Last show of the year. St. James Court Art Show. Oct 3-5

 

Oct. 2, 2025.

We set up our booths at our final art fair today on St James Court in Louisville Kentucky. There is a large curb right in front of my booth because the street was once occupied by horse and buggy. It was easier to get out onto the side walk that way. Behind our booths is the historic Conrad House that is open for tours with their mimosa bar out front (very dangerous to one sitting all day just 20 feet away)

My late summer booth often features paintings I’ve done of our garden’s harvest. People here must think that I paint tomatoes all year long, just like how my June shows always feature fern fronds and violets. My  subjects come in waves that follow the season. 

At home, our kitchen is smothered in tomatoes and peppers. Nightly, I chop, roast, freeze and can the veggies. Tomato juice and seeds splatter and drip down the counter and our dog licks the floor around my feet. Together, we do a dance that signals the height of garden season.

It is difficult because it all comes to a crescendo at the same time; the garden and our art fair season.  And then it just ends. All there is to do is clean up the mess, which is no fun. I’m tired from keeping all the fires burning at once, that is true but it is sad when the music stops. 

So, come down to Louisville and buy me a mimosa while the band is still playing!