Groundhog Day started with the dear little guy NOT seeing his shadow in Vermont!  That means an early Spring!!  What could get better than that —–the Mini Mixer!

We had a full house of guests ready to chat and chew and stroll through the art work.  They examined the work of our newest artist, Dana Walrath  and her Wild Horses of Vermont!  Jim’s new presentation furniture, that uses every ounce of available space, was unveiled for the group.  It looks great and allows much more visibility for our artists’ artwork.  The food was prepared by the kitchen door cafe.  It was delicious!  We had 6 artists join us:  Meta Strick, Greg Drew, Bill Walsh, Rachel Laundon, Raven Schwan-Noble, and Sherry Corbin.

We also were able to take a look at the new bench design for this year’s “Take a Seat in the Islands” art promotion sponsored by local businesses (us!) and the Lake Champlain Islands Chamber of Commerce.  Rachel Laundon will be painting the Grand Isle Art Works bench again this year…she has a very clever design mapped out for it already!

Winner of our Guess the Shadow contest was….Linda Livingstone of East Shore Vineyards!  Congratulations to Linda who took home a hand turned walnut bowl!

I think a Groundhog Day celebration might just become a tradition for us – a great time to reconnect in the middle of winter!

We reopen on Saturday, February 11th!  Come on out for a cup of coffee and a treat for that Valentine of yours!  First five people get 10% off  one item!