Post #637305 by danlovestikis on Mon, May 21, 2012 1:25 PM

Hi everyone, thank you all so much for watching my thread while we were gone. I was so happy to find that it was still here. You all did a good job to protect it.

I want to say thank you to Joanne and Jama for the lovely shirt and Hukilau Glass. To Danny and GoGo for the necklace and ceramic bargains. To hang10tiki for the Tiki Cup and the carved Tiki Crate statue. To MadDogMike for the portable photographic studio, soon my photos of ceramics will improve. Knowing you were thinking of us was super special. We will enjoy these forever. Hugs, Wendy and Dan

For Dan it was a feeding frenzy. So many fine artists with their wares for sale.

I posted this on the Caliente page too.

Rory we loved your Caliente Event. It was more fun than we could have imagined. We hope to be able to attend every year.

Here are some photos of our fun hook-ups. This is like a meet and greet if you haven't tied the names to faces in the past. Cheers, Wendy and Dan

Dan and I celebrating our 34 wedding anniversary with this trip to Caliente.

A bunch of us found each other at the Palm Springs Street Fair on Thursday. This is Tiki Bob and Dan.

Joanne with a cute dog. I'm not sure who is cuter!

Dawn Fraizer - Sophista-tiki and KikivonTiki Karrol Baker with Dan. It was really nice to have such a peaceful visit before the mad party began.

Max, Wendy and my newest friend Tavarua Tiki.

Atomic Chick - Caren with her new Elvis Bob mug.

Wendy with Atomic Tiki Punk, I've got his face memorized so I'd know him anywhere.

hang10tiki and Eric October with all of Eric's wonderful art.

GoGo and Danny two of the dearest people you could ever meet. We appreciate having them as friends and their beautiful ceramics in our collection.

Wendy and Tiki G. He owns the first topless girl in red skirt that I made in clay. After I sent it off to him I decided to make the Zombie Torch.

For my anniversary gift Dan and I picked out this wonderful painting of The Place of Refuge by Amy Swenson. We made a trip there and thought her painting brought back wonderful memories.

I got to meet CY. He's posted on my thread and look at all the wonderful creative tikis he carved and brought down from Portland Oregon. We just talked to him he is close by on his trek home but alas he's not dropping by.

bacvtech and Mary live very close to us and we had more fun visits at their booth.

Crazy Al and Dan (who scored another great mug)

MadDogMike and Wendy. He is the sweetheart that you all think he is. It's great that he has two grandchildren who can carry on the sweetness.

Mr. and Mrs. Elroy Art of Portland Oregon with John Moulder in the middle. John's making wonderful mugs. We got one of his new Sneaky Tikis.

Wendy, Jama, Joanne just out having a great time.

Wendy with Sabu the Coconut Boy.

I was sad that I missed taking a photo of every person there but I'll steal a few when they get posted here.

I need a Rory photo. He needs his voice to return from Frog Island.

Thank you Rory and everyone who came up to meet us. We had a blast. Cheers again, Wendy and Dan

Thank you Atomic Tiki Punk, Atomic Chick and TikiRootsRocka for the messages. You are so welcome and it was great to have longer visits.

Today I will unload the kiln and see whats good and what's not so hot now that they have cooled. Photos start again tomorrow. (: Wendy

[ Edited by: danlovestikis 2012-05-21 13:27 ]