Skippy

This is Skippy.  He was my first sale of the day at 9:00.  He was extremely intoxicated.  He purchased a pair of alligator earrings.  He then approached Megan, and asked her to open the little bag so he could put them on.  This is what happened......

more pics again

Just finished walking back from my first day of the market.   It snowed all night and the walk outside to the market was beautiful.  The market was kind of slow, probably because it was very cold and snowed almost all day.  It is suppose to be a little "warmer" tomorrow.   

The walk back to the apartments today was fun!  Well at least I thought it was fun.  The route home involves some hills and bridges.  People were slipping and sliding all over the place.  Someone slid backward down an icy hill (I will not mention their name for privacy purposes.).  No one was hurt. I thought it was really funny.   I was laughing so hard I almost didn't maket it up the hill myself.

I took pictures of the chalets today.




Annie with All Tied up and Edie Varnado with Camp Topisaw



Margo Rosa's Booth.  She is my neighbor and she is
really hilarious.  I have enjoyed meeting her.  She has
been doing Jazz Fest for a million years.



Joshua Lee, it is weird taking a picture of a photographer.



Oscar of New Orleans. He is famous.



Forrest working on the Montbeliard Sans Soucci Gallery.  Forrest speaks
French and he has really helped us communicate with the festival
coordinators.  He also likes playing in the snow.



Meghan Barra and her chalet.  I need to get
closer pictures of her work, because it is very beautiful.

More Pictures



It snowed last night, and all day today!

I scraped the snow off this sign.  While taking a picture of it.....

these friendly city workers wanted to be in the picture too. 
These are some of the guys that set up the millions of Xmas Lights all over the city.
The people of Montbeliard are very nice.

Today, I finished the interior of my chalet, but I still haven't put the
 jewelry on the  display fixtures yet.   It was a little difficult because
it was snowing so hard and I was accumulating rather large snow drifts
in my booth!  The festival starts tomorrow at 10:30AM, so I have to get up very 
early to catch up on some stuff.

 I also have to practice my numbers tonight, so I'm signing off!



First few Days in Montbéliard

This will be very brief and informal for those of you wanting to see pics from Montbéliard.  The last 3 days have been hectic and crazy (in a good way most of the time).  I am staying in a large apartment with several other artists, musicians, chefs, and festival coordinators.    The festival does not start until Saturday, so we have been unpacking, decorating and getting to know each other.  I have also been practicing my extremely bad French on the poor locals, when I get lost. 


Last night the cajun band arrived from Lafayette. They played in the dining room til 3am and it was very, very fun.





Yesterday I was assigned to my chalet, and today I began setting up the interior.

 

Here is a view from my apartment window, and a castle/museum that I pass on the way to the market.





more pictures coming soon