two things you might not think go together, but in my world...
I am the queen of multi tasking, the empress of creative mothering, and heiress to the throne of put-it-off-till-later-so-we-can-do-what-we-want.
My house isn't too clean, but everyone is happy.
So Benjamin plays monopoly (rolling for both of us- "do you want to buy Boardwalk?"), while I work in the garden. And an hour of building a platform for a zip line is followed by an hour of wiring paintings for the Castle in the Air show. I rather like it. How dull it would be to do just one thing. Though I often do long for simplicity I soon find it dull when it occasionally shows me its serene face.
River Gods (framed)based on Manet's Luncheon on the Grass (did you guess, dear reader, from my last posting?)
uh...14"X20"?
Did you know Luncheon on the Grass was Manet's version of an even older Roman artpiece called River Gods? (and that one was a version of an even older piece as well) It makes me feel like what Im doing- ripping off these antique portraits is more justified. MANET did it after all. And I actually didn't even know that Luncheon was based on this older piece until after Id choosen and find ref for Racoons. So how perfect to call mine River Gods. More odd intuiting.
Meanwhile, in the backyard....
Fearless Phineas getting ready to jet down the zip line. Parents, are you quaking in your Mommy boots? 12 feet off the ground, the line dives across the lower yard to only about 5 feet. BAM! They get going pretty darned fast. The beginnings of our future Ewok village?
It all looks quite fun. BTW, I think I owe you an email. or something. Got Ben's note. Indeed it was hilarious. Loved the pirate phonetic spelling.
ReplyDeleteI think you did write. I seem to recall something. Perhaps Liz wrote it? At any rate...thanks! Benjamin, who the zip was engineered for,is the zip lines biggest fan.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Maybe a zip line should be our next backyard project; my boys would love that! I found you site from a link from sono-ma. Thanks for sharing your art (and zipline...) :)
ReplyDeletethanks for sharing your post i like your art ..
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