Mom’s art show
October 14th, 2008 angelaThis last weekend I went up to my mom’s and helped her with her first art show in her studio. It was pretty fun. The morning was really laid back. No one showed up on Saturday morning until about 1. I knit a fair bit on my Upside-down Monkey socks. The art was great. She showed with her friend Sue Erikson. I liked mom’s better, though Sue had these hilarious bird people she made from vintage paper dolls. Mom did more fine art. She sold one of her oils of the pond when it floods. My second favorite of the four she has done. I like the one that is almost all water.
I also like this one she did a long time ago that is abstract - red, mustard yellow, dark green, and black ink smooshed around and then she drew with ink on top. Reminds me of mushrooms.
She has another one of a horses eye and a pond overlaid. Really beautiful - makes me think of a water nymph. It is Flicka’s eye, who had to be put down a while ago. She was old and happy though. Tough cookie that one. She got stabbed in the side with a tree a long time ago and mom had to put this goop on her head sized gash. I think a cougar had attacked her and some other horses. Actually, I think that was another time. One of my aunt’s horses had some gashes on the face where the cougar hit it. I don’t remember. Anyways, Flicka was a touch cookie.
She also has these great prints of moths and the moon. I don’t like moths so much, they creep me out. (Though I like them more since watching The Tick.) But I really like her prints.
She doesn’t have any of these up for sale somewhere that you can see them as far as I know, but some of her artwork is up on her Etsy site.
I went right up after work on Friday and stayed the night. I had a couple glasses of wine and a couple beers. One of the glasses of wine was this great subtle pinot. Yummy. And my aunts Carol and Karen made some DELICIOUS chili. She told me the basic recipe - fry up ground beef in cumin and other spices, mix with onions, green and red peppers, a couple cans of beans (black and pinto and whatever else you like) and some tomato sauce and diced tomatoes.
The next morning, at 10, there was still frost on the ground!! So cold. And I had forgotten my coat at work on Friday. Idiot. So I sat in the sun trying to stay arm in my Versatility cardigan and tank top.
This coming weekend I am supposed to go tatting at grandma’s, but I don’t know if I will be able to go because it seems Abe has already gotten the flu, jackass. And I don’t get my flu shot until the 5th of November (free at work). Which is also the day before I fly to Calgary.
Speaking of, I got my passport and everything, so I am all set to go. All that is left is whatever paperwork I need to fill out for Make 1 Yarns and to pack. I already started a list of things to bring. I bought Fitted Knits and a skein of their Retreat yarn from Lorna’s lace.
Also, I saw on Ravelry that the classes are up for the Nordic Knitting Conference 2009. So exciting. Isaac is going to try to take some classes with me. I want to take Rovaniemi Hand garments (Sunday). Then there is nothing that really stands out, but each day there are at least two I want to take. Friday I have to decided between Norwegian Mittens or Finnish Mitten design and Finnish Handicrafts. I need to wait to read the descriptions of the last one before I decide. There are four I would take on Saturday. So I really need to read those descriptions too.
So now I am eating my Panda Express Beijing beef at my desk while Abe eats what I am assuming is orange chicken while he watches TV. I have to out him. Since he is sick and there is nothing on TV, I got him to start reading Harry Potter. He likes it. Sucker. She wrote likeable characters and an interesting story and he is sick, so I was pretty sure he would like it. Isaac will be thrilled.
P.S. It is Roger Moore’s birthday today. Happy birthday, 007. You are my fave.
