I spent my Mother's Day weekend moving cleaning the kids area, moving furniture, putting together furniture, and getting the entire area organized. I also took my kids to the opening reception of the regional school districts art show at The Pumphouse Regional Arts Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Here they are looking at the elementary kids art from their own school.
Here they are looking at the middle and high school art. The kids really enjoyed the work. They had a much stronger appreciation for art than I ever remember having. They talked enthusiastically about colors, texture, as well as subject matter - all of the things that the rest of we adults should be discussing. Do stop by the Pumphouse and see the show if you are in the area. The kids around here are exceptionally talented.
My daughter loved this piece that she is standing in front of, not the type of work that I expected her to appreciate at all. Now how can I ever choose art for her again? She has such well considered tastes. We will have to start art window-shopping together.
Yes, I spent my Mother's Day weekend being a Mother.
I did buy myself two new trees for the yard, a sugar maple and a prairiefire crabapple. I planted them too, in the rainy windy low 50s unnaturally cold spring weather.
So did I rest today? No, I still had work to do. It was at least business related work, but not in the metalshop. I completely re-organized, or perhaps I should say just organized, my office, photography and shipping area today.
The floor is clean, all the way out to the loft edge.
So what was my reward, other than my lovely little trees?
Today I got my necklace from duckduckgoosestuff, her end of a trade that we started last fall! I love it!
