Van Gogh and Chive

Cathy invited me to go to the immersive Van Gogh exhibit in Providence RI.  I thought that sounded really nice.  Even better, Cathy has 9 foster kittens plus one mom who is not mom to all the kittens.

The kittens are named after herbs and spices.  

Chive is my most favorite kitten because he looks weird and is prickly.

He looks funny because he has what is called a fever coat- his mom was sick when preggers so his coat pigments aren't fully in yet.  It goes away when the kitten is 4-5 months old.

We went to the Van Gogh exhibit which was really, really cool.

More Dance Parent Observation

Daya's modern class had parent observation today.
It's a beautiful class and Daya led one of the warmups.

I'm off to Cathy's for a quick visit!

LIRR Tracks

Today I went out to do a quick painting after work.
This is from a small pedestrian bridge that spans over the LIRR tracks, with Manhattan in the distance.

I couldn't use my larger palette due to space restrictions.

6x8 oil, about an hour and a half

Back to Pier 26

The boathouse re-opened this weekend, and it was really good to be back!

I didn't paint today (or yesterday!) but it was good to be out on the water.

Heat Wave Cats

Temps are up in the 90s this weekend which is disgusting.

Isis is miserable.

Daya's friend is staying over as well.
We all met on the train and went out to lunch.
I got bored waiting for their train and made this wonderful cat drawing..

The Parent Puzzle

Daya is having a friend over tomorrow to spend the night.

She has been at dance in rehearsals until late almost every night.
When she is home she is exhausted.

But her room is a disaster.
She tried to start cleaning it Weds evening, her only night off from dance.

She needed help.
So I asked her permission to clean her room.
The last time I cleaned Daya's room was the end of 5th grade.
It's her space and i leave it alone.

But having a guest over is another matter.

So Daya let me clean her room.

100% of non-parents who have seen this picture are shocked at the chaos and cannot find the cat.

100% of the parents who have seen this picture think the room is pretty normal for a kid and can find the cat pretty easily.

I had some helpers.

2 hours later......

In the afternoon, I went to ballet class parent observation.
It's still over Zoom.

All the Stairs

There was a dance PA meting in person at school today, and I went.
It was good to be back in-person.

I liked this poem on the train:

I went up alllll the stairs.  All of them.
They are nevrending.

Dance is on the 8th floor but there is the mezzanine which is a full set of flights up so it' like 9 floors.

Phew!

Mr Sinacori and Ms Mathesius asked me to paint at the senior dance concert! How fun is that?
The painting I did... well, it is a print actually- of parent observation when Daya was a Freshman is hanging in the dance office. It's the little yellowish one in the middle.

I'm going to do all three shows, I have no idea how yet but I will get a special seat and no one can bug me because Ms Mathesius said so!