Visit to Vandusen Garden
What a great time of year to go to Vandusen Garden! There are still some azaela, rhododendron and tree peonies blooming and the Laburnum Arch with purple Allium at its feet is also in full bloom.
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| Camouflage |
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| Goldilocks |
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| Laburnum Arch |
The bloom of flowers is so fleeting
Their joyful nature can't be beaten
So don't just lay there sleeping
Times a ticking and the blooms aren't keeping
Hurry up or you'll be weeping
Life Drawing - Forgot to mention that the previous week's model was 6 months pregnant. She was absolutely glowing and extremely proud of her ample bosom. This past week, I was very frustrated with my attempts at life drawing. It has been a number of weeks since I've practiced drawing the human form outside of life drawing. I think it's time to practice again.
Dancing at Starlight with Paul to "Quickness". The band was ok. We had a blast! There were few people there during the first set. We ended up being the first to get up and dance and had the floor to ourselves for 4 songs. A little unnerving being part of the entertainment. I kept thinking "pretend their is nobody there".
Attended a retirement party for an extremely knowledgeable and well liked colleague. Had a great time chatting en route and back with two other colleagues.
Participated in my last Belly Fit class. I was the only participant. Sadly, the session is over.
Watched a demo on Mat Cutting at the Opus downtown. I hadn't realized there were so many different types of cuts or how much a tile and mat cutter are alike. I have experience with the former but not the latter. Got caught up in some police activity just outside the store afterwards. There were police everywhere hiding behind doors and in store fronts. Some with large guns (possibly a stun gun) with hands on the triggers. Not sure what was going on but we were in a slightly rough part of town right across from Victory Square.
Watched the movie "Mud" with Paul. It was a little slow at times however the story was very unique and we enjoyed the movie overall. The two young male actors were very good in their roles.
Some Art from This Week
The first two were inspired by my visit to Vandusen and the latter by memories of Greece in 1987. I really like the effect of the light in all three. I feel that I finally achieved some success defining light and shadows on a building in the last one.
Started and nearly finished my first assignment for Art History 1 including an essay. I can't believe how long it took me. I almost feel as nervous about sending it in as I did when I was working on my degree.
Line Dancing Class - We reviewed 5 dances and were taught a new one called, "Feeling Kinda Lonely Tonight" to which one of our classmates said, "that's me every night". Now we've got to find a country bar in Greater Vancouver that has line dancing so we can try out our moves.
Lows
Felt a little melancholy due to lack of social interaction.
Near Miss
Opus Mat Cutting demo because I felt horrible on Saturday with intense abdominal, nausea and dizzy-ness all day. And no I was not drunk from Starlight.
Miss
My lawn didn't get cut or edged since I felt so lousy much of the weekend.
Life Drawing - Forgot to mention that the previous week's model was 6 months pregnant. She was absolutely glowing and extremely proud of her ample bosom. This past week, I was very frustrated with my attempts at life drawing. It has been a number of weeks since I've practiced drawing the human form outside of life drawing. I think it's time to practice again.
Dancing at Starlight with Paul to "Quickness". The band was ok. We had a blast! There were few people there during the first set. We ended up being the first to get up and dance and had the floor to ourselves for 4 songs. A little unnerving being part of the entertainment. I kept thinking "pretend their is nobody there".
Attended a retirement party for an extremely knowledgeable and well liked colleague. Had a great time chatting en route and back with two other colleagues.
Participated in my last Belly Fit class. I was the only participant. Sadly, the session is over.Watched a demo on Mat Cutting at the Opus downtown. I hadn't realized there were so many different types of cuts or how much a tile and mat cutter are alike. I have experience with the former but not the latter. Got caught up in some police activity just outside the store afterwards. There were police everywhere hiding behind doors and in store fronts. Some with large guns (possibly a stun gun) with hands on the triggers. Not sure what was going on but we were in a slightly rough part of town right across from Victory Square.
Watched the movie "Mud" with Paul. It was a little slow at times however the story was very unique and we enjoyed the movie overall. The two young male actors were very good in their roles.
Some Art from This Week
The first two were inspired by my visit to Vandusen and the latter by memories of Greece in 1987. I really like the effect of the light in all three. I feel that I finally achieved some success defining light and shadows on a building in the last one.
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| Canna Lilies |
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| Poppies |
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| Greek Vacation |
Started and nearly finished my first assignment for Art History 1 including an essay. I can't believe how long it took me. I almost feel as nervous about sending it in as I did when I was working on my degree.
Line Dancing Class - We reviewed 5 dances and were taught a new one called, "Feeling Kinda Lonely Tonight" to which one of our classmates said, "that's me every night". Now we've got to find a country bar in Greater Vancouver that has line dancing so we can try out our moves.
Lows
Felt a little melancholy due to lack of social interaction.
Near Miss
Opus Mat Cutting demo because I felt horrible on Saturday with intense abdominal, nausea and dizzy-ness all day. And no I was not drunk from Starlight.
Miss
My lawn didn't get cut or edged since I felt so lousy much of the weekend.
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