'Tis about time for another season of chalk!

tI am so glad that new chalk ops are on the horizon! Seems like forever since I got to play, Since March, I have barely even painted...wait, don't know that I painted at all. I did show a troop of Girl Scouts how to chalk. That was fun.

Went to a Girl Scout hundredth anniversary event in Lakeland and did a demo in the grass. Had to carry in a piece of concrete board. Had a good time there, too. Met a Girl Scout Cadette artist who was very interested and thinking about entering into a show as we discussed how to set up a piece and that shows often have student sections. Hopefully she is still checking my space here, as I told her I would share when I knew of upcoming opportunities. We got rained out and I carried the board home to complete...it's still waiting.

But now I have shows coming up! I will be at the Clearwater Beach Chalk Walk October 26-28. I will miss being at the Girl Scouts of West Central Florida's GS Fest, at Coachman Park on the 27th (information on that can be found at gswcf.org), but will be sharing info at the Chalk Walk so that maybe people will get the opportunity to enjoy both events as they are not far apart. I will be doing another Girl Scout picture...an homage to the leaders borne from Girl Scouting. Women like Sally Ride, Sandra Day O'Connor, Katie Couric, Hillar Clinton, Venus Williams, Lucille Ball, and Erma Bombeck.

Then I will be back in Sarasota the first week of November. The show this year is circus themed...come out and see how I tie Girl Scouts into the circus.

We will have to see if I am lucky enough to get back into the Festival of the Masters at Disney World the second weekend of November...

I can feel the sun on my back, the chalk on my hands and the sweat on my brow (maybe none of the three will be restricted to that extent...usually covered in a mix of the three!). I cannot wait. Hope you come to one or all of these shows. I'd love to see you there.