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Well I'm so pleased to report that the final sale was a great success--sold another 6 original paintings along with lots of magic books, calendars, cards, magnets, and magic lists. And a few fairy caves for some children to put in their garden to attract some nomadic fairies! What will I think of to sell next? Any ideas? I must have had some fairy dust on me, it was just a spectacular weekend, playing with the customers, with my cousins that have come every year for well over a decade to the sale. Maybe I'll enter it again next year but I'm going to wait until we return from all our travels to decide.

This little painting on the left went to a good home--it's been one of my favourites for a while now, and I put it into my 2012 calendar. Love the bright funky colours...as well as the title "Beets Me?" (The beets are in a few bags behind the tub of dill!)

And "The Circus Leaves" (below) also sold, as well as a poppy painting from 2006 that I've had in & out of frames and mats...well, it went off, very happily, to a home in Mission.

Another painting of Chrome Island Lighthouse, at the south end of Denman Island, that I just finished last Thursday, and didn't even get a photo of, sold too! I had done it at the suggestion of a friend from the pool, who has just bought a retirement place across the water from it, and she hadn't even seen it. I was holding it behind my table for her to look at when someone came along on Sunday morning who was looking for a water painting as a gift. I pulled it out and she recognized it as a place where her recipient had taken her on his boat several times last summer! A done deal, just like that. As an artist it's wonderful to have them be purchased almost straight off the easel/drawing board!

So, what's next, you might ask? Well, I've got exactly 25 days before I fly off to Australia. I'll be packing up most of my finished work to put into storage until next September, and enjoying our last holiday season here in Vancouver with family and friends. There are still some arrangements to be made for both New Zealand and Africa travels, and my car is on the market now so hope to get that off my plate very soon. A suitcase is waiting next to my bed, and almost every day I put something new aside to take Down Under, or to Africa, or to add to the pile for next summer's trailer life.

Needless to say my on-going to-do list is very active at the moment, and keeping me on the straight and narrow. I'll be very ready to leave the responsibilities behind and take to the open road, I can tell you!

And I'm very much looking forward to catching up with all my Australian friends and relatives again, and spending lots of time travelling with my husband as he retires. It'll be a fantastic way to start the year, and to see so many new places before we finally come back and settle in our new Summerland place, with a studio to get organized!

The Christmas cards and greetings are coming in now and at this time of year I'll take the opportunity to wish you all a very happy holiday season. My wish for you is that you'll enjoy some time with family and friends, and a peaceful start to the new year. If the fairies (or Santa's elves) sprinkle fairy dust on you (or even if they don't), may all your Christmas wishes come true!

I may try to post before New Year's...or I may post from the road!! Either way, stay tuned!