Wet Weekend



In central Illinois we are usually safe from tropical weather, but this weekend as Ike slammed into Texas and rolled up the middle of America, not so lucky. Now we don't really have to worry about a tidal surge or 100 plus mile an hour winds, we just go the mundane rain. It literally rained for a week and at times very hard, 107% humidity (how is that possible - if it is over 100% isn't that water)

Of course it couldn't be on a weekend that I didn't have an outside show. The Morton Pumpkin Festival was a mud pit, even with the torrential rains the faithful came out. The crowds were smaller, regulars there estimated that only a third of the usual attendance. But a third is still about 5000 people slogging on the wet grass turning it to a brown oozing mess.

Sales were also beat down by the weather as people real didn't want to buy things to carry around to get wet. I'll be back next year though as the price of the event and proximity to home make it hard to pass up.

I'm still on the wait list for the upcoming Peoria Art Guild Riverfront Show. With the hurricane rising gas price prices I might get lucky and someone decide not to come all the way to Peoria and I'll get a call up. I am currently working on the last piece that I wanted to finish for that show " Courthouse Square" and it is moving along nicely and should be finished by show time.