Ponderings… Risk vs reward

This past weekend, I was scheduled to showcase my art as a vendor at the Suwannee County Wildflower Festival. I signed up months ago, and have spent these few weeks steadily building up my inventory, making sure to focus on creating artwork that featured plenty of flowers, wildlife and plant themes. It was my first time seeking out a festival that was farther away from home that had a theme I felt really connected to. I was extremely excited to be among other artists and vendors who felt as passionately about the topic of wildflowers as I do.  Days before the actual event, talk of rain began to circulate among the vendors via an email thread. It would seem that the weather was beginning