Artist Heather was the first scheduled artist to arrive.see photos below of her unique craft.

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1 Clear blue sky, breezy & warm...all day.. Throughout the day, members & guests enjoyed the sunshine in the pool, the hot tub, shuffleboard, and walks in the woods. Volunteers the 8:30 AM to greet the early birds & direct them to park & the office & (w0)manned the gate all day, Volunteers in the office expedited check-in by copying everyone s ID.. leaving the computer entry of each visitor s info for next week.

2 @ The pool fence served to hang framed art from previous AFDs: A beautiful silk screen by Jack Sullivan Female enters Forest AFD 2003 A pen & ink by Zared Reverse Strip AFD 2004, depicted of 1 of my plays A photograph titled Mud Model AFD & ta s parking spot served to exhibit the stages of live body cast sculpture: Gloria, a resin sculpture, plaster sculpture and re-mold of Palm Beach s famous thong- hot-dog vendor. Original mold Art-FUUUL Day Sunsport & repeated on Tv s A Current Affair Cynthia, a plaster sculpture from mold Art-FUUUUL Day Sunsport Carol, a plaster sculpture from mold Art-FUUUUL Day Sunnier Gwendolyn, plaster sculpture from mold Art-FUUUUL Day Haulover Strawberry, a plaster mask from mold of longtime Art-FUUUL Day model & Sunnier friend, Strawberry, who died 5 yrs ago, The area around the Bode Tree (tree of enlightenment) was designated as a quiet space for AFD this year for quiet meditation, yoga and tai chi. Barry s hand-crafted shadow art titled Black Barry was posed to let folks know of the approaching quiet area.

3 Artist Heather was the first scheduled artist to arrive.see photos below of her unique craft.

4 Heather makes clay from caulking. With that clay, she hand sculpts beautiful tiny/cameo like faces and other images. She adds unique real & faux gems & bakes it in a slow cook...to amazing results. She also designs unique personalized clay &/or wire wrap jewelry pieces from memory pieces & teaches home classes. Welcome Table More artists arrive Oranges from neighboring groves welcomed artists & visitors to the Ag area. Longtime Sunnier friend & sculptor, Jon Neprud, brought a cheddar jalapeno bread to share. Sunnier friends Claudia & Bill added deviled eggs.which inspired deviled egg sandwiches on cheddar jalapeno bread. Jon Neprud s mosaic motorcycle can be seen Sunnier & around town His metal sculpture, titled Lush Serenity was chosen for a year long exhibit in St. Lucie County & then purchased for the county-city collection, It s located along the the Manatee Center, Downtown Ft Pierce and depicts the rich history of the area. Longtime Art-FUUUUL guest & artist, Ethel Rowland got right to work, 1st photographing and then sketching Guy with traditional North Canadian Native American Bow, quiver & arrow. Ethel, JOn & a first time AFD visitor (who is re-locating with her husband from Va. to Vero) sketched a variety of subject throughout the day. visitors enjoyed seeing the veggie gardens, especially when a gardener was around to answer questions or

5 accept many compliments. Visitors were directed to various species of interest to them. If Sunnier s nursery had plant material available, we gave cuttings of many species to guests. At this writing, Sunnier has 75 plant species identified as Native &/or endangered. We hope next Art-FUUUL Day to have most species labeled & a photo reference available in the Pavilion to confirm identity, We left exotic island closed since the path through the island has not been cleared enough to be safe. The pre-hurricane tree pruning will begin on the island to help open it to all our members & special tours for guests. The island has a beautiful Camelia bush, a huge tall stand of Heliconia, fragrant ginger, Hibiscus, orchids, Native aquatics and too much, though beautiful, Claradendron.

6 BODAICCA Longtime AFD artist, Eduardo Gomez arrived early for the scheduled 11am unveiling of a sculpture he AFD 2015 titled Bodaicca, the Celtic female warrior, who successfully battled the Romans who tortured and killed her family in 46 AD. Eduardo began the Art-FUUUUUUUUUUL Day 2015 with model, Birdie and her horse, Sugar. Birdie wanted/intended on being here & called to apologize for being called away and hopes to visit soon. Bodaicca

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8 Frankly Frank, which he began as a clay Art- FUUUUUUUUUUUL Day 2010.

