My cousin, Heather, graced us with her presence for a few days, too! It was quite unexpected as a conference called her to the area and we were lucky enough to spend a weekend catching up with her. I sure do wish that family lived closer. It made me realize it even more after she left... how much it means to have kin around. Heather and I have always been on the same page and we just pick up where we left off when we get together. Of course, we had to get our trip to Chuy's in... on the first night that she arrived and we also took her to our favorite, little Italian restaurant in the neighborhood. The temps were hovering around a hundred degrees outside, so for a non-veteran of the Texas heat, we decided to play it cool and go to a movie instead of try to do anything active outdoors like walking, bike riding and just plain standing outside. Heather exclaimed a few times HOW HOT it was when we'd step out from the air conditioning. It didn't phase my Texas-native hubby, though... he went running in the heat and we BOTH thought he was cRAzy! He claims it's his "therapy"... and it's cheaper than a shrink.... so we just laughed and let him go!
I studied with Harvest Crittenden for the month of June. She offered an online Photoshop course for calligraphers and I really did find it useful but time consuming. I am not partial to that particular program, but found it easy to navigate with her thorough instruction, even though the studies took hours to grasp and study the exercises so they would stay in ones' head. I didn't take many notes, so that is something I really need to go back and review. There just isn't enough time in the day!
My Bluegrass friend from Rhode Island commissioned me to do a quote on "Families" for a friend of his, here in Texas, back in April and he also wanted one for himself to put in his camper when he goes to festivals since he has such a love for his "Bluegrass and Camping Family". I worked on that as well as a wedding invitation and a wedding gift... calligraphing a couple's favorite Bible verse for them as a gift from the groom's sister. In addition to that, I had booked a wedding to do back in January and thought I'd have "Plenty of time" after May.... the last Capital City Scribes meeting, but with all the transition meetings and living LIFE, the month of June has come and gone... as well as my mother's hefty BIRTHDAY where she reached another milestone. I wanted to be in New York for her party, but it sounded like she had a wonderful time with friends and family celebrating her life....
I am now gearing up for the IAMPETH (International Association for the Masters of Penman, Educators and Teachers of Handwriting) convention in Phoenix which I mentioned here before.... when I was so excited that I was going... seems like years ago... It's only a week from tomorrow now and I still need to PACK everything. It's always hard to travel to a place where you don't really know what you might be lacking, but at least I have solace in knowing that there is a calligraphy store ON CAMPUS in case we are missing some pertinent item.... and I will be spending time with Bernice afterward so I can ship anything back home that I JUST can't cram into my suitcase... LOL!
So, it's off to the "Bluegrass Brunch" to watch "Air Cargo" at Threadgill's this morning. Kevin is playing with this band now.... Ray Cargo and Randy Collier round out the other members... and then I will be calligraphing names at a Book Fair with other CCS colleagues. Should be a great 4th of July weekend.
Thinking of my friends and family all over the country and world.... wishing them a "Happy 4th" if they celebrate it! AND... a Happy Birthday to some peeps, too!
I'll try to post more often from now on.
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