Mama Cormier

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A Look Back on 2023 – April to July

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Mama Cormier

…a busy part of the year as I get ready for my solo art show, open the cottage and prepare to fly to Calgary

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307-F668-F-EFDB-46-AA-8912-3045837-E23-DD — Adding Stitching to my art and experimenting with rock weaving

7-EA9817-E-C682-452-C-80-AC-4-EB356-B028-D5 — Trip to the Guelph Arboretum

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9358269-A-1-C8-F-4-EFD-A6-D1-23-C8-B6679-DB3 — Daughter running at the High Park Spring Runoff and my friend’s daughter’s wedding

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237-D5-F03-9615-46-B6-81-C8-0-FF311-B3-E912 — Poster for my solo show and curating the collection at home before installation

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167-FE230-1368-4-DE1-946-E-1308-D726446-A — Show is installed and ready for opening day

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6-A426-BD3-04-AF-424-B-BA4-E-9207-B0377107 — After three long years we’re back to bread baking at Montgomery’s Inn

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9587-ECB5-9916-43-DF-8-CA2-9-BAEB98-DF3-A1 — Opening of the Lawn Bowling Season

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D34-B4-F68-E0-CB-48-E0-9-A5-B-7-E4981813-BCC-1-201-a — Trip to the Aberfoyle Market and the Elora Gorge

DF958-B84-75-F9-4092-873-D-23-C4819-F693-B — Beginning of our cat sitting experience with Tober

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05-BE84-E0-9-F21-427-F-BD08-2-E13574-BDB8-E — Another art installation at WAAC

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4-D5-A2-A20-8159-41-EE-935-B-A7-BD01-F0-A3-DF — Opening Reception for “Artists Choice” at WAAC

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45-FBAFEA-A448-4803-8822-C2-FB9-B2-DE885 — The Lakeshore Cheese festival and my friend Peter’s retirement party

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B82-A4-DB4-10-B0-45-E1-9-F92-07-EC224-D250-F — Opening the Cottage with my friend Liz

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698-E94-F6-CCF9-4516-8526-6-C8-E9-A234518 — Trip to the Cheltenham Badlands

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52-E1-B8-F5-C3-F0-4-FE0-92-FF-FB89-BBBB5104 — Long Branch Garden Tour….congratulations Mary

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9-A0626-DC-FF2-D-4-EB8-995-B-D23211-B37-C60 — Dog sitting Olive while her Mommies are on the East Coast visiting Winnie and her family

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4-F709181-EE1-D-45-B1-A1-B4-734-D0283508-B — A trip to the cottage with Andrea…put down the new floor in the kitchen

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370013-A7-B337-4-FEE-847-C-00-D601-F1-C4-C6 — Flying to Calgary to visit family and friends….took a side trip to Banff

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EE137-AD4-5-B25-4103-88-C6-263-C81-BD8-DE9-1-201-a — Fun times with my sister and her husband until……

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16-B57-C3-E-933-D-47-DD-AA52-1-BBAADED2-CFB — …Kevin ended up in the hospital for the next five days with pneumonia …kept himself busy with drawing

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AACA7-C87-9-C9-D-4-B6-D-A884-19-ED175-F2978 — In the meantime my sister and brother-in-law took me on many excursions in between hospital visits and I did get to spend time with our friends Lance and Lois

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To be continued…..

14 thoughts on “A Look Back on 2023 – April to July”

Hammad Rais on January 10, 2024 at 1:59 pm said:

From these pictures, 2023 was certainly a busy year for you, which I’m pretty sure you enjoyed a lot.

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- Mama Cormier on January 11, 2024 at 11:48 pm said:
  
  Thanks Hammad and I still have August to December to report on.
  
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Dan Antion on January 10, 2024 at 8:00 pm said:

Good luck with all you have to do I hope the show goes well.

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- Mama Cormier on January 11, 2024 at 11:48 pm said:
  
  The show last year went very well and I’ve just submitted two more pieces for a group show that opens in a week. Thanks.
  
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derrickjknight on January 11, 2024 at 5:54 am said:

Definitely busy. I trust Kevin is now fully recovered

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- Mama Cormier on January 11, 2024 at 11:46 pm said:
  
  Yes, from the pneumonia but he now has a lingering cold. I hope you are starting to feel better.
  
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  - derrickjknight on January 12, 2024 at 3:14 am said:
    
    Much better this morning, Carol. May Kevin shift the cold soon. Thanks very much.
    
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Jill Kuhn on January 11, 2024 at 8:09 pm said:

Wow! You have been busy! Enjoyed seeing your photos and hearing about what you’ve been doing. Sorry to hear that your husband landed in the hospital with pneumonia. No fun and hope he is feeling better. How did your art shows go?

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- Mama Cormier on January 11, 2024 at 11:45 pm said:
  
  The art show went very well. I sold 9 pieces and about 80 cards and 2 rock weavings. Thanks for asking. Kevin got over his pneumonia in the hospital and we were able to fly back home. Right now he has a cold that he can’t shake but I think it’s getting better every day. I always worry that he could get pneumonia again.
  
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  - Jill Kuhn on January 12, 2024 at 8:14 pm said:
    
    Good job on doing well at your art show! Your rock weavings sound interesting. How did you get started doing them?
    Hope Kevin can get over his cold quickly, I know this can be a time of year for colds. I take an Elderberry Immune syrup that seems to help me stay healthy.
    
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  - Mama Cormier on January 12, 2024 at 9:47 pm said:
    
    I wish I could say that the rock weavings were an original idea but I saw them on instagram and figured out how to do it. I’ll have to check out this Elderberry Immune syrup. Do you get it from a health store?
    
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  - Jill Kuhn on January 13, 2024 at 2:36 am said:
    
    Wow! I’m impressed that you figured out how to do the rock weavings on your own. Good job!
    The Elderberry Immune syrup is Nature’s Way Sambucus and I buy it on Amazon but I think you can get it at a health food store too. It is kind of expensive but I really find it helps.
    
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  - Mama Cormier on January 20, 2024 at 10:20 pm said:
    
    Thanks Jill, I’ll see if we can get it from Amazon in Canada.
    
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  - Mama Cormier on January 31, 2024 at 12:21 pm said:
    
    I was able to get them from amazon.ca and I didn’t think they were that expensive. I’ve been taking them and feel pretty good. Kevin is hesitant to take them because he thinks it might interfere with his other medications but the bottle is emptying pretty quickly so he might be dipping into it. 🙂
    
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