I MADE IT TO TALLAHASSEE haha

thanks kim cant wait till tomorrow when i shake your hand or get a hug ill know this leg is over and i can start thinkin about cabs and slabs again for awile hahaha--- i cant wait to do a cab

sands got here early afternoon and we got his camper set up. he said he'd never seen so much wide open space in his life lol. i've lost him and hubby right now lol.

kim

Ooooh, Kim - please send pix! S

Hey Kim, now that Sands has arrived, safely, you gonna like him. He treads lightly. And, a big and, if you have a question about lapidary, he is quick to share his knowlege and show how it is done. He has a touch that is priceless.
Sands showed up here, and his tooth was ready to take him down. We set him up and the elecrical started to degrade, and the well is going dry. The fleamarket where he had set up, is going through a revolution. They set up an organ grinder directly in front of Jay, and myself. We are having a war of the Big Hair Heavy Metal. The organ player spends most of his time in my shop hanging out. No one can hear his music, and he likes ours better. Hah! The games people play.
I think you will find Sands a curteous guest. He literally disappears and does his own thing in his set up. Let me assure you though, he watches out over the property! He is very protective of his friends.
He went too soon though. Joe Perry showed up the day he left, and Ron Bushy, and Lee Dorman gave me some photos today! I bet no one knows who they are, and I keep secrets. Hah.
Anyone who wants some candid shots can e-mail me and I will send and attachment.
Great luck Sands. Your art speaks for itself.

Hey, Doc - does the organ grinder have a monkey? S

john make her a Philly cheese steak while you are there.
you two are one of the first ones i posted too when i joined the board. wish i was there with you guys. Kim how is the shop going.

have fun

Patrick

hi all im here and in heaven i thought fl was cool but im in a place thats got nature haha --- and i love it bill and kim are so cool kim is standin next to me on her computer and i think we are gonna get some work done today--- i love it --- ill tell ya's the pic off kims shop dont even show 1/4 how nice a setup is is well i gotta go kim just started up the big saw and im gonna see if i can get some of my stuff cabbed for the internet

I'm so glad you made the trip safely Sands. You will have so much fun at Kim's. I'll bet her new shop is awesome! I wish I could be there with you both.
Have fun!
Trish

hey i wish all you guys and gals could see this shop setup kim has i could live in this shop with the loft hahaha i gotta tell ya if i make it to az and decide to stay and grab a small piece of ground i think i would like to get the same building as bill and kim put up this thing is giant inside and its around 10 times bigger then my last apartment hahaha---and that saw would have to be the next toy id buy it's a killer ---im gonna try and unload my truck today and get to my rock --- i CANT believe i slept so good the last couple nites i must have got 8 hrs both nites and i cant remember the last time i did that two nites in a row -- i actually feel rested today not run down hahaha

when i was gettin close i couldent believe the open ground around i passed bog swamps that where so cool lookin with tons of trees just standin bare realy spooky and it was daylight id hate to be in there at nite hahaha --- and i seen open ground so big you could hardly see the tree line at the other end and a hill side full of cows at one place and horses and cows at another it was just so cool drivin here i wish the roads where bigger on the sides so i could have stopped and grabbed pics but i have them printed in my head to save for later haha

hell ill take pics of kims place she has i think three ponds on her ground too cool i took acouple pics last nite of her car port ---NO CARS--- just rocks haha ill post later i just woke up and i gotta let them know im still alive they prob think im a load the way i slept the last two nites i didnt get up till ten hahaha--i wish you all could see and feel how cool it is here and bill and kim have made me feel very welcome so when i mess up ill welcome the smack in the back of the head like benny hill hahaha--- but i gotta tell ya about the girl at the pizza place i ordered from at the last hotel she was havein a ball her and her girlfriend they kept askin me quetions like whats the address there and what hotel are you at over and over just to keep me talkin they where laughin about how i talked hahaha said i sounded funny hey i had a great time gettin here and im sure it's just the beggining seeyas ----sands