OH HEAVENLY DAY!

It dropped down to 59F last night, and this is the coolest our house has felt in over a week! Of course, it will probably be back up into the nineties in just a few hours but, for now, it feels absolutely delicious! We finally got an estimate from the A.C. guy. It would cost almost a thousand dollars to replace the part that he "thinks" is causing our problem. Since we spent almost that much on this unit just a few months ago when something else went wrong, and since it's probably 16 or 17 years old now, we've decided it's probably time to just bite the bullet and replace the unit altogether.  They say they "might" be able to get to that by the end of this week but, then again, it could be the early part of next week. Sheeeeeeesh!

Speaking of heavenly days, what fun we had yesterday with our Discovery Station play day!

We had one station set up for creating monoprints on my Gelli plate...

and one for trying your hand at a bit of stamp-carving.

There was the Spray & Play station, for experimenting with Dylusions ink sprays, stencils, and Dyan Reaveley's ghosting technique.

Plus we had stations for playing with rubber stamps and Gelatos (the paint sticks, not the ice cream), and for doing a bit of kitchen parchment collage work. I was blown away by the amount of art that a mere four women could create in just a couple of hours...

Love, love, love our Spirit Woman's labyrinth stamp!

but not the least bit surprised by the size of our mess.

Nor am I surprised that the mess is still there, 24 hours later. When we came back from our taco lunch at Mima's, my sister and I found ourselves being drawn back to the table, to do a bit more puttering. The same thing happened after dinner, and we were still there at bedtime. Will everything get cleaned up and put away today? I guess that remains to be seen.

Outdoor Woman has volunteered to host next month's Artsy Play Day and, knowing my friend, I'm guessing it will take place out of doors!