Work Continues

Wow, it's been too long. Work continues on the house. It's ready for stucco. The electrical, phone, cable etc are all in. Insulation appears to be substantially complete. Tomorrow they're supposed to begin hanging the sheet rock. Things are moving along and we look forward to getting out of the rental into a place where we can hang our photos.

Have I mentioned that Andrew Wythe is a favorite? To this day, Christina's World stops me in my tracks.  I remember as a little child staring at my mother's print of the painting and being impressed that the girl is crippled, perhaps with polio.  I wondered how she got out into that field.  Was she waiting for someone to get her?  Perhaps she was left alone and stranded there with no way to return to the protection of her home.  I remember how I'd stay in my great-grandmother's farm house in Kansas.  This scene reminded me of summer vacations there.  This is the only painting that really moves me the way art is supposed to.

But alas, I digress.  Adieu.