Back in Florida

Time really flies....It has been over a week since I have posted to this blog and I realize how easy it is to keep procrastinating.

We just finished a show in New Smyrna Beach, Florida this past weekend. We were so pleasantly surprised with our hotel. It is a newly remodeled Holiday Inn on the beach. When we got to the room we were blown away with the size of this mini apartment. It was spacious with a large bathroom, separate bedroom and living room with a refrigerator, microwave and a second TV.
It was just magical each morning and evening to look out and see the beautiful Atlantic and smooth sandy beach. The temperatures were very moderate reaching about 70 degrees each day and cooling at night to about 50 degrees.

The show itself went very smoothly. We had two separate booths as we both exhibited but the booths were a couple of long blocks apart. While initially we freaked out at the thought of how to accomplish this enormous task. It was unbelievable hor God worked all this out without a doubt. We went a little early and dropped Guiteau's tent and display and then went to my booth and dropped my tent, display and artwork. Then we returned to where Guiteau's booth was and parked the truck right behind the booth where we were able to leave it all weekend. What are the chances of that? That made it easy for Guiteau to load up the truck after the show and when he was done he came to my booth. I had dismantled most of the booth when he got there.

Sales at the show were about average for Florida this year. I received two Patron Purchase Awards totalling $2,000 so that was a nice touch. I also exhibited some new people paintings I just finished this month and sold one of those.

Yesterday we left the beautiful Holiday Inn and drove to Palm Beach to our new hotel. I bid on Priceline and got a 3 star hotel for $62 a night. We are at the Doubletree which is pretty nice. The reason they probably accepted our bid was that they are in the middle of rennovations. We didn't care because the rooms have already been refurbished and they are beautiful.

I am going on a wait list for my next show so I am praying for favor. Otherwise we will be one week without a show. Our show the following week will be in South Miami... I also got a good price on Homestead Village through Priceline for $50 per night. These are great prices especially for this time of year in Florida. Thanks to God.

I will keep this blog going more frequently the next couple of weeks. It is a good discipline for me. May God bless you all.