Memorial Day In A Small Town
Seeing as it is a holiday weekend I was able to come in and work a little in the gallery undiscovered. (meaning doors locked, vehicle in the garage, etc) I am allowed to revert to my natural state of hermitage.
I did (or rather we did) however partake in a couple of the festivities. Last night there was a dinner dance at the RAM Event Center (used to be the high school gym) and the Al Welsh Orchestra was playing. They are a 40’s swing type group. And yes the style was more than a few decades before I was born, but it was still great fun. No I did not dance. (neither Mike or I know how to ballroom dance) I did very much enjoy watching everyone else though.
The other activity in which I was in the public was a luncheon served at the Lutheran Church, as a fund raiser for the VFW. Again Mike and I enjoyed ourselves. Though my anti-social nature breathed a sigh when I came into the cool quiet gallery afterwards.
An Epiphany
So I had a thought about my handmade paper. As you may remember all the sheets I made over Christmas didn’t work because I didn’t add enough sizing. So my thought was to try applying some fixative spray in hopes that it would add just enough strength to the paper’s surface.
I will find out tomorrow. I drew out my next little painting and will give it whirl. If it doesn’t work I will just use one of my older sheets. I must say I’m kinda excited, though I think it has more to do with my new subject and it’s color.
Hi Mona..i read your post as ‘all welsh orchestra’ and thought for a minute you had an evening of music from Wales! : )
Melanie,
Ha! Not so lucky. Though they did a pretty good job.
I’ve been awaiting your next wip on Maxwell.
Finishing today! Although its pouring with rain here (which isn’t unusual) so if the photos don’t come out well, ill have to wait till tomorrow as they have forecast sunshine… : )
Sounds like a nostalgically, vanishing small town event day! I love that big band website! There aren’t alot of people who remember it as original fans and can still get up and dance to it! People must be a lot healthier out there in your nect of the woods. Angela
No idea if folks are healthier here. It is your typical small town where the primary age base is the elderly. But of our meager population of less than 700 they had over 100 attend the event. So it was considered a success.
Sounds like you had fun! I’ll be interested to see how your fixative experiment turns out on the handmade paper.
One thing I noticed here was that on our way moving down we passed a number of small cemeteries — and almost every grave had fresh flowers, they were all very bright and cheery. People in Arkansas care about the fallen, it was very heartening to see that.