Harvesting seeds long planted

I know it's spring, but I must have been planing banana trees for the last two years (Do I remember correctly that banana trees don't produce fruit for three years or some such?). Some of the things I've done that I was sure had had no positive effect as far as my being able to earn my living as an artist here in the Norwich, UK, have suddenly and finally bourne fruit.

Th art center I envisioned may be coming into existence through two other WEETU women with similar vision and our prospective partners. Its form is still not clearly defined, except for it being a gallery where local work can be found, but it will be more, and actual locations have been scouted and numbers calculated. I may actually be a part owner in such a business after all, which woud be a major joy and might help my prospects for staying here.

I'm going to be participating in the Fringe again, but in a new way. I'm organizing the Produced in Norfolk participation. I've got what I think is a great idea, but it would need a tremendous lvel of participation to carry off, and I have to be open to the ideas, comments, and suggestions, and objections, of the members.

My idea? Do you remember that Ricky Martin song "Livin' la Vida Loco"? And of course you must be aware of the new impetus for the idea of trying to reduce the energy input into what you buy by buying (buy by buying? I'll be lucky if someone reading this doesn't say bye bye and move on at this point, but I'm using that praseology to build impact for what's coming. Stay just a bit more, won't you?)...

As I was saying, you must be aware of the new inpetus for the idea of trying to reduce the energy input into what you buy by buying from sources closer at hand. Well, my plan is for the PIN Fringe contribution to be a performance piece featuing all the things that its member make, to be titled "Livin' la Vida LOCAL!" What do you think? Isn't it brilliant?

Last... but there is no least because I'm so chuffed (sp?! That's local English, or maybe Iceni considering it's Norfolk, for delighted and energized, as far as I can interpret it.)...and not last because I just remembered one more...

I've got a big embroidery job coming to me after the commissioner went to a company that does machine embroidery and got a price that was 3 x my hand embroidery price. It's embellishment of a reproduction gown in gold and will be a joy to do. And there is more coming.

And really last. I'm finally getting to try out precious metal clay. I used my first batch to make rings for my husband and I (since we didn't have them yet), but since I had to estimate the shrinkage and work it out by mistakes, I ended up making five. This batch, I get to PLAY with!