Montgomery’s Inn | 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*

7-CB937-A4-34-CE-4-BDC-94-B0-3-E968523-D20-C-1-201-a

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*

…after three years

You might think that my ‘happy’ place would be my studio and you would be right but on Wednesday I returned to baking bread at Montgomery’s Inn after a three year hiatus, due to COVID. Three of us were back from the original group and one other staff member spent the morning prepping dough, heating up the outdoor oven and shaping the dough.

This week and next week we’re preparing bread, not to sell but as a trial run for the big event in two weeks when the Farmers’ Market goes back outside. Routines and procedures slowly came back to us as we went through the process. A few times we asked what some pieces of equipment were used for and we had to search the inn for some crucial items. When we couldn’t find them we put them on the list to purchase. Back in the winter the inn had a flood so we think that some things were thrown away.

In the end we successfully baked 30 loaves of bread that we gave away this week to the staff and some of the vendors at the market. We had a fun day and I think that all of us found our ‘happy’ place once again. Can you tell from my selfie?