Well, it’s Tennessee Craft weekend and although I have been burning the candle at both ends lately…I am excited to be going back to Nashville. I haven’t been to TC since 2017, when the layout of the show changed and it was too crazy a layout with no shade, and I decided to punt until the restoration of Centennial Park was complete and we were back to where we used to be. We are back and hopefully the crowds will come out. I have found, after doing 3 shows so far this year, that people are dying to get out and do something different. 4Bridges two weeks ago was wonderful. The crowds came and I saw a lot of people who have bought from me before. I also won the 3rd place prize, which doesn’t sound so exciting until you realize it was 3 thousand dollars! Yikes! I was just as excited about getting one of Lisa Norris’s ribbons, which are works of art in their own right. Next, was the Dogwood in Knoxville which was in a new venue and the weather was cold and rainy or so cloudy that it felt rainy. The sales didn’t materialize, but I won another award, which was very nice. Such is the life of an Art show artist!!!! Other than that… we have had someone in our house for the last 3weeks remodeling our 1930’s kitchen (about time) and we have had no kitchen and no laundry for that time. You would think David and I would be more flexible but honestly, if I see another Big Mac or Arby’s I am going to hurl. The end result ( waiting on quartz countertops and backsplash)…is amazing and worth every day of eating fast food garbage. From now on I’m going to become the salad queen. The last few days, now that the contractor and workers are done has been spent mopping and dusting the half foot (a bit of exaggeration-but not much) of grime that had happened in the last three weeks. It took a while… to say the least. So between making art and cleaning-I have been up late a lot and mornings are not my friend, thus, the turtle analogy in the title. I’m hoping that I see some of my former students and friends and patrons, Nashville always feels like a second home. Please no rain-I dealt with you last weekend and I have paid my dues. I’m officially ready for Summer!!!