That’s what we thought was true. But when we arrived back in Florida, they were having a cold snap. The first night was 36 degrees, much colder than home!
As you might remember, we flew home in December for the winter holidays, and stayed in California through the middle of February so that we could participate in the CODEX book fair held in Berkeley, California. For those of you who did not get to go, there were 180 private presses and book artists showing their work over four days of book fair. CODEX is in its fourth year and is probably the best display of the art of the book in the world.
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| Our table at CODEX 2013 |
As “typical” wandering book artists, we did not pay much attention to the calendar when we made our return plane reservations, so were not aware that we were returning on a holiday weekend. The good news was that meant we did not have to go right back to work. After rescuing the gypsy wagon from the pavement and chain link graveyard of a storage unit parking lot near Orlando were off wandering again!
We spent the rest of the holiday weekend in the palm and pine forests of Wekiwa Springs State Park. We walked the mile-long path to the springs one afternoon to go swimming in the crystal clear 70-degree spring water.
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| Wekiwa Spring swimming hole |
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| Donna adding more decorative painting while at the campground |
Our assigned campsite was right next to a very PINK vintage Scotty trailer, the first other colorful vehicle we have seen in a state or national park.
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| Interior glamour! |
As we pulled in, the owner of the pink trailer (she dressed all in pink and used only pink camping gear) said almost the same thing, “It’s so nice to know I’m not the only one.” Sometimes its nice to get a little confirmation, being on the leading edge of a trend! The Pink Lady called what she was doing “glamping”. (Glamorous Camping).
We have a busy itinerary planned for ourselves and that means we might see you as we drive across the southern United States on our way home. In the next few weeks we will give a class at the Jaffe Center in Boca Raton, participate in the Florida Wayzgoose in Tampa, lecture to a class at UF in Tallahassee, open one of our Cannery Row books in a can opening ceremony at Emory University, be part of a self made ukulele happening at Dr Bombay's Underwater Tea Party in Atlanta, make paper at the University of Alabama, visit Gorda, Alabama and more. We hope we will be crossing your paths and that you will be able to join us for one of these events. If not, we hope you will continue to join us on your computer by reading our blog posts. If you want to get an email notice when we make a blog post, just let us know and we will add you to the list.
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| The Open Caravan at University of Central Florida, Orlando |
3 comments:
the paints are good, thought i do not live pink much but i love the wagon painted pink with the classy interiors. Impressive!!!
Last summer, my girlfriends and I went on the most relaxing vacation in the Florida Keys. We found an incredible rental in the awesome Ocean Reef Community in Key Largo. Elaine knew Bob from Swenson & Ecuyer Realty and he found us this perfect condo right on the breathtaking Marina. Bob and his team provided excellent concierge service, that catered to our every needs. We did everything... scuba diving, tennis, sailing, golfing, etc.. The experience was amazing! You should check them out at www.swensonrealty.com or call 3053673600.
Interestinng thoughts
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