the "great thaw" is upon us... i spent some time this morning walking around the neighborhood... it's still there... i nearly forgot it's been covered in snow for so long... i am really nervous walking on ice because that's how i broke my leg a few years back.... slipping and falling on an icy sidewalk... so when the sidewalks finally clear i take extra large strides! you know, that feeling when finally you can walk all the way down a block without having to step around an ice slick! welllllll it's almost here! plus, today there's the added fun of puddles, lots and lots of puddles.... personally i am a foot in the center of the puddle kind of person.... but do what you like... i saw a woman just ahead of me today drenched head to toe with muck when a truck hit a pot hole right as she was standing in the spray-path... she was not happy
i AM happy today... the weather has me feeling really alive. i started "spring cleaning" .... it's probably a little optimistic to call it that, but that's how it feels... my apartment was filled with so much sunshine this morning!
this weekend has been really nice. nice seems like such a little word, but it fits perfectly. friday night's art opening was so much fun, great turn out in a really interesting space. I had a lot of fun catching up with an old friend from college, i think the last time i saw her, i was a bridesmaid in her wedding! and finally having time to talk to some new friends. thank you to everyone that made it out... it really means a lot.
i hope to know more about the opening/closing party for the seward show soon!
last night i ran into more old friends, people i haven't seen in years... i used to paint with their 4 year old daughter when they would come over, they said she asked if she could come with to see me :) she's 7 now! 3 years, has it really been 3 years? it seems that if i could pick the overwhelming theme for my weekend... it would be old and new friends coming into my life at the right time. minneapolis is starting to shrink.
i AM happy today... the weather has me feeling really alive. i started "spring cleaning" .... it's probably a little optimistic to call it that, but that's how it feels... my apartment was filled with so much sunshine this morning!
this weekend has been really nice. nice seems like such a little word, but it fits perfectly. friday night's art opening was so much fun, great turn out in a really interesting space. I had a lot of fun catching up with an old friend from college, i think the last time i saw her, i was a bridesmaid in her wedding! and finally having time to talk to some new friends. thank you to everyone that made it out... it really means a lot.
i hope to know more about the opening/closing party for the seward show soon!
last night i ran into more old friends, people i haven't seen in years... i used to paint with their 4 year old daughter when they would come over, they said she asked if she could come with to see me :) she's 7 now! 3 years, has it really been 3 years? it seems that if i could pick the overwhelming theme for my weekend... it would be old and new friends coming into my life at the right time. minneapolis is starting to shrink.
i shot these photos in alley in my neighborhood... i love walking the alleys. it's the fronts of the houses that people want you to see... walking the alley gives you a whole new perspective. you see what people abandon, what they want to hide. old cars that don't run, matresses, a garage that needs paint... the alley is less perfect and in my opinion, more beautiful because of that.
i'm working on some sketches this afternoon... everything looks hyper-color in this light
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