Thank you to everyone who attended last weekend’s Holiday Extravaganza in Bailey. At the show, the red fox kits were the most popular images in my booth. I didn’t ask people to vote, but the images of the fox kits drew the most comments and purchases. Below is my top seller for the show. As the mother fox grooms, her baby’s expression seems to say ‘enough!’

My fox kit images were captured in late May and early June of 2007, thanks to near neighbors who called when the vixen and three kits emerged from under their deck.

What gets people talking in my booth? Here are some of the FAQs:

• St. Elmo, a mountain ghost town – Where is that?
• Hummingbirds  – How did you get these photos of hummingbirds?
• Other Birds  – What kind of bird is that?
• Lions Head – Is that Lone Rock?
• Fox kits – How did you get so close?
• General – What cameras do you use?  Is it digital? Photoshopped?

I drink lots of water at the shows because I have to do a lot of talking.

Now today, as I prepare for this weekend’s show, should I print a large number of the same images that sold last weekend? Not necessarily. My experience has been that the favorite image often changes from one show to the next.

This Saturday the show is in Conifer at the high school.

The Holiday Boutique and Silent Auction is run entirely by community volunteers each year (since 1977!) and with net proceeds from the jury and booth fees going to mountain area schools, volunteer fire and rescue departments, and other local nonprofits. Nearly 90 artisans participating in this event donate 10% of their gross sales and an auction item.

Conifer Newcomers and Neighbors Holiday Boutique 2008
November 8
9AM to 4PM
Conifer High School

(my booth is #95 in the cafetorium)