Coffee with mom and Lori

 

Mom had us over for coffee. Individual turtles have shrunken to about half their size. Perhaps that is better for me - less guilt. 

Drawing for Emma

 William was invited to go dine with his friend Emma and a bunch of her friends. Margaret noticed on FB that it was Emma's birthday, so William sketched the robot and it's inventor, sized to fit into an elegant little frame we had. 

Dad's rings and pins

Mom set aside dad's jewelry box, taped shut, for me. Opened it. Found his two rings along with some items he never wore including some time pins, cufflinks, and a series of different CA pins from a span of years. 
 

Cards with mom

 Cold today so I just played cards at her residence this morning. She's forgotten how to play gin rummy, but after six hands, she started to get it again. 

Painting again

 I had no plan for my painting today. I started adding colour. It wasn't working. I painted over it again. And then again. By the end it wasn't terrible, but it was far from good. Basically I just painted until I was too exhausted to paint any more and having taken a poor starting point, I never got to where I wanted. 

Fire at Country Corner Donuts

 News today was that a fire broke out in the soup warmer and caused a lot of smoke damage early this morning. Will be closed for a couple of months. 

Ayesha defense

 Ayesha, after five years working with me and Kathryn, defended her MFA in interdisciplinary art today. No lunch through, since I had to go directly to class afterwards. 

Office in shambles

My office, at the best of times, is a chaotic mess. Since mid-December, my vents have been disassembled and not put back. Not only does this increase my mess significantly, but by being not finished, it prevents me from cleaning it up. I don't even know if I am on a list or if I am forgotten. 

Chicken, no foam core

 I've not been cooking much. For the past two weeks, but have been making large portions of stew or chili or whatever and eating it for multiple meals as we worked. Today I actually barbequed a chicken! Had coffee with mom and Lori in the morning. Basically normal day.