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SPIRIT Club Mural

Photograph taken on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 by Henry
SPIRIT Club Mural

SPIRIT Club Mural

Through a friend of ours who works there, Dorothy got a commission to paint a mural at SPIRIT Club in Kensington. It turned out to be a bigger job than she anticipated, needing two and sometimes three coats of paint, but we all think it turned out quite nicely. This was one of two walls that were painted, along with three quotes, chosen by the manager of the club. Cathy and I enjoyed helping out a bit and experiencing a little of the SPIRIT Club experience. Their mission is “To offer a universal design for fitness that empowers people of all abilities to exercise successfully in a socially integrated setting.”

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Rembrandt Puzzle

Photograph taken on Friday, October 31, 2025 by Henry
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee

We just finished this puzzle, which is of Rembrandt’s Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee. The original oil-on-canvas painting dates from 1633. It was purchased by art historian Bernard Berenson and was displayed at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston until its theft in 1990; its whereabouts remain unknown.

Cathy, Dorothy, and I really love that gallery and it’s very sad to me that this isn’t there. 1990 isn’t that long ago but I still wonder how something so recognizable can remain secretly hidden. My guess is that one day it will turn up, but I think it’s unlikely I’ll ever get to see the real thing. The museum has left the blank space on the wall where it used to hang.

This was quite a difficult puzzle. The ship itself wasn’t too bad, but the sky and sea are all very much the same color, so it took us a good while to complete.

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Mushroom Puzzle

Photograph taken on Monday, November 24, 2025 by Henry
Mushroom Puzzle

Mushroom Puzzle

We finished this mushroom puzzle yesterday. The text at the bottom, giving the mushroom names, was the easiest part of the puzzle. After that we were able to put together a lot of the mushrooms but without knowing where in the grand scheme of things they went. That’s part of the challenge of doing puzzles without the lid, of course. Otherwise it’s too easy. I’d rank this about average in difficulty and we enjoyed it. We’re also partial to mushrooms in food, so it was interesting to see all the varieties (not that these are all necessarily edible, of course).

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Another Mural by Dorothy

Photograph taken on Saturday, December 06, 2025 by Henry
Mural by Dorothy

Mural by Dorothy

Last year Dorothy was commissioned to paint a series of murals in the children’s Sunday School part of Fourth Presbyterian Church. Those were very well received and recently she was asked to come back and paint two more in the two nursery rooms. The designs she came up with and which were approved both feature sun or stars and moon images and this one has the stars represented by a quilt-like pattern. This one is not quite finished, but you get the idea. The other one is a day and night design, which I also like. In addition there were a few quotes painted on other walls.

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