Weems Art Fest

We did it!!! You might wonder why the exclamation points. We really had a wonderful time on several counts. First of all, the folks who worked the show did a wonderful job and were very helpful to get us registered and in our booth and offered coffee, etc. throughout the entire show. We have known many of these people for years and, especially, Mary Ann Weems, who is the spark behind the whole thing. She took a risk on us, and we appreciated it immensely. The crowds were constant, and you could not have asked for more people to come to see what was available and in some cases purchase a treasure.

We got set up and met old friends who were also exhibiting. Of course, this meant pictures and good visits and some shopping by HW2. We needed a treasure or two, also. Then it started, and we went to work visiting with passing folks to try to get them to look in our booth. I think that HW2 can sell refrigerators to Eskimos. At times things were just fast and furious. Best of all, we began to see and visit with friends and family as they came by. The first day it was lots of kids and retired folks, and since we are in the latter category, we found many people we knew to visit with. We did find it hard to sell something AND visit with friends too. So we erred on the visiting side.

We had caught colds from the grandkids and, of course, this came into flower right as the show opened. However, we carried on and probably spread some germs but tried not to do that. At the end of the show we had made a few sales and made expenses and felt that it had been very rewarding, as well as thoroughly enjoying all the visiting. Now we pack up our equipment and head back to our motor home in Texas probably on Wednesday. Happy traveling!