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The circus rolled into our little town and for an evening we were taken back in time. I felt like we were characters in a book as I listened to kids talk about the tent raising and the clowns and the elephant rides. Yes, there were acrobats, tigers, camels and, of course, a juggler.
But the highlight for me, I have to admit, was when the little barking dog got to ride on the back of the pony. I had to laugh out loud at that one. Wish I had a picture but it was just too, too dark in that tent for my camera.
One night only, and then the entire circus packed up and moved on to the next town. Just like a comet in the night sky, if you don't see it this time around you might have to wait a awhile for the next one to come sailing by.
These are two of my new hand painted signs just listed on my website. This Cottage by the Sea sign reeeeally makes me want to visit the ocean again. It's slightly distressed, just enough to make it look like it's seen many year's worth of high tides.
The color of my brush matched the weather. This was priming day and the gray, gray sky matched the primer color on all of these pieces. But, they've already begun to change and are becoming colorful, happy little things. I don't usually start this many painting projects at once but I just couldn't resist this time. I have soooo many items I want to paint on, more than what you can see in this photo. Little by little, the gray will disappear and they will be transformed.
These are just two of the newly created items that are currently in the works. I've spent the past two days sanding and sanding and priming several pieces that are just waiting for me on my work table. I can hear them over there, calling to me...paint me! paint me! How can I help but obey? 
I walked into my studio yesterday morning and just had to laugh to myself. 
