PETALUMA ART FESTIVAL

YESTERDAY I WENT TO THE PETALUMA ART FESTIVAL AT WALNUT PARK AND SAW OVER 30 ARTISANS WHO WERE DISPLAYING THEIR WARES AND PAINTINGS AS WELL AS THEIR WOODEN ARIFACTS. THEY HAD AN ARTIST WHO MADE SOME BEUATIFUL OIL PAINTINGS OF THE WINE COUNTRY SCENE. THEY HAD MANY ARTISTS WHO PAINTED WATERCOLORS. ONE ARTIST WAS CHINESE AND MADE MANY BEAUTIFUL CHINESE WATER COLOR PAINTINGS. THEY HAD A LARGE VARITY OF FRUIT, CHEESE, AND VEGETABLE AND BREAD VENDORS. THE ORGANIC PEACHES WERE THE BEST OF ALL! THEY SAMPLED THEIR PRODUCTS AND THEY WERE GREAT. IT WAS FUN TO TALK WITH THE ARTISTS. ONE OF THE OIL PAINTERS HAD SOLD A PAINTING FOR $1500 WHICH MADE HER DAY, I'M SURE!

THERE WAS A BIG BOARD FOR THE CHILDREN TO PAINT THEIR DESIGNS ON AS WELL. THE WEATHER WAS A BIT HOT, HOWEVER PEOPLE WERE IN LINE FOR THE GREAT ICE CREAM. PEOPLE WERE EATING ALL SORTS OF FOOD. THE WALNUTS ON THE GROUND WERE FROM LAST YEAR'S CROP. THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE JUST HAVING FUN LOOKING AT ALL THE VENDORS AND MEETING ONE ANOTHER. NOT MANY PEOPLE WERE SELLING THE CREATIVE IDEAS. I RECOGNIZED THAT SOME OF THE VENDORS I HAD SPOKEN TO SEVERAL YEARS AGO AT A PARTICIPATORY COACHING MEETING I HAD FOR THEM.