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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
4 comments:
What a treat to have that kind of help. Too bad she couldn't stay just a little bit longer.
What a lovely visit with your little bird. You didn't tell me about Dale Chihuly!!!!!!!!!!!! Love him!!! His exhibit in NY at the Botanical Gardens was amazing!!! What a different and beautiful vibe in Arizona!!!!!!!!!
Hugzzzzzzzzzzzz to you,
Audra Mae aka Lynnie
Sounds like a beautiful day- days- with your daughter!
oooo we got to see Chihuly indoors on a visit to SF and it was fabulous, but the setting you are sharing is amazing = WOWEE, sounds like a perfect day
I think it's clever btw that your blog posts are never dated, at least not that I can tell.
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