New Class

Little Wonder did not make me get out of bed until 7:30.

By 9:45 we were out in the Studio getting ready for class.

After intros, we did a couple of basic drawing exercises and then we started 

to paint.  This is a lot of people for the space, but it was fine.  First, we worked on a fishy color wheel to learn how to mix colors

(This is National love your dog day)

Then, they put a school of fish on another paper and started their first paintings.

A chance to experiment on something very simple.

Time passed very quickly and class ran over....but that's ok.  They will finish these at home or in the next class.  I am really enjoying getting back to teaching.  Unfortunately, some bees appeared and when class ended I discovered a spot in the ceiling where they were getting in.  Gary will make sure they are gone and will have to repair that area.  Fortunately, they waited until everyone left before making a very grand appearance.

Today, he dug up 33 pounds of potatoes and it's only 1/3 of the row....might hit 100.  He also brought in some heirloom beans that were planted from seeds given to him by a friend who grows them on Long Island.  Tomorrow I will make BBcued green beans.  He also brought in one carrot.

I pickled three jars of beets and will be taking one to my friend Hanny tomorrow...along with a basket of cucumbers.  We have at least 30 and they are so out of control.

A beautiful evening.

An instant replay for dinner.

Here I am....in command central and tomorrow, will be 83 years old!  Yikes!  At least I'm still here.

Night all.

PS

So much more to the story tonight.  We just went over to check out the work that has been done at Scott's house.  Wow!

Of course Little Wonder squeezed in another ride.

On the way over the sun was starting to set.

All the windows are in.

The great room is huge and so full of light.

Doug has just a few more things to do with the addition. Scott is ready to start on the siding and will finish the roof.  It's going to be so beautiful.

Home again, home again jiggity jig.....

Improvisation.....Ha Ha

A very slow start for picture taking.  Nothing happened until lunch time when I made a grilled cheese and tomato sandwich.

Little Wonder and I went out to the Studio to get things set up for music.

With the extra table in there, there is much less space.

Everyone arrived by 1:15.  Today we had a special guest....Kristen BN.  She is the daughter of the Botts and is from California.  Darryl, Gary and John were there, so we had a full house.

We really messed around today and  had a lot of fun.  Especially when we were making up lyrics.

John was a High School (where I taught) teacher and Kristen was one of his students.  He used to direct all of the musicals and she was in them.  A lot of catching up.

Picked some of our hydrangeas to make a still life for class tomorrow.

A gorgeous afternoon.

At 4 Little Wonder and I went over to Heritage Bell Farm to pick up a couple loaves of Challah bread.  Carina has been doing this for years now and I've never had better.

These are three of her kids.

And this is the Challah bread!

For dinner, I made a zucchini/onion/tomato pie in a lasagna container instead of using a pie plate.

Seeing that we have about 20 cucumbers, I turned a couple into a salad.

Night all.

 

Unloading

Little Wonder and I were up before 7 doing our morning thing.  It was downright cold in the kitchen.

In the meantime, Daniela was getting ready to start her new job today at Northwestern.  On Friday she finished at Wisconin, moved and had her whole apartment set up over the weekend.  She took me on a tour and it's perfect for her.

I checked the caps on the dill pickles and all were sealed, so I put them away to age for awhile.

This is what I made with the leftover cucumbers... my own brine....sweeter.

Grabbed a shower and was down at the chiropractor's office by 10.

Big Bertha adds such peace to the space.

On the way home I stopped to buy some new pot holders as we really finished ours off yesterday.  Could not find any and ended up with two nice mitts. Had the rest of the pickled beets for lunch and decided to take advantage of the leftover juice and am making some pickled onions.

Gary went down to Jenny's to finish painting her kitchen and I started dumping more papers from my file cabinets.  Took forever.

And look what I found from the dark ages.  I'm always the short one.  I still have those long white kid gloves.  This was in the early 60s.

How about this one?  We used to have an Old English Sheepdog named Spanky.  Steph and Jenny spent a lot of time with their friends....Adam, Emily and Annie.

And finally this one...We were at an event with Hillary and had a chance to talk to her for awhile.  The colors in this photo are pretty strange....we look so burned.

Gary did not get home until after 5:30 and we ended up having meatloaf sandwiches and leftover Mac salad.

Night all.