Can you see me now?

So it seems, as I run into people that I know,* I recognize them immediately and they look at me a bit askance before I get the big hug. Turns out I don't post enough pictures of myself on this site.

Oh well--- Picture above is on the deck outside our room. My friend Mindy and I are not staying on campus, but in a red brick hotel downtown that makes me feel like I'm on the set of Deadwood. The room is more like an apartment with a full kitchen, huge ceilings, and a deck over the water with a swing.

How does it feel? Like a FREAKING VACATION-- oh man.

Of course, when did I first run into people? Uh, that would be directly after the yoga class I took so there I am looking oh so, how shall we say, not so dolled.

But it was fabulous because it was none other than my darling Liz, and the amazing Kelly Rae, and Kelly's brave mom--brave because it's her first time to Artfest. So we all gathered up and had lunch in a most swoony small bistro.

So good.

Later on, we headed up to Fort Warden and registered, got totally overwhelmed at the dinner with SO. MANY. AMPED-UP. people. Damn. I think people are a little bit excited about making art. In the midst of the madness I saw the luminous shutterfly Michelle and we exchanged about 10 Texas-sized hugs.

Oops-- gotta go.

It's beautiful here. Sunny. Mild with a bit of an edge-- but there is GRASS and BLOOMS and I am happy-- though missing T and the brombies for sure-- if only I could bring them all with me!

Here's the view from the deck yesterday around 4 pm.

And here it is, moments ago--

And, okayyyyyyy, fine-- whatever-- here is a photograph of me in broad daylight. Fine. Whatever.

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* "Know" not in the biblical sense, of course, but in the blogical sense . .

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