Glitter apothecary, left-handed compliments, and getting lost....

It was such a glorious sunny day that I went down to the venue for a few hours for a little make-it and take-it time with visitors. So many people appreciate getting to know how to create the pieces. Sometimes I have to fight the urge to keep my methods and materials secret (not that they are all that difficult to figure out) but I try to imagine an open hand instead of being grabby.  Several visitors wanted to know where to get the glitter I use and that fuels my longstanding desire to have a 'glitter apothocary.' It would be like a penny candy store with all different sizes and colors of glitter. I think the money making potential may be lacking, but it would be worth it because I could have all the colors. (btw: a good source of glitter until I become one it Rainbow Turtle in Oregon.)

Here are two funny comments over the course of the event. One lady was with her husband and sighed "interesting...." So I asked "interesting good or interesting bad?" to which she responded "hmmmmm." Her husband was a fan though. He burst into Taco Bob's to announce that they chose  to eat there because of the tree installation.  Another lady meant to compliment me (I think) when she earnestly and enthusiastically said with a very serious face: "I really didn't like this project at all! I mean I really didn't like it. Then, I read your sign with the explanation. So that just shows me! Now I like it!" (So much for communicating visually.) We had a good chuckle over that one and I have to admit that I have most likely made similar 'compliments.'

The leaves are turning and some of them are so orange they almost glow. i have such a bad sense of direction that I am wearing out my poor GPS: "Recalculating... again." Chris said she always feels a little guilty when the thing says "recalculating" like she is really creating unnecessary aggravation for the poor machine. At any rate, I have meandered and driven ' 400 feet and make a u-turn' more often than most people, but the leaves are changing, some of them to an orange that glows so who cares.