Faerieluna

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NOTES FROM THE empty NEST

My little bird.

She came

She worked

She flew away.

For the fifth year in a row my daughter flew in to help at the cafe

during the Balloon Festival.

Three insane days of mostly out of town customers

crazy blocked off streets making navigation through town interesting

looooooooooong hours

hard work and very little play.

We never could have done it without her.

People often ask us what is the hardest thing in running a cafe?

All five years our answer is the same.

"STAFF!!"

Finding and keeping.

So we really need all the help we can get for the two art fairs each year.


She flew in one day before the insanity began

which gave us a wonderful

Mother/Daughter day

We started at a fun and funky,
rather bohemian eatery in Phoenix called

Palatte
We arrived as the huge iron gates were being unlocked at 10 a.m.

and two stone angels greeted us as we walked up the steps






delicious banana coconut muffins
fresh out of the oven...so we had to take two home

ART POINTS THE WAY TO THE LAV

Yes, I brought the camera into the bathroom
How cool is this??

I think I'd like to do one wall like this at the cafe
Then off to the Botanical Gardens

to the Dale Chihuly exhibit

of amazing blown glass



carefully,

these were my favorites
they seemed like ethereal beings

artistically set

are you thinking 'body snatchers?'

amidst the flora, and cactus

under the brilliant blue sky

so stunning

me and my little bird

and now she is gone
This beauty was flitting about and leading
us to the butterfly garden

leaving memories

captured

on film

on paper

deeply in my heart