My CyberMonday Newsletter is Going Out!

CyberMonday - What is it?

I don't know about for everybody else but for me it is the day I offer deep discounts on a lot of items.  What you see here is the first page.  The whole newletter is on my web site.  But,  your best bet is to be added to my mailing list so you can get the whole thing first hand with links that work, more legible writing, etc.

Hope what I am offering can help make your Christmas shopping a little bit easier this year.

Although my greatest discounts are on Monday, I am offering discounted items through the whole month of December.

Enjoy,

Pat Deere

1st Day In London... what a day!

September 8, 10am.  Off the plane in London - first impression:  much like NYC.  Today we checked into our hotel, then walked... and walked... and walked...

Lots of fun stuff.  Everything is old, sculptural, alive.  I didn't expect to like London as much as I did.  Matt and I decided to buy tickets for Shakespeare's Globe Theatre for Bedlam, a play written for the Globe.  We decided to go outside of the main area to eat dinner and found a wonderful neighborhood restaurant/bar called the Walnut Tree on High Road in Leytonstone where I had Morrocan meatballs, and Matt had a curried cous cous dish.  Both were good and the prices very reasonable.

After dinner we walked around the town.  Lot's of row houses.  Lots of fake stained glass in them... WHAT?  Promised myself to take my camera back there the next day for proof but we never got there.

Prior to dinner we went to St. Mary LeBow Church. I have more information about it in my blog: http://www.churchesandchapels.blogspot.com/  .

But, some of the most fun things were quirky things we found around town...  Oversized chairs made of astro-turf:















Love this funky little painted van.  I am kind of jealous - would love an old van I can paint up however I want without having to worry about resale value. 












I actually took this for a friend of mine, Marapat, who is a wonderful writer and in the process of publishing her first children's book. This one's for you!

When the day was done, we checked into our hotel, the UMI Hotel, 16 Leinster Square, Bayswater, City of Westminster, London W2 4PR.  The first is a picture from our room, and the second is a photo of the entrance.  The entrance photo is typical of businesses and housing that we saw around London.

Statistics:  According to my pedometer, we walked 19,968 steps, burned 603 calories, and covered 6.3 miles.  Not bad in a days work! 

Inspiration this day gave me:  Definitely have to do ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, MI next year.  No Doubt.

Photos:  On top of these photos, I am little by little posting more photos on my Facebook.  Look me up:  Patty Sailus Deere .

Patty Deere

I'm just as excited as the day I left!

Last night I was finally able to start organizing my photos from our trip to Europe... and have them saved on my computer!  I was just as excited as the day I left.  The pictures are bringing back so many great memories.

The day before, my family took a day trip to Cedar Point Amusement Park in Ohio.  I don't do rides.  I am a people watcher.  So I had a lot of time to observe...
 
~A young girl with black hair, pretty face, slim, brown boots, shorts, tattoo's up one arm, ear lobes filled with disks the size of half dollars, and an heir of confidence with 4 guys accompanying her.

~A teenage boy with long, blond, straight hair, cigarette in his hand, with a similar outfit to his friend smoking with him.

~A really cute 6ish girl with blond braids and a pink court jesters hat with white pants, sparkly strings and bellls wearing brown Carhatt overalls.

~A small black boy with a big smile, giving directions through a microphone for a ride.

~Older women trying to look young.

~Young girls trying to look older.

~Young couples enjoying a few hours of freedom away from adults who are still there to help form their lives.

~A lot of smiles, tired looking faces, people waiting on family and friends to finish a ride and a lot of park workers.

Here I am at a Cyber Cafe in Ohio, looking up things to do in London and wondering what I will observe while there.  And, enjoying my family in between their time on the rides.

Pat Deere

Today's Photos:  Awesome clouds on my way from Detroit to London.  The last one shows a heavy storm cloud above and beautiful puffy clouds below.  My son Matt, who I am travelling with is sitting in Detroit Airport waiting for our plane.

Where to go tonight from 4-6pm

As a member of the Lenawee Council For The Visual Arts, I volunteered to help with their reception Saturday. If you are looking for some fun Christmas presents… stop by.

NOTE: All art is cash and carry! Jewelry, oil pastels, acrylics, watercolors, photography - start your Christmas shopping now!  I plan on taking some of my glass as well.

Great art, food, and friends. I will be there for sure and would love to see you! This would be a fun way to start your Saturday night!

Announcing The LCVA Reception/Celebration For The Holiday Salon!

Date: Saturday Nov 6

Time: 4-6 pm

Where: The Croswell Opera House, 129 East Maumee Street, Adrian, MI 49221, (517) 264-7469


Today's Photo:  This is a picture of my studio, the back doors, and the awesome sunrise this morning.  I love getting up to work when the stars are still out, the sun starts to rise, and the day is still beautiful - regardless of the temperature.  And by the way, the temperature in my part of Michigan is going into the 30's.

Pat Deere

Voting

Going to vote!  Getting out early before the crowds.

Deere Transom

It's been a long time coming and this is only a temporary installation, but... here is the transom that goes with the sidelights for our home.  The sidelights are still on the work table, and this window still has to be backlit and trimmed out.  I just had to see how it looks though.  Can't wait till tomorrow when I can see what it looks like with the sun shining on it.  This photo was taken in the afternoon when the sun was already on the other side of the house so the colors are appearing a little dark.

My computerized drawing is posted on 8/29/10 of this blog.  I wanted to temporarily install it because I was undecided on the color of the patina (for the solder).  I finished it in copper but was considering using black lead lines instead.  Once I got it installed and looked at it from the porch and street, I decided to leave it finished in copper.

GREAT NEWS:  My supplier has just given us a new option when ordering sheets of glass that customers want shipped large.   Normally, I have to order and have it shipped by truck. Now, I can have 4 large pieces of glass shipped in a box, cut to as large as 24"x24", and avoid truck charges.  Call today to find out more about this option!

Pat Deere

LINKS:  Classes are starting.  If you are interested, check out my web site or give me a call.  517 431-2271.

What a way to start a morning.

Started out the morning leaving my house around 7am.  There was such a beautiful moon when we got home last night and it was really warm for a Michigan Fall.  So, this morning I was in the water using my rented kayak before 7:30.  This is pretty close to what I saw.  The moon was full, the water was still, and it was very quiet.

As I paddled along, the sun started to come up.  Not a great sunrise because it was pretty cloudy on the east side.  But, as you can see from this picture, the color was absolutely beautiful.  A couple of weeks ago it was even more brilliant but we are getting to the end of the color season.  Still quiet except for the fish flopping and geese taking off of the water.

Now to the best part.  I am using my camera phone so the pictures are not great but this is still worth posting.  I have been lucky enough to see a lot of deer while I am on the water.  It is easy for me to be quite and get really close to them.  If you look just to the right of center, left of the two skinny tree trunks, and above the shoreline is one of the six deer I was following this morning.  Two of them came from the top of the hill, down by the water, and back up the other side as I sat in the kayak.  So cool!

On my way back I always pass this beautiful red bush.  You can see from the leaves in the water, it gets pretty soupy sometimes.  Great morning.  Now back to the studio for a busy day of repairing stained glass, removing some church windows from their frames for repairwork, and catching up from the week-end.

Pat Deere