And SO! x 2
I hate to see it go as it IS one of my personal faves: but it is going. And gone. That is acrylic in a water colour technique, finish depending on the “tooth” of the canvas board.
Another of my personal faves, shipped out, and gone. The empty spaces on my walls… Like a lot of things going on around here. Thank goodness for Nadja, there in the blond hair, she’ll keep a close eye on things.
Going back to the MET: that story… of me walking in there, stone aged, and seeing this! Have mercy: I’m going to see a quack. Hopefully we can sort out the weird-ness of what… what is this weird attraction? The quack is also an art historian (hobby horse!) and knows a thing or two about the Indians and land reserved for Indians. Plus… she IS pretty attractive dot dot dot…
Other MAD scenes in the MET: this was actually in there, in the MET, on a Thursday afternoon in December… (kooky… )
Check out the date: March 10, 1995. My how some drawings tell the tale!
Flash Back! May 1991. That’s me, in Belmont, Manitoba on a Saturday afternoon. We’re on the road to Whitehorse, a well oiled machine, show bizz, rock and roll. But on this afternoon I had to get the van serviced so I took off alone, left the apes in Brandon, and found myself in Belmont. Put the van in the line up and started walking through this one horse town. Took lunch at the diner, fresh, old time sandwiches made while you wait. Wrote a letter to my sister. Thought about “her”. Imagined myself back home, swimming in the warm waters off the south end of the island. Tanned my feet both front and back. Read the NY Times, the paper was at least 12 years old. Drank a sweet fifth of Hoola, with a cut of water. Rolled in the sunshine. Imagined the war: on going, in lands far away. Smoked home grown. Wore my black bikini. Settled under the sun. Drove the island roads with the window down, my left arm hanging out the window.
When I got back home from Scotland the lawn was a mess! Lucky for me we had a suitcase filled with 20 dollar bills. So I fired up the lawn mower and tried to rescue my lawn. This is 10 days into July, 2018: I was out there alone. The girls were on the road. What madness went on and off and out and in. I snapped this photo of the crib at sunrise and remembered when I was over there, all I could think about in those final hours over there, was getting back home. And surprise! There I was.
Sunrise in summer: on the range. This was in July 018, smoking hot and super dry! I was there and I was thanking my lucky stars I’d made it home! I was VERY happy being there in the summer of 018. Wonderful memories.

Middle
In the grand and glorious summers of the past, this one in August 014, we see many a grand and glorious scene: this one looking due north, out where the horses are. We were in the house and noticed the wind had changed so we went out for a looksie and saw the north sky had turned to a boiling thousand shades of grey! Fantastic!
On stage with NR back in 017: We need to get the band back together.
Sister JEN! Working the magic. She owns the show. Summer of 017.
Before the gig: we might look cool but we’re not! We’re both scared. It is show business. And no matter how many times you do the show, rehearse the show, when you put a crowd of folks out there, you’ll have butterflies deluxe.

Mask making with Mark!
Mask making: that hand design… We’ve alway been ahead of the curve. (the mask making exercise is SOLID GOLD real estate.) All ages, no matter where.
Closing poem:
CRUSING BACK THE RANCH WITH MY YOUNG FRIEND