Day 6 - 2017 Piccolo Spoleto Outdoor Art Exhibition

Merit Award Winner

Congratulations to Jan Sasser

for

"Sharp Eye"!

Today was cloudy (but no rain!) so the weather was breezy and delightful.  This is the best kind of weather!

Drama of the Day

However, right after lunch, we had high drama again - and again on the Meeting Street side of the show.  However, today's EPISODE was not "a little dog in a pink tutu gone rogue" but the following:

Pat and the Purloined Pink Purse

Which was Recovered with only Money Missing ...

A HAPPY ENDING!

You can see above how happy Artist Pat Fylstra is to have her pink purse back in her hands!

This was what law enforcement calls a "crime of opportunity".  Pat was on her way to Embassy Suites but she was unaware that her pink purse had fallen.  Artist Christy Crosby saw it lying on the sidewalk, and not knowing who it belonged to, went to pick it up to leave at the front desk of Embassy Suites. SUDDENLY a homeless person rushed in front of Christy, grabbed it and ran off down the street. I thought perhaps the purse belonged to the homeless person but Christy said no - because she noticed the perpetrator thief was already carrying two purses...By this time, Pat had come to the frank realization that her pink purse was not with her.  We were all quite frantic. The POLICE came and took her statement.  However, in the interim, a homeless lady saw the frantic artists and, when she found out what happened, she told Pat and others that she had just seen the pink purse and a wallet lying on the street and had taken it to the gas station at the corner.  Pat was relieved and excited to have it back - with keys, phone, cards, etc.  Money was missing but that's all.  And the lady that found it was rewarded. We all need to stay alert and vigilant - wherever we are.  To quote one of my favorite writers, "All's well that ends well."

I realize that it's difficult for people to visualize this "crime of opportunity". Pat requested that we  recreate the EPISODE and post it here so that others will understand how easily an EPISODE like this can happen. Because most of the artists were in shock today, we will be filming a recreation tomorrow and post it here.  STAY TUNED and remember - we do not use anonymous sources.

"COVFEFE"

AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE BEING TOWED

FROM MEETING STREET