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March 13, 2006
Fire
In celebration of the warm spring weather and the fact that the Perkins won't be with us much longer, we got together and burned stuff in our backyard. Two Christmas trees, about a dozen long cardboard boxes, and all our boxwood bushes that Joel hastily chopped down a while back. We burned until 1am. And boy those Christmas trees went up with a bang! Very pretty. Something about sitting around a fire reminds me that I can be still, quiet and what words I do say get absorbed in the orange flame.
The next day was so beautiful, but I can't say I did much enjoying of it. Joel was hacking kudzu vines off the fence and I tried to poison the new fire ant hills and rake rocks off the horrid landscaping in our front yard. I met the little girl next door who is a Katrina refugee. She asked me if I was from New Orleans too. Her family seems pretty broken up since the hurricane. She grabbed a shovel and helped me load rocks into the radio flyer.
Josiah found some fellow destructors in Luther and Marcus. They managed to throw every ball that still held air out of the window without screen in our screen porch into the spikey yucca plant. Oh well, now we have a bunch of deflated balls. He had so much fun though, what can you say.
I have sold all my pods! They were living so happily on my windowsill wondering where they were going to go. Heck I was wondering that myself. I think they are so cute, so fun. There is something so rewarding about having a small original piece of art that you can put up over your desk, in your half-bath, or around a corner. You can glance at it and grin that it's the only one and it's yours. Three are still waiting for Austina. But 4 were purchased by NCF friends Greg and Amy Bagby. I'm thinking maybe it's for a birthday present or something for Amy. No worries though if you wanted a pod but just couldn't commit. While burning on Friday night, we found a good batch of blocks from the hardwood floor. And I already started some paper pods. Basically just pods painted on top of cool paper scraps.
I'm hoping to make progress to create one last Metro piece by Friday. Sheesh. It's not large at all, so hopefully I'll have a jolt to put more on canvas. It's all in the image. Contrasting glowing blues and haloing oranges. Whether it's blurry or not who cares. But I have this buzz in my bonnet that maybe I could get 3 paintings voted into our class show. That would be fun.
I have lots of thoughts and feelings mulling around in my head. I need some music and song to get it all in one flow so I can paint. But the clutter of the weekend and unaccomplished tasks piles up around me can I justify escaping it and painting. Sometimes I just can't ignore it, sometimes cleaning is that music to flow by as painful as that might seem.
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yeah man! i know laurie coe wanted some more too! they are the best, keep em comin'! i am sorry to hear that andy and lynn won't be around too much longer. i'll be down soon to see you, though. we've gotta hook up with andrea though, you know? your little eden b. could pollenate my day, for sure!!!
Posted by: cat at March 13, 2006 4:48 PM
Oh man, I didn't realize how badly I wanted a pod till they were gone. Now I'll have to see them and regret it even more while having play dates with Amy!! I'll be watching for the paper pods, those sound really cool.
Posted by: jenn ross at March 13, 2006 4:30 PM
