November 26, 1999

Leftovers

We moved more stuff from the trailer today.  We also installed the shield for the mailbox.  The snow plows send snow and ice flying for quite a distance and can easily destroy innocent unprotected mail boxes.  We also installed plastic on the porch windows of Cabin 6. 

We are pretty much ready for winter.  My Dad helped get the little walk-behind snow thrower working today.  We use the Honda tractor most of the time, but the little snow thrower will come in handy.

We enjoyed the leftovers from the perfect Thanksgiving dinner.  It tasted just as good today!

The kids spent lots of time with Grandma and I enjoyed some time with my Dad.  We had to field trip to Kolbus Motors in Christmas to look into a problem with my Dad's van.  

I've been overwhelmed recently by artist David Hockney's theory that master artists like the 19th-century French artist Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres didn't create highly detailed portraits by eye and hand alone.  It is likely, Hockney says, that Ingres also used a lens to project images of his subjects onto a  surface such as paper or canvas, where they could be quickly and easily traced!  Hockney contends that the use of lenses explains why "there is no awkward drawing, none," in almost 400 years of Western art until the late 19th century.  He contends that Dürer, Caravaggio, Raphael, and Velazquez, among others, also used lenses and optical devices.  Hockney says "it would be sad if anybody thought what I am saying [about the use of lenses] diminished anything.  On the contrary, it makes it far more interesting..."

Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle!

It was rather overcast today, but still managed to reach the 40's.  A gentle rain started to fall at dusk.  Just a few more chores and we'll be ready to watch the snow fall...

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