We did it!

What a night…… 

I grabbed the camera and snapped a few images before I got busy catching up with so many friends!! 

Meeting new friends, (finally met Alan Kradlak and he's a neighbor now:), selling pots and spending 6 hours tweaking (not twerking).  There were so many surprises during the night and it was all grand and fun!  We closed at 9 pm, but we lingered, noshed and chatted; finally around 9:30 pm the last price sticker got on the last pot.  Gosh, I had a lot of pots for this opening….. 

Exchanging stories of what we have been up to this year and all I can say ……. it has been a challenging year for so many of us.  One friend summed it up;  2014 has just been weird.  

Couldn't have done this gallery thing without him….. glad he got off the boat and got a beer! 

Around 10 p.m. we turned the lights out, dragged the cooler of leftover beer and water down the two flights of stairs, I now know by heart and felt so good to know …… we made it!  The door is open and I have a place to go every Friday for the next year!  

I don't need to pack down, move tons of stuff, load the trailer and drive 12 hours home.  I turned off the lights, blew out the candles and drove 40 minutes home…… to a cranky cat who was really ticked off that he wasn't in the house sleeping.  

This morning I slept in until 7:30 am, Butch let the chickens out and I am headed to the beach for good walk (ok hobble) and recharge.  This is the first time in ages I feel like I can get back to the rhythm of my life, phew!  It's time to have a meal together, nurture, breath, catch up and renew our creative spirits! 

So many thanks to all who came out, had a drink and supported the local potter!