Gift arrived

I assume inspired by photos of William's exhibition, Thomas and Veronica sent a complex 3D puzzle our way. We are still extremely bogged down with work, but hopefully in a week or two we will dive into it and see what sort of madness will emerge from it. 
 

Painting class

Al brought Tate to painting class for a short visit. He painted a bit on Lori's canvas. I think she plans to leave whatever portion that was unaltered as a collaboration. 
 

Kevin DeWalt in class

For the first time, I had esteemed Saskatchewan film producer Kevin DeWalt in to the university to talk to my students. He was really interesting and connected well with them, talking about his early days when he knew less than they do. Cool life story.
 

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.