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| Almost, Still Life #8508, June 2016 |
Got up early in the morning and after a quick cup of coffee we hopped on our bicycles for a beautiful bicycle ride that took us to the Minnehaha Parkway, to Minnehaha Falls, to the River Road, then up to the Greenway Bike Path and finally home on the 20th Avenue bikeway.
After a nice breakfast Karl started his "labor of love" i.e. getting the BBQ smoker prepped for the four hour beef rib cooking process. That would be his treat for himself, to work his magic at the grill
Neighbor Sarah S. stopped by and said she'd love to go to the Stone Arch Bridge Art Festival in Mpls. if she had someone to go with her. I volunteered to tag along so spent a couple of hours with her sight seeing all the amazing art on display. She bought a few gifts for family members and was very happy with her purchases.
Later, while Karl and I ate his delicious beef rib dinner I watched the light change on the porch. I made no moves toward changing the nice relaxing pace of our dinner and enjoyed every bite. I even started my usual routine of cleaning the table and washing the dishes until, about 60% through my task I was struck by an idea for a portrait that I thought I could create fairly quickly since I still had the newly purchased and installed background fabric, a lovely purple silk cloth that worked beautifully the day before.
I assembled
- my favorite purple paisley shawl
- the flower arrangement from the previous day
- a short stack of poetry books that I had on the coffee table
- two glasses with port in the bottle left over from last night's dinner
- fresh blueberries in a fruit bowl
I felt it was a good accomplishment achieved in a short amount of time so I put everything away for the weekend and finished off washing the dinner dishes.
I almost made it through the day without that evening still life creation, but I'm glad I didn't.
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