oh my where have I been?- the last days before my trip to montreal were a bit of a whirlwind and my strong immune system didn't let me get sick - lucky me. I got in today and it was wonderful to spend a weekend using my very bad grade 9 french and I had two experiences on the weekend where I had a conversation with someone who spoke all in french and I spoke all in english and one of them commented me on my good understanding of french even though I couldn't respond in french. I got so much love from montreal and I will return again to puces pop in the fall - merci beaucoup!!!
I was also excited this weekend because my mom arrived from lyon, france on saturday while I was away. I only get to see my mom once a year and this is the first year she is spending christmas with us in almost twenty years. when she visits it's usually during the summer so this will be a special one for all of us. I had a conversation with my mom tonight about my life as a maker and it's no surprise to her that I would be a maker - she was always a maker and I remember as a kid going to pick out clothing patterns and fabric for clothes - it's funny when you grow up and you forget those times as being quite special. I will have a few posts for the week and will return after the holidays. while I was gone john finished his commission for the ark and gauging from the photos it looked pretty amazing - I didn't realize noah took dinosaurs.
have a beautiful day and don't let this time of year be stressful as john always says to me "embrace the chaos" xxa
I was also excited this weekend because my mom arrived from lyon, france on saturday while I was away. I only get to see my mom once a year and this is the first year she is spending christmas with us in almost twenty years. when she visits it's usually during the summer so this will be a special one for all of us. I had a conversation with my mom tonight about my life as a maker and it's no surprise to her that I would be a maker - she was always a maker and I remember as a kid going to pick out clothing patterns and fabric for clothes - it's funny when you grow up and you forget those times as being quite special. I will have a few posts for the week and will return after the holidays. while I was gone john finished his commission for the ark and gauging from the photos it looked pretty amazing - I didn't realize noah took dinosaurs.
happy you are back from montreal healthy and successful. And to arrive home to your mom visiting from Lyon, that is extra special. Please give her a hug from me. I am surprised about the dinosaurs too, surprised that any of the other species survived with a t rex on board.
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ditto, Margie. Such a beautiful arc, John. You're in trouble now.
ReplyDeleteSo excited about the new ideas, Arounna. You have me on a new planet
What a beautiful arc! John is so talented! whew the whole family is amazingly talented! "Embrace the chaos" ha! so funny :)
ReplyDeleteohh, it is beautiful !
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The conversation with your mother has such resonance with me, my mother was a maker of things as well. Not consistently, but if something needed sewing, she could do it. She made her own wedding dress - a mini dress, it was the 60s! And the ark is such a beautiful object, your husband is very, very talented.
ReplyDeleteWow, that ark is the most amazing piece of art!
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