We were up at the crack of dawn again this morning to finish loading the car for Shobdon Food and Drink Festival.Bill got on and did the sandwiches and put Jake into his travel cage while I found the odd bits and pieces like the camera and batteries etc..
The venue is only 15 miles away from home and with Jakie safely loaded into the back of the car off we went!
The drive up to the venue is beautiful-an avenue of trees line the road giving a tranquil look to start with!
We placed Jake on top of some boxes near to the door of the marquee.He had lots of fuss all day long of everyone,he lapped it all up.
He didn't say hardly a word though bless him.Poor thing was soooo tired by mid afternoon though, he stuck his head under his wing and shut his eyes.
They even kept announcing it over the tanoy that Jake the african grey was in the craft tent waiting for a fuss!
We had a few of my students pop by and say hello--Carole and Jan to name two!
The children enjoyed having a go at the encaustic art--pictured are Nathon, Fern and Charlotte,they had all had a go last year and remembered it and wanted another go.-Dad watched them and said he was calling back tomorrow for a complete set of encaustic art equipment.
It was really busy all day--non stop enquiries about the classes, the gift vouchers also went well and everyone was amazed by how quick the paintings could be done!
The only draw back was having no Internet access at the venue--its up in the sticks and I couldn't get any connection there. I got back to a load of questions about the stuff I have on Ebay, I have just finished answering those--we went up the road to the Squirrel after arriving home at 6pm tonight-far too tired to cook.
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