planning the final screening

 

Second last class. Making final plans for the screening, which is less than two weeks away. 

Cat at mom's

 Visited mom. Greeted by a cat. 

BBQ

 Warmed enough that I put ribs on the bbq. Very good meal. 

Snow, again

The weather seemed to be getting very nice, but suddenly snow again. 
 

Student film festival

 The Living Skies Student Film Festival began. The big even for the first night was screening the short local film Klee, which is getting a lot of attention, mostly for the excessive displays of an alien penis. Matt Ripplinger (DOP) and Gavin Baird (director) were there to talk about it. 

Coffee with Kevin

 Seeking places for Wednesday night coffee. Ended up at the new Starbucks on Victoria and Arcola. 

Last day of Chinese Pastry

The Chinese bakery, which I've been buying from since they were downtown on 11th or 12th Avenue in the early 90s, is being sold but new owners will be opening in back up in a week or two. Today they gave out free buns to celebrate their customers. 
 

Potatoes

 The fall potatoes are not so fresh anymore. 

coffee with mom

 Coffee with mom. Not even sure where this was. Perhaps French Press? Anyway, I'm trying to catch up on my backlog of blog posts so have very little to say most days. Mom and I have very similar conversations almost every time we see each other. She talks about how wonderful the food is where she is living and/or how terrible they say the food is where she is living (notice the difference- it is clear to me that negative opinions that she takes on have originated from other people- probably the others at her table. 

Framed comics

 Got a test frame in through Amazon to consider using to frame William's larger comic to sell. 

Pump

Sure enough, here is the pump. Probably sucked 50-100 gallons of water out to the alley. 
 

Melting

Snow is quickly melting. Cat agreed to short trips outside. Need to get the pump out and drain this swamp. 

 

Gallery show comes down

 William took down his Neutral Ground exhibition today. It's all piled in the garage now.

Downtown with students

Took my students on tours of the RPL (media lab with Jon Vaughn), Creative City Centre (not open yet, but in progress tour with Marian Donnelly), and Neutral Ground artist run centre. 
 

Water for cat

 Our cat has become aggressive about wanting to drink water from a bowl I started leaving her in the bathroom. She has a water bowl in the kitchen beside her food, but will come upstairs after eating and yowl about her water there. I think her eyesight is also in decline because she also wants the light in the bathroom turned on, even when there is more than enough light for a cat to see. In this picture, Margaret is in the bathroom and has kicked her out. She waits by the door to be allowed back in. 

 Almost every morning we play the wordle on Margaret's computer. I'm catching up on my blogging and see that this is the only picture I took on this day and cannot figure out why. Is there something in the numbers that is significant? 

Pie Day

Margaret made some last minute pies today. 

Paul at art opening

 Paul is working half time right now. We ran into him at the Fifth Parallel opening for Bree Tabin's "Tomboy" exhibition. 

Puppet progress

 William in the garage studio working on his puppets. We needed to get the space cleaned up as it has become a dumping ground for furniture and other half done projects this winter. Feels much better now. 

Last painting class

 Last day of painting for this course. Did a self portrait in the reflection. Eventually people noticed.