Retire to Ecuador? Why not!

We had some errands to run, Stu was meeting up with the gentleman that sold us the king bed and still had a couple of bolsters for us. I needed to stop in the HP store and price a laser printer. We've realized that ink cartridges come in small packages to keep the pricing down. $15 refill prints 100-120 pages. That gets pricey when it comes time to print my 300-400 page books for the initial edit. (more about this in another post) First, here are a few photos of the Mall del Rio, our favorite mall. It's very similar to those in the US as you can see. Well, except maybe for pushing a row of shopping carts up the escalator....LOL! While there we enjoyed a little car show sponsored by Kenwood. The smiles, music and fun cars were worth getting my ears blasted for a little bit. Enjoy! {more photos in our SmugMug album } [click any photo to enlarge]

 

I was privileged to attend the Idiom Art Furniture Workshop, April 14 - 18, at Fishbon del Sur on MarIScal Lamar in El Centro, Cuenca. This wonderful program was put together by 2 wonderful ladies: Kathryn McCullough and Sara Coppler. We took unfinished, very basic handmade furniture and turned each piece into a work of art. The workshop ran from noon to 5 everyday in the wonderful old house now studio, Fishbon del Sur located on the first floor in the home of Laura and Clay Bodine. Two creative folks that have brought their energy to Cuenca in this delightful studio. I look forward to their many events. Our first day was spent with introductions, basic ideas for completing our creations, traveling to the Rotary Market to select a piece and returning to the workshop for sanding and priming. Here's a photo of us in the back of the delivery truck and the beginning of my project, Donna's bench. The second and third days were spent applying color and touching up areas