Arletta making rag placemats |
Keena weaving a dish towel. |
Myrna making huck placemats. |
The gardens were affected by the drought and nighttime visits from our deer
friends. Chris notes that the weather must make it tough on the deer, too, so
we're cutting them a little slack and a day lily snack or two.
Temps around here have hit 107, and it's been weeks since we've had significant rainfall. Fourth of July fireworks locally have been postponed until Labor Day. We are managing to keep the veggie garden going with water from the green tank in the middle of the picture below. The tank fills from the gutters and downspout at the back of the studio (when it rains) and from the pond on our property when it doesn't.
Temps around here have hit 107, and it's been weeks since we've had significant rainfall. Fourth of July fireworks locally have been postponed until Labor Day. We are managing to keep the veggie garden going with water from the green tank in the middle of the picture below. The tank fills from the gutters and downspout at the back of the studio (when it rains) and from the pond on our property when it doesn't.
Part of the back garden ... tomatoes and kale. |
We met some interesting folks on the tour, with the first visitors being
from Edinburgh. Scotland, that is, not Indiana, and lots of folks from
Indianapolis, Columbus, Ohio and Louisville, Ky. Visitors trying their hands at
weaving produced two "community rugs" which will be given to local charities as
fundraisers. We raised about $80 from the sale of Chris' mug rugs to be donated
to the Brown County Art Scholarship fund. And some funds were raised by selling
peace flags which we created on the tour last year. We are suggesting a donation of $10, all of which goes to the
local Habitat for Humanity. (We can ship them for $15, and it's an ongoing
project until all the flags have found new homes.)
Peace Flags for your garden - visitors to the studio tour wrote messages on the fabric which was then woven into flags. |
Guest artist Doug Runyan sold several of his paintings and pastels and created one of his best drawings while demonstrating pastel techniques.
"Consider the Lillies of the Field" by Douglas Runyan |
Chris just finished several scarves, some of which will be going to the
Columbus (Ind.) Visitor's Center.
We're also preparing a group of rugs and
clothing to be listed on the Indiana Artisan's new virtual marketplace website. More on
that later.