Leon spent the last two weeks working really hard to get the yard and house in shape for the Arts North Studio Tour that took place this weekend.  11 Studios were featured on this inaugural tour.

I had planned to have a plant sale at the same time, thinking we would have people around who might like plants as well as art.  We also had good friends Diane Boone and Staci Adman showing/selling their wonderful art/jewelry.

Here is how the driveway looked:

Leon is at the end of all those sculptures.  He had a bad back the last two weeks, so it must be the pain pills allowing him to smile!

Some other pics of the goods:

Here is Diane waiting for customers.

We got rain on Sunday morning, but the canopy held up just fine and we stayed open despite the wet and cold.  The weather cleared around noon and it was a lovely afternoon.

The plant sale was a bust–I only sold one Clivia and ended up giving plants to the kids down the street!

But there were enough art sales to make it all worthwhile, so we will do this again next year and I’ll get more organized about the plant portion.