Like everyone else, I've done a ton of cancelling and re-scheduling this year. A couple of the biggest losses have been the indefinite postponement of all classes that I would have been teaching this year and a cancelled trip to the Florida Keys that my husband, John, and I were planning to take in May to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. But there is good news on both of those fronts.
First of all, I have decided to offer 2 make-up workshops to replace the one workshop that was supposed to happen in March. That class would have been a 1-day workshop for 5 students, but I am going to teach it as two 1-day workshops, with only three students on each day. In these two workshops, each student will have their own socially-distanced table for painting. I will be taking as many precautions as I can to help make sure it is a safe environment, including requiring masks when not seated at our places and having myself and students check for symptoms (including temperature) before coming to class. Since not everyone was able to attend the new make-up dates, I do have spots available on both days. There are two spots on Saturday, November 21 and one spot on Sunday, November 22, from 9 am to 4:30 pm (with a 45-minute lunch break) and the tuition is $110. (Smaller class size for the same price as my normal workshops with 5 or 6 students!) If you would like to sign up, you can do so by replying to this email.Thanks!
Secondly, our cancelled anniversary trip to see the Everglades and Florida Keys. Well, we initially decided to postpone it until November, but around the time we got to mid-August, we realized that we needed a new plan and started thinking about a trip we could take to somewhere less crowded. Somewhere with lots of wide-open spaces, where we could vacation safely and responsibly. I thought John was crazy when he said, "Let's drive to the Grand Canyon... in two weeks!" I said something like, "No way. We can't do that, and here is my list of reasons why." (I can be a real stick in the mud sometimes. Good thing I have John.) After a bit more thinking, I realized that I was the crazy one to not want to go... but two weeks was not enough time to finish my projects and get everything in order—not to mention planning the trip! So we agreed to go in three weeks, which was still very soon, but far more doable. John is only working part-time, due to Covid, so he was able to do almost all of the planning for the trip, and we ended up having an incredible time, visiting several national parks in Utah and the Grand Canyon in Arizona. It was the best possible trip for the times; wide-open spaces, we found!
Pictured at top: "The Windows: Arches National Park", 9 x 13", available for purchase in my Etsy shop.
Pictured below: John and me at Zion National Park