Day 4817: "Oh, Blind Ladies" & Cuttlefish.

               

"The Teacher": paper collage on canvas.

 

 

This collage was from a photo of my three Aunts ...

Aunts Martha, Pauline & Fern. 

All teachers and known for their kindness.

  

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    Click:  Nonoy Pena, Your Man (Cover)

 

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I was sorting through some art files this morning, and thinking of my dear Aunt Martha on her birthday. I came across this one, which brought up a quick story.

 

(You may have noticed a difference in spacing and format? Evidently a ghost has taken residence in my Mac Pro laptop! He has been tinkering for a while now and I try to fix the mistakes but he either deletes or returns to the original error. Today I am not fighting it, you'll get what I see? Soon, I hope to replace this inhabited model with a new unoccupied one.)

When I was in college I lived on campus in Wood Hall. I pledged a sorority as a freshman, but none of the sororities had houses yet, instead we had suites, ours was in Wood Hall. (They have beautiful houses now.) None of this is important to the story, but I am just glad the brain cell are chugging away. Anyway, holidays and many weekends I went to Aunt Martha's house, she always seemed glad to have me. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now the story. I brought home a big watercolor of two ladies for Aunt Martha. She liked it so much she framed it and hung it in the living room. As was my habit then and sometimes now, I left the faces blank to concentrate on the composition. Sometimes I would then add facial features, but on this particular one the faces were still blank. 

 

When Butch, an eight year old, young man from next door came over, he studied the painting for a long time. He finally said, "Oh! Blind Ladies."

 

 "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."            ee cummings (wanted credit)

Happy Birthday Aunt Martha, thank you for helping me get to be me, I don't know where I would have been without you and Aunt Vonda. 

My angels.

1. 7:30 am - Judges / Referees Meeting and Ring Assignments

2. 8:00 am – Marching In & Opening Ceremony

3. 8:30 am - Special Demonstrations

4. 9:00 am - Competition begins with Kobudo in all rings follow by Team Kata Divisions

5. Kata and Kumite Divisions to follow, starting with young junior beginner divisions

 

  

 

A 3+ minute video, Man, here

 

  

 

Just because ...

Red billed leiothrix

 

Saturday's Smiles ... 

 

 

   Hoping you see all the good things in your day.