heres a picture of my new buddy ,, hes a gopher tortouise that lives in a hole in my back yard,,, ive never seen him till yesterday,, i returned from ft pierce and saw him sunning himself in the back yard,, hes a big ole turtle,, the dogs didnt pay him any mind and the turtle was nice enough for me to go get my camera to take his picture,,
pretty cool huh?  lets hope theres no rattle snake surprizes in the yard

well i was right about not having 2 good weeks in a row [sort of]  i set up my wheel in the warm sunshine and monkey-doodled around all day throwing pots, while the crowds stayed away

the event was for "Art Mundo'' a new art school/studio/co-op in fort pierce, so a dozen or so artists were set up in tents doing demos and promoting their school,, my tent was over at the end and nobody knew why i was there and i didnt know why they were there,,, then i met my new pal Anita [anitaprenticeart.com]  turns out shes one of my favorite artists,but i never knew who she was,, she does colored glass mosiacs,, beautiful broken glass mosiacs,, her park benchs are wild and i saw the inside of a swimming pool she did,, her work is very detailed and loose, the more you look the more you like it,, anyways we hung out,,, and after goofing around all day i only sold 2 little pots,, hardly enough to cover gas, best western motel, and grub,,

but what can you do???

well bob and I celebrated my near failure [and sunburnt face] by splurging at a fancytown waterfront resturant,,, we got a table right by the river and drank huge fancy beers and ate salad bars [i love salad bars, and this one was great] and topped it off w/ big juicy steaks,, nothing gets rid of the sting of being a loser like large quanity of great food and beer,,

so!!!!!! when i got back home sunday, Kathleen the ''backus boss'' called me to say that they sold all my pots during their big sunday brunch,, and i had better get my butt in gear and bring a bunch more by the end of the month,,,[highwayman  show and appearances] just when i thought i was gonna get a day off im ''back in the weeds'' again,, i should be making pots right now instead of goofing around on the inter-web,,, i know im a real whinner,,,''whay whay whay,,i sold all my pots now i have to make more''

i think i just want to ''exhale'' and not feel overwhelmed and planning out every moment of every day, ive been doing some sort of show/event every 3 weeks since november,, luckily i have 2 mortgages to keep me motivated,, which reminds me the realtor showed my house again yesterday,,,as Sally Bowles  sang in ''Cabarat'' 
''Maybe this time,,,''
ok i gotta go