Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Busy

Posted on May 15, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/05/13/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-busy/

The last two weeks have been very busy for me, mostly with my art show. Preparing the art itself over the last two months has been a busy time but hanging the show, preparing for the opening, driving to the gallery six times to meet with friends, and then taking the show down and packing it up has taken up hours of time. Now I have to deliver the pieces that were sold. I’m exhausted but in a good way.

Of course life goes on in between trips to the gallery. I started baking again at the Inn, I played Bridge with a group of friends, attended a Zoom meeting for the Exhibition Committee at WAAC, paid bills and for three days in a row I helped prepare the lawn bowling rink to get ready for the opening of our season. Things that didn’t get done were housework, laundry and gardening. This morning I started to clean up the back garden and filled up one bag of yard waste. It’s a start.

49-A0-B553-1-F78-4-BF9-8624-D246-DA165797-1-201-a — *Curating the show from home before hanging with Andrea*

2-A404-E8-C-8-A85-4-A14-ABB6-85793-D1-B26-D4-1-201-a — *Visiting Max Cameron’s show at Bau-Xi Gallery the first week my show was up*

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6-E1-FAD70-25-BB-4-A7-A-98-F7-26-DCF7-C561-E2 — *Getting the lawn bowling greens ready for playing*

7-E9240-F2-54-BE-44-B2-8-F09-325-EB0509101-1-201-a — *Baking at the Inn*

8-BB65-BFB-D87-E-412-A-A3-E2-E165-B180-CE7-B — *Made two new pieces after the show was hung*

35-C5-F1-B8-6-D00-43-E2-9-D39-B5685-AF31-A65 — *Weaving one more rock before the end of the show*

Sunday Trees – May 14, 2023

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…a great little tree in High Park

Thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees https://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2023/05/14/sunday-trees-482/

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Silent Sunday – May 14, 2023

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New Flower (May 14, 2023) – Burnt Orange Tulips

Posted on May 14, 2023 by Mama Cormier

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New Flower (May 13, 2023) – Golden Charm Tulip

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Thursday Trios – Only One Day Late This Time

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…my art has become all consuming

There are only two days left to my art show so things on my blog should be somewhat back to normal after this weekend. Normal? What is that? Here are a few trios for this week’s challenge.

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A35-F5854-AE8-B-4-D54-8-ED0-5-B09-B3-D516-D6 — *A trio of my paintings at the gallery – two of these are sold*

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New Flower (May 12, 2023) – Pink and White Tulip

Posted on May 12, 2023 by Mama Cormier

…fully open

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Wordless Wednesday – May 10, 2023

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Mama Cormier

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New Flower (May 10, 2023) – Yellow Tulip

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Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Coronation

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Mama Cormier

….thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Promptshttps://weeklyprompts.com/2023/05/10/weekly-prompts-wednesday-challenge-the-coronation/

Did I watch the Coronation last Saturday? I did not. Had I been home I might have tuned in but it happened to fall on the same day as my art opening. I do like the pomp and circumstance, the colours and formal attire but I’m not sure that the monarchy has a place in society anymore. I appreciate the history of the monarchy and even paid Buckingham Palace a visit the first time we travelled to London in 2018. Then again I have visited many castles and palaces in countries where monarchies no longer exist.

The Queen was and now King Charles is the head of state in Canada. It is purely a symbolic title and holds no power. I’m not sure that King Charles will be as popular a monarch as his mother was. Once the shine of his coronation dims, I’m sure the debates about the legitimacy of the monarchy will continue. It would be nice if King Charles could continue his work with global warming and the impact on the environment but I fear that this has become too political and his hands will be tied. Maybe this might have been as area where his monarchy could have make a difference in the world.

For now let the monarchists and supporters of the Royal Family have their day. Who knows, this may be the last Coronation they ever experience.