huge surprises in the mail box

almost exactly a year ago I decided to participate in the Dream Rocket project

this 24"x24" piece titled "Coexist" is what I created for the project with the idea that it would be in the display at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library in San Jose, California from January 1 to March 1 of this year

yesterday I got notice from the project coordinator that my piece has been selected to appear in three more shows!

I am stunned and excited

the three shows are:

Visions Gallery, Houlton, ME from Aug 1 to Sept 24, 2011

Tompkins Square Branch of NYC Public Library from Nov 1 to Dec 31, 2011

2012 National Art Educators Association Conference Exhibit in New York City from Mar 1 to 4, 2012

just amazing
the sun hat is complete

and I'm real pleased with the way it looks

I took a picture of the inside too but there's no point showing it to you because it looks just like the outside -- heh

just need to find a bubble envelope so I can pack up a "squishy" to send off to Mr. Cute

(and to make a couple of dish scrubbies to put in there too since the "big dog" at my daughter's house demolished another one)

after I wrote yesterday's blog I decided that I did indeed want to turn the orientation of this piece

so I carefully removed the old bails and created a whole new one and reattached the chain

now I'm working on the graduated branched fringe

this may take a little while



yesterday afternoon the DH used some more of the stuff from the garden

he picked rhubarb

and made a strawberry rhubarb pie

yummmmy

messy (I'm glad we put foil under the pie pan) but wonderful