When it rains, it pours.

What a week so far! Time to stop and smell the cemetery, I mean rose colored statues.
Today was an infusion day, and after it was over I went to the Landmark Diner for a piece of chocolate cake which is awful for me but I allow it on infusion days if I want.

Directly across from the diner is Evergreen Cemetery. It's one I've always admired while driving by, but I've never been in. I was going past with my camera in the car and I decided with such good light and beautiful weather I would stop and take it all in. I got out and walked around and took some pictures of things I like for visual reference later.

I've never know anyone with the last name of Garden. Whoever they are they sure have good taste in gravestones. Isn't it beautiful?

There is an entire section of Greek families and the names are very cool. Also, they weren't really bright enough to photograph but several of the graves had red glass lanterns with those tall religious themed prayer candles in them...and they were lit! I will have to return when it's a bit darker to get a picture of that. But how often do you think the families come out to light the candles? And they weren't "new" graves either; that's either serious devotion or it's some kind of religious holiday I don't know about. I'm a terrible heathen, is today some important Christian day I don't know about? I know we're getting close to Easter...

I finished this yesterday and tried to get a good shot of it this morning in the great southern exposure light that fills my kitchen. I have to devise better lighting for my photography indoors.

Another one, this one is BOG on bling and not for shy reserved types. The medallion is 2 1/4" in diameter.
Cassie's eighth birthday was Sunday and Mom & I went to the McKenna's for b-day supper.
Here is the birthday girl ready to get into the red velvet cake her Mom made for her. Such enthusiasm!
While being chased around the house by his Dad, Danny stole the show when he told him "Daddy, let me enjoy my good time!" That was hilarious.
Here he is taking after his Dooda (that's what my neices and nephew call my Dad), eating cake off the kitchen floor. He was a whirling dervish of cake eating madness and I could not get a good shot of his face as it was mostly pointed at the ground scarfing down floor cake.

He was very thorough in his task...

As I said, when it rains it pours; I have at least three different jobs to do this week if I can get to them all. I just started Monday at McIntyre Sales as their "Master Baker" or "Master Bakestress" as I prefer to be called. I bake large batches of treats in their serious industrial kitchen for food shows, the work is part time seasonal so the schedule will vary a lot. I go back in Friday to bake for another Monday show and I got a message today that they could use me on Thursday as well. I also got a message from Trade Winds that they have some furniture repair they'd like done this week. Friday night is the Goralicious Sideshow where I will be a vendor selling my jewelry to all the cool kids who come out (I hope) and I am very excited about that! I don't know how that will go but I'll be interested to ge the feedback. I have got to get the hang of this whole marketing my work situation.
So on a normal week I pick away at my writing and art making and hope for some paying work to come along. This week I am flush with jobs and not enough time to do them all! What gives?
Oh well, such is life.
It is spring time in North Carolina, the days are getting longer, the grave yards are calling my name, there is money to be made...
Life is good.