Lovely IDA

The Coast Guard on Friday issued a warning to Florida Keys boaters to monitor Tropical Depression Ida before deciding whether to get on the water.

Its a windy windy day in the Keys, The windows are open and the humidity has dropped. Doubt that Ida will bother us in the keys too much but looks like it will follow me up to Northern Florida for my family get together at Bumpy Road. I am looking for umbrellas.

Snail Mail Art project

I have been participating in a snail mail art project with an interesting group. One person starts a piece and mails it to another artist or writer. They then collaborate and embellish the mail and send it back. Above is what I received from Kate Miller and below is what i sent back to her. It was fun and I am doing one with Maggie Ruley. Here is her blog about it http://maggieruley.blogspot.com/2009/10/snail-mail-project.html I will add to it and send it on to Kate as she is the curator of the ultimate show next year. If anyone is interested send me your address and we can get one going. This sounds right up your alley Patsy! click on the pictures for a closer look.

New Paintings

Sunset Palm and Night Palm These are 8"x16" $200.00 each.

Sunset Palm Island and Night Palm island 5"x7" $125.00 each. I sold the last two to a cute honeymoon couple.

Jack

One last vestige of Halloween. Our snaggle tooth pumpkin this year.

Key Limes

Now that Fantasy Fest is over I am going to catch up on some blogs I put off. The key lime trees in my neighborhood including mine have been prolific. I finally decided I had too many to put in my cocktails or I was going to have to drink faster and more and that was not too good of an option, but they are good in a tall vodka club soda. I was going to Greg's birthday and decided to make a key lime tart with a chocolate crust. I used Nellie and Joe's recipe and just made a graham cracker crust except with chocolate graham crackers. Must have been a success as I brought home an empty plate. http://keylimejuice.com/recipes/nellie-joes-key-lime-pie.htm

Warning nudity !!! Fantasy Fest!

Halloween and Fantasy Fest are over, for another year! We had such fun last night greeting our trick or treaters. Michael Jackson stopped by and did a little dance as well as Flo the progressive insurance salleslady. Loads of ninjas and fairy princesses, lady bugs and brides. We handed out bags and bags of candy and I surveyed the neighborhood this morning and only saw a few scraps but loads of shaving cream. We will need a good rain to wash it away. Below are some photos from Friday night, Fantasy Fest on Duval Street. Be fore warned its not all pretty! These Cruellas were wonderful. Its sad that the creative costumes have evolved into just how little clothes you can wear!

Lots of masks.

Loads of businesses were decorated.

Hi Jennifer!

Lots of near naked men and woman.

Some you don't really want to see!

This was a really interesting paint job.

Hi Ladies

HI Mister! nice sock

Loved these guys!

The Parrot was decked out

Ricks was really cool

So was Sloppy Joe's.

A cruise ship arrived about 6:00 and it was a clothing optional ship.... so 2000 barely clad people dropped into Duval Street .

Loved her high healed sneakers.

Morticia and Gomez, they even had Thing with them.

Traffic cones

Halloween past

These two are now 23 and 22 years old. Spencer on the left is living the dream in NYC and Arlyn, on the right is living and going to school in Asheville.

Oh the years of dress up that these girls saw. They are now 18 and 19 and probably don't remember those frilly home made dresses.

Jenny on the right, now has a son of her own, but I vividly remember the Halloween she and Katchen were both Witches.

Arlyn wanted to be a Hooty Owl in the worst way and Its amazing to think I had the time to make his costume that year. Lucy could have cared less about her costume that year and probably took it off right after this picture.

My princesses! They were magical!