mom bought me two t-shirts yesterday. very nice. now i have to go give her a pedicure. everything has its price.
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it's a grainy newspaper photo, but see that fellow (dark shirt, folded arms, white cap) second from right? that's Bert! witness to last nights' flying rental boat disaster! that large motor boat (crashed on top of the other two boats!) can be rented by anyone, experienced or not, sober or not, and taken out to sea…as mom and bert have said, "just a matter of time" before some gas-head guy got all Evil Kanevil with one of those things. -
much thanks to brother Thomas, my gallery site is now complete. girl at large Gallery. i can accept payment online! ooh, that is exciting. start sending the bucks folks!
seriously, this is an exciting thing. i'll be adding more work at a steady pace, check back frequently, bookmark it, tell your friends. -
completed today, Coursegoules, a view of the small ville we visited near La Gourge du Loup with Suzanne and Jack last month. acrylic and graphite on heavy paper (360g), 22.5" x 19", $275 SOLD -
having reached that "bickering old married couple" stage with Skipper Bert, Madame Patron (mom) is searching for sailing classes, found some good options online this morning. my fav-sailing lessons for women, by women: "…and if HE goes overboard, and IF you decide to go back and get him, we'll teach you how…" ha!
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i just lost a booger in the keyboard. one of those rubber-cementy ones. the booger that is.
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Le Tour de France (at our stop in the small ville of Trets) begins with an assortment of caravans, parade-like floats and vendors of yellow Tour merchandise…what is that devil float for? Bert searches for a prime viewing spot. Mom and Ruby try to find a bit of cooler shade, first on the ground, then in a palm plant. and, finally, there they are! i only had time to get pics of their behinds. the fellow in yellow is not actually Lance…he's in a different shade of yellow, out of frame (how was i to know?). all smiles! back to the hotel for some pool-time.
three hours of hot anticipation for two minutes of excitment. sound familiar? -
it's Bastille Day on Monday. it's a huge celebration weekend here of course, a long weekend..so most folks are off officially Friday thru Monday which means they'll also take Thursday and Tuesday off for traveling. so basically, all of France has this week off.
except of course, those on the Tour de France, which we are going to go see a little bit of on Tuesday..we head out tomorrow morning. i'm driving. i'm bringing duct tape for mom.
there are fireworks going off tonight, Ruby is scared. poor thing. Miss Dawn would love them though. -
Quai 16; graphite, watercolor, pen and ink on paper, 11" x 7"
rather than lug all my acrylics, papers, boards and easel up to Rachaels' this weekend, i'm working rather small with portable watercolors and a block that fits in my totebag. it's getting so hot i might be down to carrying around only a pencil and blank notecards soon. -
i'm house/dog-sitting for Rachael again this weekend, whose flat is the lower level of a villa. the owners are in town for a long weekend, dreadfull children in tow. ok, one of them is not so bad and the baby boy is innocent enough..but that middle girl is trouble.
she walked into the apartment, into the bedroom and poked me whilst i was napping. even the dogs were napping. startled, i just looked at her. ok, walking into the apartment is possibly forgivable seeing as how the entire villa does technically belong to her family and perhaps she poked me to see if i was alive…but that snotty little, hee-hee-i-just-bugged-you look on her face..that is intolerable!
