Most people will say they have to go back to work after a little vacation, but this isn't work for me--it's always playtime. And this is the time of the year when I get into serious play mode. Next month my show season starts up--so I've been getting busy.
Last week for the Memorial Day holiday we went to visit our son in New York City--always a fun, but exhausting time. We wanted to go when it wasn't too hot or too cold--everyday was close to 90 degrees when we went this time...............so I guess that plan didn't work out too well, but it was still a good time.
Our son always takes us around to places that we've never been before, but one place that I always go back to is a store--The Ink Pad--a VERY cool stamp (and more) store--
.....some of my purchases--the Lynne Perrella stamps I'm swooning over.....and I've been using them in my new pieces that I've just made--
These are on 6 x 6 gallery canvases--they're very popular and affordable....
.....I really like working with these deep edge canvases too--they add so much more to the piece...
.....this is a good start---there's more to come...
Another place that I want to mention that we went to when we were there was a flea market in Brooklyn--that was fun.. and just like any other flea market--pretty reasonable prices and lots of haggling....
I found lots more too, but without a car, it was impossible. You see the watch and clock parts, the keys, and the little bulbs and those tin type photos (I think that's what they are)? I found these all at one booth--they had hundreds of items like this--I would have been happy if this was the only booth there!
And there's one more place that I have to mention--the 9/11 Memorial. It's pretty hard to describe the feeling when you're there or even capture a photo to explain--
This is one of the two Memorial Pools there. Each one is placed where the towers were. They are the exact size of the tower bases--if you look at the upper area of this photo, you can see the people standing there. This gives you an idea of how large these are and the magnitude of this tragedy. There's a 30 foot waterfall inside of the pools that falls into a void and you can see the name of one of the victims in the photo here. All of the names of the victims from the 9/11 attacks and the 1993 World Trade Center attack are inscribed around the entire border of the pools. It's a beautiful memorial, and if you ever get a chance--to go visit.