–the almost festival

We had an “interesting” day at the Wisteria Festival.  It was the little festival that couldn’t.  The rain just kept coming  and coming, punctuated by a bit of thunder and lightning.

Joined by our fellow artists early Sunday morning, we optimistically set up our awnings in the rain.  We schooled ourselves in the creative use of plastic tarping, out of necessity.  The storm’s personality was quite fickle–it dumped a lot of water, then the clouds would break and look like it was clearing, then back to big wet drops, then it stopped again…this went on most of the early morning.  Around 10/11am, the sky opened up and it rained pretty heavy from there on.  There were rumors that the police were encouraging artists and vendors to clear out in case of a mud slide.  The town was on alert due to the heavy rains.

What are you gonna do?

In the long run, we were pretty happy with how our set-up and display turned out, (especially with those subtle hints of plastic sheeting).  Then, upon it’s completion, we sat in our soggy chairs to admire it and took some photos.  After a 5 minute respite, we began the pack job.  Fortunately, Tracy and I have a very positive attitude when we’re together.  We decided if we had been alone with the whole “set-up and take-down within a few hours, in the rain”  gig,  it may have been a lot more difficult to find the silver lining.

Instead, we were able to enjoy the irony of it all, and (most importantly) we met some very nice people.  We were also visited by some delightful friends of Ramona Paloma Tile–Wendy and Todd came out in their Wellies, with bumper shoots fully engaged to see our latest.  How lovely!

What a day!