Artful Taste of Autumn

I am dedicating this post to my friend Jules, who will appreciate the garden scenes.

Yesterday was the much-anticipated Artful Taste of Autumn, held at the rural home of Chris and John as a fundraiser for the Visual Arts Alliance of McPherson. Somehow, the October weather in Kansas has always cooperated for this event and this year was no exception.

My booth, with jewelry on the table and scarves hanging from the trees in the background.

My DH David, manfully manning the booth.

Following are several scenes from around the grounds and gardens. It is truly a lovely place.




The gargoyle garden.

Chris and John have built their own outdoor wood-fired pizza oven. It was working overtime last night, and the pizza was delicious.



This is my favorite spot.





A view from my table. It was a wonderful evening.

My fingers are green and purple

I hate to wear gloves at any time, and that goes for when I have my hands in a dyebath as well, so I guess I have no one but myself to blame if my hands look horrible.

I have made up several devore silk and silk velvet scarves and one large shawl. Everything has turned out well, especially considering what a hurry I've been in to get it all done and how I've been having to work at it in my lunch hours and into the night. I'm sorry the lighting in these pictures is so bad. I took them in my living room at night with a floor lamp for lighting. Leaves a lot to be desired. The colors are really much better than they appear here.

Tomorrow is Artful Taste of Autumn. I will take my trusty camera to record the afternoon.