An Unexpected Day

I awoke this morning with a list of somewhat normal things to do: laundry, house cleaning, composting, etc. Ash was sleeping off her overnight shift so I set out up the street into town to get to business. First stop was the laundromat. I put my clothes in to wash and walked across the street to the Bahma coffee shop to get a drink and pass the time working on some holiday ornaments for family and friends. This is where the day took a turn from the ordinary to the unexpectedly wonderful. I was sitting in Bahma making an ornament (who's future owner's identity shall remain secret to keep the gift giving surprise factor) when two quirky, eccentric, sixty something ladies sat down across from me. They inquired about what I was making and were complimenting me on a completed little wire lizard I'd brought along. I love how wire work is such a great ice breaker.... the three of us ended up chatting for over an hour about all kinds of stuff. When they were getting ready to leave they told me they loved frogs so of course I told them I would be happy to make them one in the future and gave them my business info. Then one of them asks if she could buy the little lizard there on the spot! Score one for wire girl! Once they left I realized I needed to go put the laundry in the dryer. I asked the lady behind the coffee bar if I could place my finished ornament and wire supplies with her and told her I'd be right back. 10 minutes later I came back to Bahma and the lady behind the counter informed me that the owner of the shop saw what I was working on and wanted to buy my little ornament..(or one like it). Score 2 for wire girl! At that point the coffee shop was closing so I collected my stuff and met up with Ash for dinner at what is becoming our favourite restaurant in town, the "big river grill". They have a killer veggie burger and vegetarian black bean chili, and Ash says their meat-stuffs are tasty too. Some time earlier while I was in Bahma I'd overheard that there was going to be a holiday parade down our little main street later in the evening so Ash and I decided to check it out. Our neighbor was having a pre parade party at her house so we went and visited, then the whole party made a mass exodus down the street in time for the parade to start. Here's a little collection of clips from the parade which was a very cute little "piece of small town americana":

You know how they say *when it rains it pours*? Well, after the parade everyone made their way back to our neighbor's house to continue the festivities. In that group of people was the fantastic owner of a beautiful local lodge whom we've befriended (the one who let us borrow his station wagon when we were carless). About a week ago he let me put my life sized horse bust sculpture down at his resort to get some exposure. He told me that today he saw some of his guests admiring it and inquiring about my contact info. He decided he'd become too fond of it to let it go to someone else so he purchased it right there! How many points does wire girl have now? I think that one deserves more that one point since it's been my most expensive piece to date and I've been trying to sell it for like 5 years now LOL. AND it doesn't quite end there, that same wonderful lodge owner was so kind he took it upon himself to set up an appointment for me to meet with those guests tomorrow morning to discuss some commission work! Wowza... I never could have imagined that such a normal looking day would have turned out to be this amazing!

~kris