I've spent the last week getting ready to send my pictures to the Cold-Blooded Creations exhibit in Daytona Beach, Florida. When my frames arrived, I discovered that one was entirely too big, a computer glitch had registered the artwork size as 15 x 18, instead of the size of the frame, thus the mat, plexiglass & frame were all wrong. I had to take it to a local frame shop to have it recut & order a new mat, all of which doubled the framing price. I'll never recoup my cost on that one.There's 5 pictures altogether, 2 from last year & 3 from this year.
    Not getting enough sleep due to the neighbor's buzz saw alarm clock, plus not feeling well made the preparations harder. Framing, labeling, making envelopes of bubblewrap, digging the box out of the storage locker & other jobs kept me busy. I completed packing the special art transport box last night at 1:30 am, after sitting on it & using nearly 2 rolls of tape.

   This afternoon I lugged it to the UPS store & was surprised to find it weighed just under 15 lbs. The big brown truck picked it up this evening & it's on it's way. It's supposed to arrive at Ocean Center by Tuesday. I heaved a big sigh of relief that I had got it done in time & wished I could see the show after it's installed. Regardless, I'm pleased with my contributions & glad I could participate.The show is adjunct with the National Reptile Expo from Friday Aug.18th to Sunday the 20th.