Tables and chairs

 This morning I met up with Lori and Shim and Tate for coffee at mom's to see her new table and chairs. She's talking about them being too high now, which is what she liked about them when she sat on them tor an hour and purchased them this summer. She'll love them soon enough (or cut the legs down). Later, our own outdoor chairs and tables got a second tarp and are ready for snow. 

Roboting with William

William wanted new photos of the robot today. The remote tablet wasn't holding a charge so William, the only person who usually operates the robot, couldn't perform and shoot so I became the robot today. I did hand signals and gave gang signs. 

Ruth Cuthand retrospective

 I feel a bit guilty for not trying harder to stay awake during the talk between Ruth and Felicia Gay at the Ruth Cuthand retrospective at the MacKenzie. Only a bit, because I felt fantastically refreshed and had some savage conversations afterwards. 

Lunch with mom

 Mom dropped her phone (her land line, which was hooked to the wall - I didn't even ask how) so she needed a new one. We went to London Drugs with the broken one in hand, got an almost identical replacement, then went for lunch. It took longer to assemble it than it did to shop for it. 

Halloween

 Halloween came together mostly without me. William and I made a rotating skull films last night and he got the video running while I was at work. We got about 60 kids. Geremy and Rory were over and Rory rode the ghost horse. 

Carving pumpkins

 My role in all of this was mainly scooping out the innerds. The artistry was all Margaret and William. We had four in total this year. Roasted the seeds too. 

Preparing for Halloween

Margaret and William have been working hard to get the house ready this week. I managed to get some chairs and tables coraled into the gazebo, but the fine decorating had to fall on them. I'm feeling overwhelmed by work this last couple weeks. I seem to always be at least one, if not more, days behind with no likelihood of catching up any time soon. 
 

Erika's experiments in animation

Erika is doing some interesting experiments in the animation room with oils and liquids and extreme close ups.