Stunningly clear, sunny morning, especially in light of all the rough weather yesterday.  Ocean a beautiful azure and flat as a table top.  The swell I anticipated didn’t materialize.  I’m guessing the storm was moving too fast, too far south.  Anyhoo, a beautiful day again here on Skinny Island.

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April is the cruelest month, Mr. Eliot said.  We’ll see.  For us it means shifting into another gear, donning our beret, and posing as a painter.

Sea Grapes

We have been accepted as a fine arts exhibitor in the 48th Annual Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival, Fernandina Beach, Amelia Island, Florida, April 30 and May 1.  It will be a homecoming of sorts.  The ancestors had a little ole cotton plantation there starting in the late 1700s, which operated until The War of Northern Intervention, and the old family cemetery is still there, and remains open for business for the well-qualified.  We will be set up in a 10×10 tent and will be showing oils and acrylics . . . for sale!  Busy this month redesigning and building our display system, as well as putting out a few new pieces.  Stop by if you can.  It’s a great festival, celebrating the once large shrimping industry on the island.  Great art, great music, great shrimp.  Come on by.  (Shameless Plug.)  Check out the Festival page at http://www.islandart.org/shrimp_festival.htm.

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