Craft Sales

Today begins the first of a three-day craft sale at the Bonner Mall. Mother will be here at 8, and we'll go to the mall to set up our wares. She's 83 and still selling her Western artwork. If you check out my website www.mariannelove.com you'll see the illustrations she did for my book covers.

Western art is her specialty and, even more specifically, she does beautiful horses and old barns. She's been selling her greeting cards in this area for about the last 20 years. Little brother, Jim, the cartoonist who dreamed up the concept of Slight Detour, has followed in her footsteps by sketching the lodges of Glacier Park and some neat Victorian homes along the Coast. He also did a nice illustration of some draft horses for my book.

My sister Laurie (check out Marianne's sisters' horse operation, which is a link on my page) took Mother's and Jim's artwork a step further by reducing the illustrations on her computer, using some special clay, and turning them into some beautiful keychains. They made their successful debut last week at a fairgrounds craft show.

Of course, I'll be selling my books at this show. We've always enjoyed participating in craft shows not only to make a few extra bucks but because of all the visiting we get to do with each other and the browsers. Come and see us at the Mall.

More later . . . everybody's up in this house and I've gotta go read the Spokesman and the Bee.