The last three days have been harrowing. We first heard that the fire on the other side of the bridge had begun as we sat in the car dealership purchasing two vehicles. To roll the story back, Cameron had car failure as he sat in the parking lot of Home Depot. He had loaded up supplies into the car to take to the job site. But the blue van that he bought from RPM for just under three thousand simply would not start. He was so disconcerted that he held his mouth just right, tried strange and unusual combinations of revving and not fully breaking and managed to get home.

Meanwhile, I had three lights come up on my dash in the auction van with boarder decals all over it. Both of us have tried to live frugally, to work hard and focus on paying down debts. The trip to Europe cut into our store of cash to the point where it was no longer a store. Store closed due to Europe, reads the sign.

So disgusted by the inability to build our businesses and get around without constant trouble, we went to the car auction again. There were 4 X 4 trucks and cars from the 1990’s. Taking a break we went to Elite auto where we found a 2002 Nissan Sentra and a full sized van. We decided to put those on our line of credit at low interest. It was a gamble. It caused us both to swollow hard and pushed us out of our comfort zone for debt. But when I went out to the Nissan yesterday to get groceries, it started and there were no lights on the dash. The breaks are great, it is actually comfortable. Cameron’s van will arrive today.

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When we got home, we scanned the sky and saw the smoke. As we made dinner and cleaned the house, we noticed that the air was getting thicker with beige plumes. That evening I opened the windows on Facebook, twitter, Castanet and on a local radio station and bounced back and forth. I felt useful to be able to move information from one bulletin board to another. It was watching Twitter that became the important focus. As people stood at their windows or on their decks, they gave first hand witness to what the behavior of the fire was at any time. What impressed me was that people were not feeding the ego of panic. They were not going for drama but the general tone was to keep everything calm and accurate. If someone made a statement which was overblown, corrections would flow in.

It felt good to be in a community. It felt good to be useful and to let the people on facebook know what was happening.

Cameron played tonight with Yoko, from Nelson, who is also a Buddhist. After the gig, he came home and started doing some research on Buddhist chants. His screen saver is an amazing image from Viet Nam of a giant, white statue against a piercingly blue sky. Stunning.

Today I worked out.

buddha, flowers, photographer

Seventy-five crunches and the other exercises that my trainer laid out for me. After that, I stopped by Chez Sally Ann and got a great pair of red, calf length pants with tiny white polka dots in a size 8 down from size 11 this winter. Going to recycling allowed the back of the car to open up room in preparation for the great load in from the show home on the West Side.

from my garden

I was pumped when the builder phoned to say he wanted my art in the home. I worked to create new pieces and hung them in the beautiful, contemporary setting. Sadly, his partner hired a designer who didn’t want to keep any of the works up.

So after recycling, I made the numerous trips up and down the three stories to creatively stuff them into “the refrigerator” (a car purchased at auction that has no heat. I drove it all winter hence the name.) But surprise. In summer, it overheats. So one has to turn on the heater to divert heat from the engine. Quite a treat on a 32 degree summer day.

Now with the car stuffed, my body worked out and sweating from the carrying and packing, I ran home to get long screws. My husband obliged from his storehouse. He was at home because his vehicle had packed it in in the parking lot of Home Depot. (The exciting life of artists!)

I removed the existing art from my studio, rehung pieces, placing the new works from the show home where I thought they would garner more attention. All of the older pieces under glass, I moved out to put in storage. About 20 pieces are in a stack to one side of the studio for “sale”.
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this rose bush refused to be dug up

Because we are still working on the hallway, the washing machine has been on the back deck for a week. The interesting mountainous cast off clothing now could be dealt with. Cameron went off to his gig after doing three loads. I mowed the front and back lawn with our little push mower. In between swipes, I would run into the house to stuff another load in. Clothing, sheets, towels filled the wash line from one side of the yard to another. As the smaller items dried, I leapt up and grabbed the line and exchanged the dry for a wet replacement. Soon the lawn was looking much more civilized, the laundry was dry and folded and not creating a reekish obstruction in our bedroom. Hopping in the car as the sky took on darkness, I headed out to get groceries.

on both sides of our path to the door, beauty

All the while, in my head I could hear the sniveling little voice saying,” It’s summer. I want to go swimming. I want to sit next to these flowers and read a book”. So I answered myself by saying,”Enjoy the movement of mowing. Enjoy the warm air. Enjoy the rich, blowsy, nodding of flowers as you brush against them. This is what needs to be done. Enjoy it.”

I wonder if I did!

Tomorrow off to the studio to do some painting and set up my courses for the Music and Arts Festival next week.

Oh, and we have to find a car that actually works, finish the hallway and Cameron has a gig with Calculated Risk at 7 pm. I am going. I am going to sit on the grass and listen to music. Because. It is summer.

summer on Okanagan Lake

filtered picture of chestnut

As I push on through the deadlines and find the last six weeks of furious activity becoming a memory, I can only step back and watch myself. My mind has come to relish the adrenalized existence. Even as I was worn down physically and exhausted from lack of sleep there was that sense of purpose, the wonderful sensation of living full out that resulted in a sense of heightened living. For a workaholic to have a task that has to come in on deadline which is defined by others as impossible is a dream come true. The excuse for kicking up the adrenale glands and diving into the “rush” that comes from moving quickly, of lifting heavy things, of reaching, crawling, squatting, driving onesself is so compelling that the calm afterward is deadly. I find that my mind keeps reaching for something else to put me back on the Merry Go Round.

On the other hand, my body is tired and I awoke with a migraine and the accompanying nausea. How one can feel both becalmed and overwhelmed at the same time is fascinating. I have begun sitting meditation again to quiet the anxiety demon that works in my brain and also to make my day more orderly. So often I am like a cat chasing string. Whatever is pulled across my path causes me to shift focus and off I go patting my paw out trying to capture the thread. If I could ever focus my prodigious energy and surprising stamina, I believe that amazing results would occur.

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Last night we watched MONGOL a movie which is a historical fiction about Gengius Khan. The acting was superb, the story engrossing and the special effects….gross. It was a two hour journey in Kazastan and the bleakness of the landscape was stunning.

Today I attend a meeting of tenants in  the Rotary Centre, help my husband finish the hallway area, mow the lawn, prepare some works for clients who are buying art for their new house and make some handmade books for examples of what students can create in my class on the 25th. As soon as I get them done, I will put them up on this site for all to see. I really enjoy making elaborate cards and hand made books.