My domestic Monday was disturbed by the return of Mo and
John from Mexico on Sunday. Lusia
and I had our usual swim/jimjilbong and coffee to begin the day. It was sunny as we left the rec.
centre, so we were able to have our salute to how fine we felt when the fresh
air hit our faces. But as I had
invited Mo and John for dinner, I wasn’t able to go straight home after coffee
and write my blog. I had to spend
the rest of the day shopping and preparing. You have to have been retired for a few years to understand
how little it takes to fill a day.
I never was driven to achieve a great deal in a day or a lifetime, but
my ability to ‘kick back’, as Jay would say, borders on the sinful now. On Tuesday, Miriam and I decided it was
too cold to ski (I’m becoming a wimp as well as a sloth), so we drove to
Kelowna for lunch and to look at an exhibition of ‘7 Professional Native Indian
Artists Inc.’ (PNIAI) or the Indian Group of Seven. We really enjoyed it.
The works were well displayed.
We spent about 11/2 hours silently walking around, looking and
reading. I have liked Daphne
Odjig’s and Carl Ray’s work for a long time. I remember seeing Norval Morisseau’s big bright paintings
hanging above the fireplaces in most of the camps on Lambert Island when I
lived in Thunder Bay and thinking they were more decorative than anything else,
but I got to appreciate him as an artist by the time I had finished viewing
this show. The works of the other
four artists, Eddy Cobiness, Jackson Beardy, Joseph Sanchez and Alex Janvier
were also well worth being introduced to.
I had a good ski with Mo and John yesterday. It was our season opener at Silver Star, sunny and good
conditions in spite of the fact that we haven’t had much fresh snow.
I love moose, and this is one of my favorites
This is a large painting that radiates life
On a cross country trail at Silver Star with the sun above and an inversion below
The Monashees, bright white in the distance
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