The view from here...

Behind the scenes....


This was our living room last Friday....it looked like this most of the day. I was frantically framing new photos I decided to include in my booth at the Fall Fest in which I was asked to participate. It was a long and stressful day. I'm always amazed at how much time it takes to frame any photo.





Most of the photos are gathered and waiting for labels, then packing into tubs to be taken to the show. Our main floor pretty much becomes one large studio for a few days before a show.





Totes carefully packed with photos, ready to be loaded into the car.





And then there's always the misc. items that must accompany the photos.






In the morning, there were events for children. There was a chalk walk, then they could register to go into the money booth where there was a compressor blowing around a lot of dollar bills. A child could have as many dollar bills as they could grab within a designated time. One child caught 42 singles. After the children's events were over in the early afternoon, foot traffic pretty much came to a halt. Of course, there was an Iowa football game that day. That just about kills anything else that is promoted in nearby communities.





My booth was set up just outside the gallery's front door. The photos on top of this table are the ones the gallery selected from mine to display. Just outside the window were the 2 musicians that played really nice music throughout the day.




Kevin had to run home and get something we forgot, so I was left alone to hang all the photos. Above is Rob F (his 2 sons graduated with Britt and Trey from high school), who is a gifted stained glass artisan. He does beautiful work and gets all kinds of commissioned work. Anyway, he saw me struggling with the first photo and graciously offered to help me hang all my photos, as he already had his booth set up. I was desperate and took him up on his offer. There was no way I could have been ready for the 11:00 opening time without his help. But he, Kevin, and I had a fun time getting acquainted and visiting throughout the day.





And here are the musicians.




This was the powerful picture above us in the afternoon.
We were grateful for any cloud cover as the day grew hot.





It was a hot...and slow day. But we met some very nice people. And I so appreciated the lovely comments people made on my works.




My ever present and patient helper...from beginning to end.


We were so tired at the end of this long day....this was the medicine we really needed the next morning.

breakfast in bed.
(Reality...this was not to be had the following morning, but it sure would have been nice.)