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4516. wabbit - 12/9/2008 6:01:45 PM I swear I'm a jinx. Two days after I posted this Message # 4452, the hen was gone. I can only think that the coyotes finally got her. They've gotten two cats and two hens this year.
Our first snow fell the other day. This is that same gap in the stone wall in the backyard.
4517. thoughtful - 12/9/2008 6:10:30 PM Very pretty
4518. thoughtful - 12/9/2008 6:22:50 PM Happy December...this is the view outside my office...this time of year i get to enjoy some fabulous sunsets.
 4519. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/9/2008 9:24:26 PM Wow wabb, this is downright spooky,
I came upon an old monotype that I thought , might be good for a Christmas card, but then, on more reflection, I thought it wasn't winterish enough. So then I thought about doing a winter version of it, but then decided that I didn't have the time or an idea of how it might look in winter--so I chose another.
Had I seen your winterscape early enough, I would have used it as a guide because it has the same visual elements and proportions. Do you see it? [Of course you do.]
4520. wabbit - 12/9/2008 10:27:24 PM Oooh, I don't remember seeing that one, it looks like a cool November morning. Beautiful!
I think we share an eye! 4521. wabbit - 12/9/2008 10:28:18 PM Thoughtful, when are you going to put your calendar out? Your photos are wonderful. 4522. thoughtful - 12/9/2008 10:41:55 PM Sorry wabbit, no calendar this year...our life has revolved around house building so i've had little time for picture taking...but thanks for the compliment. 4523. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/11/2008 4:57:04 AM Will one of the nation's greatest musicians be noticed in a D.C. Metro stop during rush hour? Violinist Joshua Bell experimented for Gene Weingarten's Sunday Magazine story in The Washington Post.
"Unframed Art"
The guy in the subway station, wearing jeans, shirt and cap, relaxes against the wall near the entrance, gets the violin out of the box and starts playing with enthusiasm to the crowd that passes through there, and in morning rush hour. During the 45 minutes that he played he was virtually ignored by bystanders, nobody knew, but the musician was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest violinists in the world, performing tunes in an instrument, a Stradivarius of 1713, estimated at more than 3 million dollars.
A few days before Bell had played at Symphony Hall in Boston, where the best seats cost a trifle of 1000 dollars.
The experience, recorded on video, shows men and women to walk
small, cup of coffee in hand, cellphone in your ear, badge
Balancing on his neck, indifferent to the sound of the violin. The initiative performed by The Washington Post newspaper was to launch a debate on value, context and art.
The conclusion: we used to give value to things when they're in a context.
Bell was a work of art without frame. An artifact of luxury without tag for the Virtual. Only a woman recognized the music ...
4524. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/11/2008 5:01:00 AM Incidentally, don't pass up Gene Weingarten's linke WP piece above, it's interesting for anyone who believes in art & life. 4525. magoseph - 12/14/2008 3:09:22 PM Determined Squirrel
4526. wonkers2 - 12/14/2008 6:28:44 PM It might have been more interesting if they'd let the cat out! 4527. judithathome - 12/14/2008 6:29:00 PM Wiz, I can't see the link to his performance but I feel certain I'd have at least stopped to listen...I do that now when we have amatuer guys downtown trying to make crack or Thunderbird money!
I heard an interesting interview last week on NPR with an author who claims people who read a lot are more likely to go to museums, ballet, symphony, and theatre. Also, more likely to be socially aware and at ease in environments foreign to their everyday experience . I think that's very true.
Don't know why I brought that up just now...hmmmmm. 4528. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/14/2008 7:27:04 PM Well Judith, I think it says a lot about the American culture, people on a treadmill and just going through the motions of life rather than stopping to reflect.
Art was invented to preserve what's best in life, but people preoccupied with survival and quick superficial distractions don't make time to contemplate or savor the beauty and wonder of life.
You should count yourself blessed, 4529. judithathome - 12/14/2008 8:37:18 PM I do....every day! 4530. wabbit - 1/9/2009 1:21:40 AM Suze Orman's new book, Suze Orman's 2009 Action Plan, is available as a free download courtesy Oprah until January 15. 4531. arkymalarky - 1/10/2009 7:18:26 PM I downloaded a copy and shared the info at work and with Mose. 4532. thoughtful - 1/27/2009 3:48:46 PM J@h, if you're around, do you remember I posted pictures of stained glass doors quite awhile back that my mom had gotten for like $10 back in the 1960s? In case not, here's a pic:
The doors originally were used as double doors. We took them to a restorer. One is in very good shape and to restore it will cost us only about $250. The other however is in terrible shape and to restore it will cost us $1100 to repair...over 40 pieces of glass are broken. In the new house, we were not going to use them side by side but individually...one on the door to the study and one on the door to the powder room.
I guess my question is if you think it's worthwhile getting both done, or just stick with the one...
Of course the door itself is too small. We'll have to get custom made doors to set the glass in at modern dimensions. 4533. judithathome - 1/27/2009 5:51:43 PM Oh, that door is wonderful! Use it wherever and however you can!
As to the other restoration, that IS pricey but were I you, I'd check to see how much it would cost to buy a new one of that caliber and if it doesn't send you into shock, weigh the benefits of restoring the one that's damaged against the cost of a new, custom made one. Having two doors of the same vintage and by the same glass artist would be worth a lot down the line, even if one was restored.
Plus I just hate to see old stuff scrapped if there is ANY way possible to save it.
Stunning, stunning example of glass work! 4534. thoughtful - 1/27/2009 9:50:28 PM OK...thanks. I'm sure to replace it would be a lot more, but given how over budget we are already on the house, we have to make choices...we can't afford to do everything we'd like. Maybe what we can do is keep the door and not have it restored now, but maybe do it in the future...after the market and my retirement accounts recover! 4535. judithathome - 1/28/2009 6:45:19 PM Sounds like a plan!
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