is still raining.

May 19 – Tuesday—- Very Commonwheel day.
–Slept later than normal.
–Learned about how to work on Weebly to do updates on the Commonwheel new website. 2.5 hours of training
–Raining and more rain. Drained the container in the basement once.
–Got Westword ads and web headers done and sent to Westword. Hope I have them all in the correct formats . . .
–Laidig webinar. What is your Legacy? The Art Festival? Questioning that myself lately.
–Walked to and from City Hall in a misty light rain.
–City Council. Bit my tongue as PARAB’s Chair basically lied about how they felt about festivals and much more. Saying nothing of what she said to me. But PARAB should be very clear now that they are an Advisory Board and can’t make decisions about planting trees or more in the park without sending requests and info to City Council first. Still was hard to listen to her act as if she had never said any of the things she raged at me during the Lantern Parade.
–Talked to Chamber L afterwards. She does realize some of the new requirements for placement of food booths and portalets and trash might not work logistically for the Winefest because of the Shuttle stop and other considerations of how to fence them. Gonna walk the park with Police Chief and my map in hand to look at options. And if it doesn’t stop raining soon, the park will not be dried out and damage can occur.
–Home to the finale of The Voice and easy dinner.
–Really tired. Time for a bit early sleep.

May 20 – Wednesday—-.
–Took the Festival Apps to Ace.
–Went to the Fine Art Center for Free Day. Liked the Kevin Sloan bird paintings more than I expected. Based on Audubon’s birds with a twist. Helped a lady bring some things in from the parking lot.
–Shopped Kings & Dollar Store. Said “Hi!” to the 2 Sisters in the parking lot. Learned friends trying to purchase the B&B that they closed a few years ago. Hope it all works for them both. A perfect fit for the young couple’s future plans.
–Laundry 2 loads.
–Shelley Hitz NAMS webinar about writing books. Lives in CS. Didn’t buy the offer.
–Turned down a walk with my Greek hiking friend. But still late in getting the Chili Relleño casserole in the oven for dinner with G&R as we watch Survivor Finale.
–Wasn’t the best guest. Talked of my challenges. But we had a good meal together and enjoyed the finale with laughter and conversation about the program.

May 21 – Thursday
–Woke up to seeing a 6” bubble of water above the non-functional door in my bedroom. Had a bit of a panic attack. Skipped my normal morning routine.
–Climbed into the attic. No moisture there. Good!
–Mel called. Warned me to not get on a ladder alone, she’d come home early to look at it with me.
–Didn’t want to wait that long. So went outside on a shorter ladder. Couldn’t see a problem on the roof above. Having really hard thoughts about the house and all the work it needs. Where to find the financial $ to change my life is a high priority.
–Caught up with the Proven Content webinars by Tony Laidig.
–Roomer asked her BF to come look and they discovered a hole under the roof, above the gutter, but couldn’t figure out why water was getting in there. He suggested putting some flashing there. She went and bought some as a gift. Then discovered she had been sold the wrong product. Not bent, still put it in to divert water as best as she could.
–Attended the Proven Content webinar live. Got excited about what I could do with illustrations and bought JixiPix. Realized I had missed a couple of steps. Need to watch the webinar again. But have some great ideas for illustrations and coloring book to go with the Squirrel book.
–Mel told me she and BF would come tomorrow and do a real fix on the gutter as a gift to me.
–Mel also fixed dinner. Really trying to make up for Easter gaffe I think.