Mandarin

The Mandarin Art Show is always on Easter weekend.  I like this because none of my other shows schedule on Easter.  So, I'll never have to decide which one I'm going to do.  And this is a good one.  I don't ever want to give it up!

Saturday was absolutely wonderful.  The crowd showed up and the weather was great.  We were hoping for a repeat today.

But first, I'll just say I was very, very surprised when the committee came around and presented me with an award.  I was judged very late in the day, many of my items had been sold and I know I looked a righteous mess!  I am very grateful.

Not too long after ribbons were presented, we were all told we could begin breaking down our booths in the next few minutes because they were going to call the show due to some approaching weather.  At the time, it was desperately hot and humid but it didn't look bad rain-wise and some of us were disappointed.  Sure enough, about an hour later, the weather hit hard and we were still under our tent trying to get packed.  Mother Nature must not have approved of us working on Easter Sunday...  Or maybe it was someone a little higher up...

Thank you Mandarin for another great show!  Thank you also for being so diligent and putting our safety first.  See you next year!!!