Happy Indigenous People's Day

Yeah, yeah, I know. To everyone else except some people in Amherst, it's Columbus Day. Most of us don't care what you call it as long as we get the day off from work. It turns out, both of my daughters who work in the private sector don't get the day off so they are just sneering at those who do. 

Look, I'm one of those people who is still having trouble with Presidents' Day. I remember when we celebrated Washington and Lincoln's birthday separately. So while I believe change is good. Some are just hard to take.

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Yep, I'm in the throes of cooking.
So far: boneless pork ribs in homemade bbq sauce
            boneless pork ribs with creole seasoning
             crustless quiche
             baked chicken wings with Italian seasoning
             crack slaw. (Don't get excited: it's scrambled hamburg with shredded cabbage and spices, sauteed.)

It's 9:30 a.m. and I've done a zillion dishes, brought out more trash and recycling, did the above mentioned cooking, put in a laundry (which I have to switch right now) and I'm just having my first coffee.  All of this is in anticipation of going to the Paradise City Art Festival. Meanwhile, it's raining like crazy, so I'm glad for the walkway coverings between buildings.

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Saturday night I went to see Victoria and Abdul. I really enjoyed the movie! Just about anything with Judy Dench in it is great!

It was a moving portrayal of a woman who had all of the power in the world at that time and she was lonely. She found a companion and a friend who would become like a son to her in Abdul. I highly recommend this movie!

Yesterday I met my friend Nancy and some of her friends and we went to see The Mountain Between Us. I went merely because Idris Elba is in it and I have wanted to see more of him since I devoured the Luther series (a BBC production on Netflix). In this movie, two strangers are involved in a small plane crash and they are in snow covered mountains with little hope of survival. Some parts are a little predictable and even though I wished for the ending that I got, I wasn't really satisfied with it. I guess you just can't please some people!

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Speaking of Netflix, I have exhausted two series: How to Get Away with Murder and The Black List. Now what? I have been reduced to Call the Midwife, which I like, but if you watch more than two in a row, it's very depressing. You know poverty and childbirth and all that. Watching women scream in (labor) pain is not my cup of tea. 

Reminding me of when I was taking childbirth classes and they called it "discomfort." There's a reason women call it labor PAIN -- it is great pain.

As Arnold said, "I'll be back.

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Luckily, there were covered walkways to get us between the three buildings of the Paradise City Art Festival because it was (and still is) raining like mad!!

My Favorite Marquetry Piece by Nelson (below)

Framed with Barn Board from the Barn Above; the Side You Cannot See is Open and Devoid of Board

This Clock Is Six Feet Tall!

Owl by Betzi Sylvan of Sylvan Quilts with All Recycled Fabric

Lovely Table top

I have never been a big fan of felting, but her work is fabulous!

More Felting

I Love this Fish!

These Handbags Are Gorgeous!

Warren Made the Vase Below

There is a glass tube inside the wood vase so it will hold water for cut flowers. His other wood sculptures are exquisute too.

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Two more loads of laundry done. Washed dishes -- pots and pans from cooking. Got low carbohydrate pumpkin spice muffins in the oven. It's 79 frickin' degrees in here and with 97% humidity, I'm dying! 

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