Jan 12, 2010
rise and shine!
up and at 'em. up and at 'em. but it's raining and dark and i have a dentist appointment later this morning. and i brought my friend home from the hospital yesterday and will set up shop at her house (which is just right next door) when i get home from my un-fun dentistry hour. they put a plate in her leg. and the plane ticket to go see my mom out in tennessee is bought and paid for. i fly out on sunday and will be there for a full 2 weeks. i'm bringing my big Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale collection and she busted out her Brothers Grimm so we'll have lots to talk about... not that there's ever a shortage of words in this family. we're all pretty chatty. i may even get to see my grandparents while i'm out there- weather permitting. it's been snowing out there. the roads are dangerous way out in the countryside when the ice arrives. i haven't seen them in about 5 years, i think. and one of my aunts is coming out for a visit too and i have no clue how long it's been since i've seen her... 10... 11 years? geez. we're a pretty spread out group, that's for sure. it's always interesting to see and get to know extended family members all over again as an adult. i'm planning on taking a landslide of pictures of my mom so i can do a new portrait of her. it's been quite a while since i've done one and i'm pretty sure she's got all of them. i want to do 3 portraits of her, all the same and of the same pose, one for me, one for my sister, and one for my brother. i'll bring a big stack of large paper so i can keep rolling with the gouache paintings while i'm away from the big oils. i was hoping to get at least one of the canvasses wrapped up before i left but... well... you know how it goes. some paintings just won't be rushed, nor should they be. patience, patience, patience. they'll all be here waiting for me when i return. and the rain keeps on coming down. splat splat splat on the glass and shingles. inga snoring and the click of the keys beneath my finger tips.
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That sounds like a wonderful journey. I've never been to the south and I think about it more and more. Seems like it would be kinda scary, in a good way.
it is sorta scary out there... though i've only been to the south once before. i'm excited. the south has a definitely allure to it and i hope to get to go all around and see some strange stuff. i have a dream of going on a southern-fried vacation where travel around in a pick-up truck and pit stop at voodoo doctors and let them shake the chicken at me and spit whisky in my face- see all the craziness like in that movie 'midnight in the garden of good and evil'. hahahahahaha!
Five years since you've seen your mother. That's quite something. Maybe the countryside itself is not the only slippery terrain.
It sounds wonderful that you will be able to get into those portraits. I look forward to seeing them when they're done, assuming you post them here.
Have a safe, happy and productive trip.
oops. i re-read that passage... it does seem like i was talking about my mom as well as my grandparents, but i meant it's been 5 years since i've seen my grandparents. i see my mom about once every year... year and a half. still not a very good ratio, i guess. :/
slippery terrain... we've got our fair share, i suppose. we've all grown up to lead very different lives and we're all so spread apart geographically. i have cousins i don't even know.
i will definitely post the portraits of her here once all 3 are finished. it may take awhile. i want to be sure i've done my very best.
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