Sunday, July 20, 2025

Margaret still sick

While William and I still cough a bit, Margaret continues to have many large scale symptoms of this cold. She went to the clinic today and they gave her some antibiotics which should cut in after a couple of days. 

 

Friday, July 18, 2025

Sick at home

 


My cold, which seemed to have gone away, came back today with a vengeance. My eyes had infections in them and I was really miserable all day. I copied and backed up videos and photos, and communicated with Matt about some possible gazebo roof approaches,  but otherwise sat in front of the tv. 

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Rehearsal and film shoot




 Today William was scheduled to have the dancers for two hours to rehearse and shoot his film. The first two hours were taken up preparing costumes and masks. Fortunately the dancers who had other commitments managed to shift their schedules enough to allow a third hour of filming on the set. William shot 4K and I shot super 8 (I'd intended to be an assistant only, just passing him cameras between takes so that he would shoot both, but time was too tight and we wouldn't get very much repetition. 

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Preparations, double time

William split his time between preparing for the dance project (creating a mock newspaper as prop in image above) and location scouting with Victor for a fall film shoot. 

 

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Garage studio activities



 While William was putting some final touches on his set for the NDH project (to shoot in two days) I finally sorted and re-boxed my camera paintings, making the studio a bit more navigable. The three panel piece in the top picture is a cabinet front/sides that the characters will rest the tea upon in the kitchen. He is working on the side panels to the door which will be stapled to the wood. The box of paintings on the blue table is approximately 125 panels. There are four of these completely full, plus the stack beside it, plus a handful in the kitchen and another handful given away. 

Monday, July 14, 2025

Sidewalk repair, finally


 Truck arrived today to start the repair process for our sidewalk, which was dug up back in November. 

Last night I sprayed the wasps that are living, yet again, in our front brick flower beds. 



Sunday, July 13, 2025

Coffee with mom


 Other than William's project with NDH, summer is calming down a bit so I finally found time for coffee with mom again. Lori was up in Saskatoon so didn't join us this week. We went to Creme. Chatted about William's project and I showed her pictures. Afterwards I met briefly with Matt R about the gazebo roof.