It's really wonderful when I can meet the art collectors, hear their stories and why they connect with certain artworks. Those stories make the artwork their own. Those stories become part of the artwork.

A founder of the Rich Foundation, Phyllis Ricchiuti, is very gracious lady. How beautiful to do so much good for so many.

It made my heart all warm to meet people who invest in the happiness of their children and the education of others. Every parent I met, who talked to me about his or her child with autism, beamed with love and told stories about how special each of those children are.

This experience, learning about autism and meeting inspiring people, reminded me that challenges can make us stronger and that those challenges are gifts.

I'm not sure why this photo is upsidedown but I think that sums up the feeling of work'n peaches on the conveyor belt. Kate's photo tag reads...Do we look like two hot chicks who got up early in the morning and put on blue eyeshadow and then burned rubber to the cannery while blasting Rancid to can peaches for welfare families? Cause that's what we are.

Kate's tag for this one was something about washing sins away.

I was humming... go'n to the county, gonna can a lot of peaches, over and over. I liked wearing the gear.

I also signed her up to work at the elementary school carnival...now that's some Utah fun.

I have to note that my dad and have enjoyed the cannery experience as well. I think I'm in that sad Bjork movie where she goes blind and the sounds of the machinery is music. It's pretty interesting and it's good to bust out of the studio once in a while.