making a decision

there can be few greater proofs of my delayed adulthood than the agony I expend to make decisions.
I had been very much looking forward to doing Bumbershoot again this year. I finally have a great booth setup, and last year Bumbershoot was my most profitable show. I also did fairly well at Bellevue last week.
but...
we're again in a money hole. between tuition and the whoppingly huge bill I finally got for returning my leased Saab in March (the majority of the charges were for overmileage, lest my gentle readers think I destroyed that wonderful car, my VRKLMPT-mobile).
add to that the Mill Valley show in September, and possible changes in my 9-5 life, and I don't think that Bumbershoot is such a good idea. it's an expensive show to do (although I should have completely paid my booth fees by now I am still owing).
so...
sigh...
I don't think I'm going to Bumbershoot this year.
no, I know I can't do Bumbershoot this year, even if they let me get away with no payments until after the show. I'll call today and cancel.
drat.
I did manage to get some shots in on Saturday.
I'm glad I went because Flower World had some amazing canna lilies.
I've been doing some square crops lately because they seem to suit some of the flowers better. particularly the hibiscus. I'm also loving the saturation levels I'm getting now. the velvia effect. yum.
I'm going to drive up to Vancouver this weekend to shoot some more. staying with friends, so no expense except for gas. whew!
btw, if anyone from Highline Botanical Garden is reading this, you might want to update your website, because the contact e-mail address doesn't work!

long absence... forgive me!

lots of different things to talk about... where to start...
I stopped blogging for a while because things have been busy with our Canada emigration paperwork and with preparations for the Bellevue Arts & Crafts Festival, which happened last weekend.
For emigration, we've completed the application forms and are now in the process of collecting all the supplemental information we need. This includes:

• copies of our birth certificates
• copies of our passports
• my transcript from Williams, and all of Hiro's transcripts
• a copy of my diploma
• notarized employment contracts(!) for every job we've ever held and/or letters of reference from individuals who worked with us
• a letter attesting to my proficiency in English
• proof of funds (we are required to have at least $12K Canadian)
• police records from every place we've lived since age 18 (the fingerprint forms from the FBI arrived yesterday and we also have to go to the Japanese consulate in Seattle for the process in Japan

so much fun! sigh...

Bellevue was a good show. Sales were not superlative, but they weren't bad either. Didn't sell many framed pieces, which was a change from my two earlier shows this year. Here's a list of the prints that sold from my current portfolio:

• lying low (3 of these, including one framed piece)
• exultant (3 of these)
• lemony (2 of these)
• wizened (2 of these)
• inner sanctum (2 of these)
• ingenue
• riffle
• floodlit
• pink
• grip
• nova
• inner light
• inner light
• maelstrom
• forbearance
• thaw
• fantastic
• gorgeous
• aback
• a rose's tear

and then these pieces sold from an older portfolio (which is why I don't have links for them), but I'm guessing they'll be back in next year's portfolio!

• 
  gentility


• 
  swirl


• 
  sunburst (2 of these)


• 
  pinpoint

I also finally got my copy of Photoshop CS2, which I needed to process raw files from my new Canon. I started working on some recent photo shoots:

• the botany greenhouse at the UW on 13 July
• the botanical gardens down in SeaTac on 14 July
• Flower World on 19 July
• and the BBG on 20 July

and since some of you have been asking, here's a recent picture of me:

and Hiro:


thanks for reading!