Trial by water

It's been one of those "caught in the revolving door" kind of days for me. Started way too early (well before 5 AM) with Mickey, the Boxer with the weird and rare form of diabetes, having a crisis of his meds having stopped working and going into uncontrollable pee mode. We've had a few too many of these episodes in the last few weeks, but are modifying the way we are handling the eye drops he gets to control it, and hope we can win through and get it under better control. I finally poked Jim around 5:30 (he's the morning person around here) and suggested he get up to deal with things while I got a couple more hours of sleep.

We had to have my vehicle to the dealers for a recall check (I ended up with a new computer in the car at no charge) by 9:30, then to my friends Ed and Serena to drop off some artwork that they are taking to a show in Calgary. Did some photos of his new work (he's the rocking horse guy) while I was there. Then to the vet college on the way home to get new meds for Mickey. Finished up writing a new Ebon Stable newsletter before heading out to the barn (in Jim's car) to see my horse. Had to rush back from the barn to catch a ride across town to the car dealership for my own car, then carried on to Costco since I was on that side of town anyway and needed a few things. Got to drive home in not-too-bad rush hour traffic, make supper, organize some more of my own art and drive back downtown to deliver it to a gallery for a show next weekend. And here I am. Add in quite a few loads of laundry (all the towels in the house were used to clean up after Mickey) and we're about up to date. Now that I think of it, though, I've still got laundry to finish up. So there you have it, way too much information about my hectic day.

I don't seem to have done a lot of photography this week. Shot one shows the leaves blown onto the snow in the front yard. I like the patterns, shapes and colours of the leaves on the pure white of the fresh snow.

My prints that are going to the Calgary show all feature Ed's rocking horse, and are designed to be a complementary line to his "real life" carved horses. Shots two and three show a couple of examples of these images. I have about a half dozen done so far, with more in the works. 

                                                    

Shot four shows a couple of Ed's newest horses which are substantially smaller than the "ride-on" one featured in my art images. Not a great shot as I was using the flash indoors, but you can get an idea of how charming these little guys are.

Shot five is the invitation to the show my pieces will be in next weekend. This is the second year for the
Little Gems show, and if last year is anything to go by (and the pieces I saw being delivered by the artists this evening), this will be well worth checking out if you are in Saskatoon or area.