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Our Own Mound of Butter

Our Own Mound of Butter

Our Own Mound of Butter

For a while now I’ve bought butter in two-pound rolls. It’s a bit cheaper and we go through it quickly enough. In fact, I try to have one roll in the freezer that I take out (and replace) when the one in the fridge runs out. When Cathy’s niece Abba was here last year she took a photo on her phone of my two-pound roll on the counter. Sometime later She posted a photo of this painting on Instagram, titled “Our Own Mound of Butter.” I asked if I could buy it and now it’s hanging in our dining room.

I wasn’t able to get out into the garden to take any photos today. After going to the Motor Vehicle Administration (my favorite place) to register a new old car we bought my back started bothering me. By 1:00 in the afternoon I was having a really hard time. I got on the floor and did my “Say Goodbye To Back Pain” exercises. I went home shortly after 2:00 and spent the rest of the day on an ice pack. Late in the evening I got up and took a few pictures, including this one. I hope you enjoy it.

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SPIRIT Club Mural

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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Another Mural by Dorothy

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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