9 Eduardo is working on another sculpture Sunnier with model and hoop dancer, Gabrielle, who attended AFD & danced to Alain s tea. Gabrielle was the model for artist Carl FLick s body-painting for Skinny-dip 2016 on Blind Creek Beach.

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11 of the day, Six visitors gathered for the first forest tour which featured a bounty of flowering paw paw (the sole host for eggs of Zebra Swallowtail butterfly...spring sprouts of wild asparagus...budding huckleberries...and flowering Saw Palmetto (the berries of which are the basis for prostate medications). Another ARtist & Mode of Art Longtime Sunnier friend & body as the canvas artist, Carl Flick brought his equipment and a new model, Luna, to be his canvas for a special Art- FUUUUL Day body painting.

12 Volunteers prepared lunch for more than 60 with no lines and plenty of seating. Old members & guests mixed with first timers One of the original 3 on Sunnier s steering committee.33 yrs ago.joel Dee, diverted his traveling to be here & brought great history, energy & sweet Harmonica music to add to the day, Harold noted a lunch had not been to Sunnier for 20 yrs. Artist Heather brought a friend who will be back with her kids. 3 attorneys, 1 a former State Atty in Palm Beach visited for the 1st time. ----Melissa, the forester, visited during lunch and gave everyone a Smoky the Bear bandanna. Jeff the forester, was on his way in the fire fighter heavy equipment when he was called to a fire. Last summer Melissa and Jeff presented The Fire Wise Award to Sunnier, after the successful control burn of The Forest.

13 house design. After lunch Alain offered a tour of his tiny

14 The scheduled make&take your own Sunnier commemorative bracelet activity was postponed when Ellen, the artist-instructor had a death in her family. She did send all the components.but there was no time to find a crafter to instruct. However, Ellen took the time to package 3 dozen sets of beads i.e. Letters to spell out sunnier...the numbers 25 for our anniversary yrs..a smiling sun bead and a palm tree bead...plus additional great beads, stretch wire, special glue to seal the wire & even a needle nose tool to help, The bracelet material cost is $5 per bracelet set.we have materials. Anyone interested in making a Sunnier 25th commemorative bracelet is welcome to the postponed make & take gathering Thur. 2 to 4 PM on the patio or in the pavillion. If you can t make it Thur & would like to make your home, I ll get a kit to you.

15 : Artists, members & guests were invited to closing tea in my yard. Local Gallberry honey was Tea, as promised to those on the interpretive walk in the woods, where Gallbery was identified. It s a species that migrating Robins & other birds love. During migration periods, as you walk in the forest, the huge number of Robins create a chaotic sound, with not many Robins visible.until something moves 100s into the air. Passion fruit tea & pure passion fruit ice cubes were also served, This is a species brought from Florida City, maintained in pots during the land search and planted in Sunnier ground on day That species has been used by Sunnier to offer live metamorphosis displays for local schools, scout troops & other educational orgs, In 1992, just months after Sunnier landed, one of those displays was sent to then Florida Governor, Chiles and another to then President, Clinton. The next year Governor Chiles named the Zebra Longwing the state butterfly, Another local treat Tea is Guava paste over cream cheese, We learned of this traditional local food from the family of Ed Binney, the inventor of Crayola crayons, whose daughter & her 1st husband funded Amelia Earhardt s flights. One of the other teas served was ginger also Sunnier. Nasturiums from Marcia s garden were a spicy addition to the cucumber sandwiches.

16 Alain entertained Tea with great music. Joel added some sweet harmonica. Gabrielle, Claudia & Bill added some dance. Alain included his recent arrangement of Sunnier Palms, the song. In 1988, before Sunnier landed, Steve Gibb, a (Kenny Rogers) Nashville composer, wrote a song for Sunnier. The recording Steve made of the song and other recordings by Sunnier members could not be found. So we challenged Alain, Sunnier s resident composer (& tiny house designer), to resurrect the song from ta s non-composer s written notes & memory. Alain wrote an arrangement from those notes and made a recording in his tiny recording studio which he Art-FUUUUL Day s closing Tea. It now has a Caribbean beat & feel and everyone was encouraged to sing along the repeating chorus: there is love, peace & Sunnier Palms.

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