Red record day

 As an early Father's Day gift, Margaret and William gave me a record they ordered some time ago, the brand new vinyl release of the first Of Monsters and Men lp, commemorating its 10th anniversary. It is on two heavy, well printed translucent red records. There are three new tracks on the fourth side. We bought the CD in Iceland and I've been enthralled with them ever since. 

Branda Owens

 Brenda Owens died this week. I've not spoken to her since before the big Filmpool fiasco in the early 90s for which most of us remember her. However, I do want to take a moment to remember that for a few years, she did far more good than harm to the Filmpool. She was savvy at convincing our funders of the value of the group, even when we weren't acting as professionally as we should have. She got us into the first large, useful space (1100 Broad) where Filmpool stayed for most of the 90s. 

dad in the evening

 Visited dad after supper. I did some lame card tricks that I believe he could see through but was amused by the activity. Getting ready for bed proves to be a difficult time for him though. 

Five Guys

 Hankering for a Five Guys burger for a while now. Yesterday I was going to come here with Geremy but I had to cancel so today I brought William while Margaret was at work. Very good. I think the spice on the spicy fries changed a bit, but it is difficult to define. The prices are up at least 20%. 

Visiting dad

 Mom couldn't come visit dad today and made sure I'd come. Dad is well dressed and in a pretty good mood. We sort of played one hand of cribbage. I'd hoped that the rules would be so deeply ingrained that he could play on auto-pilot, but it isn't the case. 

Bike from Mike

 William bought a bike from Mike Rollo's garage sale. The back wheel is low so I figured it would be difficult to ride it all the way home before it is repaired. 

Jeff Nachtigall at Slate

 Jeff's solo show opened at Slate. He was surrounded by people the whole time I was there so I didn't have a chance to talk to him about this corner of one large painting and the very concerned or confused bear. 

Saturday with dad

Visited dad. Mom was there when I arrived and she tells me Quinn and Sean were there earlier. Dad seemed in a good mood but tired. It took a lot of convincing to get him to stand up and go for supper. 
 

John Cleese live in Regina

 

Campion alumni award for Mark Wihak

 Marked donned a tie for the first time in 30 years to accept a distinguished alumni award from Campion. Really nice event with an open bar. Philippe did the introduction. Mike and Christine were also there. 

Hanging camera painting

 In painting class this week, I brought Noelle's disposable underwater camera. It was suggested that I hang it by its strap so I did. About half way through, I noticed that the strap, which was extremely dry and cracking, had broken. The camera was still resting where I'd arranged it.

Lori and I visiting dad

I popped in to visit with dad today. He was out walking the hall and the two of us sat in a quiet corner of the dining hall. Lori arrived a few minutes later and we caught up. Dad was in a good mood. 
 

Mother's Day and sorting Munchkin

Mother's day. William drew a bizarre but sweet card. We had brunch. Later I followed through on a suggestion of William's to sort the Munchkin cards for the first time since we started buying them at least ten years ago. We have about 35 different sets. 

 

Cards with dad

 I brought a deck of cards when I visited dad. I dealt him a cribbage hand and he seemed pleased and went through the cards over and over but never played. 

boring is good

 Sometimes I like to paint the most dynamic angles of a camera than I can. Other times I do the opposite, painting a very straight on, unimaginative angle. I just did this with a box camera and I'm very pleased with the result. 

Perogies with mom

 Mom asked me to come help with perogies tonight. Right from the start, it was very difficult. The potato and chees mix was thin/runny  and very sticky. If you touch it, which you must, it sticks to your fingers and makes it hard to pinch the dough. After much discussion, mom finally realized that the cheese was low fat, which is terrible for most cooking projects. Made 9 dozen anyway. 

Painting and William's first cheesecake

Painted with Lori this morning. Then this evening we brought desert over to mom's. I walked William through making a cheesecake last night. It turned out really well. Chocolate with some amaretto and a bit of grand marnie in the glaze. 

 

Sharon in town

 Had supper with Sharon at Viet Tai. She's in town for three days to visit mom and dad. 

Film Rescue

 We drove out to Indian Head and dropped off film at Film Rescue. Got a chance to talk to Greg for a couple of minutes but he was monitoring a machine and couldn't take a break. Will need to go back later in the summer. 

Crocus watch

Out to the valley for a drive and a hunt for the first crocus flowers of spring. Out favorite site seemed a bit dry and they were fading, but a nearby hill had many.