Once again, another Artist Studio Tour

The kiln has cooled, the last piece is out.

All is well

Now I can celebrate, along with the rest of our little town.

Visitors come from far and wide
http://ginaceramics.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-time-flies-another-studio-tour.html

I have been painting every day, my kiln has worked overtime.

Hope the weather will be as beautiful tomorrow as it has been for the past few days. The en plain air competition is also being held this week.

I will be setting up shop under the canopy of our  Summit Ash trees.



I don't know what it is about this time of year. There is a new Charolais Bull in our pasture.  This one is even younger and bigger than our last one. 

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  The Bull decided to leave his girls and check out his competition. We had to move him, 2 o'clock in the morning, to a distant pasture. 
He was only 50 feet from me and I should have taken a picture, but again I was too scared to think of my camera. 
You might recall another Charolais bull incident a couple of years ago and on the day of the Artist Studio Tour.

http://ginaceramics.blogspot.com/2009/09/artist-studio-tour-and-charolais-bull.html






Possibly it has nothing to do with the weather.

 Maybe it's because the nights are full with the maddening scent of my very odoriferous Sweet Peas.


Have a great weekend my dear Blogging Friends
and wish me luck!

Gina

Artist Studio Tour and Charolais Bull Charge

Once a year, we have a great event in our little farming/artist community. A 3-day en plein air competition takes place. In addition, visitors are invited to the many artist studios we have in Spring City. Every year more and more people come from the big city and the surrounding communities.

Many people came to my Art Sale. We studied Palladio's villas in Italy. Always, Palladio designed a center hallway with rooms open to either side. We were told that we were wasting too much space. This hallway has had many functions. A dinner for 40, an artist reception, a wedding and much more. Yesterday it was a gathering place for my "Artist Studio Tour."

(This is only one small table)

One gentlemen liked all of my rustic plates

He purchased every one of them

That same evening all artists enjoyed a fabulous Dutch Oven Dinner at the Anderson Barn. The Andersons have restored a fine old homestead including a very special stone barn. Often we get together to celebrate in this great structure.
Everything was fine until we returned home. The huge Charolais Bull was out of the pasture. He was happy with the tall alfalfa but unhappy because he was separated from his ladies.

A rodeo ensued. It was too frightening to take a picture so I am borrowing this one from the State University of Oklahoma.

We were able to get the bull back into the pasture, but then he realized where he was. He went for our truck. He was furious. This guy is huge! By racing the truck through the pasture, in a zig zag fashion, we avoided his charging, massive body. Now, he became confused. He headed for the biggest tree near the fence line and totally demolished the tree. In the meantime, we opened a causeway to another pasture. The cows knew the signal and the bull followed still attacking everything in his way.

Something needs to be done with this big guy. Our farmer friend tells us that the bull needs a new zipcode.

Gina