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Chester Sunday Market Picnic

Meet you at the Picnic!

A fundraiser for the Chester Sunday Market.

Bring the whole family and a big appetite!

For info click http://chestersundaymarket.wordpress.com/

I'll be there chasing my girls...

Black-eyed & Blues Festival, Thursday 5-11pm

Thurdsay, June 4th, at Bushnell Park in Hartford is the 10th Annual Festival started by my talented brother James, who owns the best BBQ and Blues place around http://www.blackeyedsallys.com/default.aspx
Bring the kids, listen to great music, and enjoy some tasty brews and BBQ! I'll meet you there!

"Mommy big nose. Me cute nose."- SJ 7:30am

Eco Arts Fair Sat June 6th 10-6

I will be part of the fair on Saturday in Chester. Lots of fun to be had for kids, great music and performances, info on green energy, local talent and locally grown food and activities for all ages! This event supports the Chester Land Trust for more info click http://www.chesterlandtrust.org/Coming_Events.html and check out the article at http://zip06.theday.com/blogs/valley_courier/archive/2009/05/28/eco-arts-fest-returns-june-6.aspx

Light

Nothing like the way the light falls on a certain day,

in a certain way.

Town wide Tag Sale

Tons of tag sales all day long in Chester!!! Saturday, May 23rd starting at 8am !! Bring your friends and come early!! Visit for more info http://www.chesterhistoricalsociety.org/tagsale.htm

Can't get enough novels...

Susan Vreeland's novel, Luncheon of the Boating Party is narrated by Renoir and his models as he paints this beautiful gathering of friends at a cafe outside Paris on the Seine. Vreeland brings you into their lives and you hear their thoughts, stories and escapades at an amazing time.

They are setting up the table for his models before the feast which will be the setting for the painting and the owner is putting out their best glasses, and Renoir specifically asks for the glasses they usually use instead. "...They are made by hand, so they are irregular and have tinges of color. It's important to see in a thing the person who made it. I would think you'd want the best we've got. Machine-made glasses are a sham. The imperfections of handmade glass give each one a personality, a soul..."

Ah,so true. I believe the same thing. There is a magic in something made by hand. One's soul to shine through. I highly recommend another of her novels,The Passion of Artemisia.

Drawing age 5

There is nothing like a kid's drawing.

Completely free, inventive and full of life.

Happy Mother's Day

To all of you Moms out there ~ every woman is a Mom to someone. We all have a natural instinct to protect and take care of something or someone. How do you celebrate your day? Surrounded by your loved ones, longing for your loved ones or in solitude somewhere replenishing your inner self?

Fun dishtowels

I'm not a paper towel, eat at home, emotionally unstable,

I'll wash you dry, tastes like chicken, vegetarians. $11 each

She wore rings on her fingers and bells on her toes...

NY, NY

What is it about the city that fills us with energy, enthusiasm and inspiration? Is it all the different people, personalities, their energy, their ideas, their stories? I love the chaos, the noise, the fashion, the crazy and mundane things going on simultaneously and the silence within the crowds.

ps-Discovered some great new things for the store at the shows...coming soon-luscious leather bags, recycled coffee bag purses, to die for scarves and wraps, more hair candy and some outrageous feather accessories, raffia market bags...stay tuned for details!

Show Time...

It's so much work, making all the new jewelry for a show, packing, schlepping, leaving at 5:30 am, but, I have to say, I do love it. I must have Gypsies or Tinkers in my blood. I had a few minutes to sip my coffee and peruse the show before it started and I got so excited and full of inspiration...everything made by hand, all that love, time, tenderness, sweat, emotion poured into something and then to pass it on to the next person for them to add their own love, emotion, drama or whatever to it. I feel so lucky and proud to be a part of that world. So many things are made without the human touch anymore.