this and that
yes
its still insanely cold
yes
i know its winter
knowing its winter
does not
in anyway
relieve
the cold
that makes
my nose run
my eyes tear
my ears ache
i hate hats
actually
i love hats
on
other people
other people
or
in shops
i love the concept of a hat
i buy hats
rarely do i wear them
this week
i wore a hat
every
day
hat hair
hat head
was
the result
flattened
was the look
was the look
somewhere
i have ear muffs
somewhere
now i am hearing
'there's a place for us ... '
sigh
when i was last in Cincinnati
my friends
Mary, Phil and i
had a lovely lunch
this photo was taken in October 2011
with
the divine Ms Alice Balterman and her daughter, Meg
Alice is 92 and going strong
an incredible artist
i am lucky enough to own several of her pieces
she made this one especially for me
at the time
i also got another of her decoupage mirrors
after weeks
of forgetting
to bring it to the framer
last weekend
i finally brought it in
its a simple thing
they put
two screws and a wire
across the mirror side
i hang them on the wall like this
framer asked
can you come back in half an hour?
no, but i will come by tomorrow
of course
Sunday
i forgot
Monday
they called
long story short
they made a 'mistake'
they put the screws and wire
on
the
front
i was so upset
i was so upset
but
i only dropped the f-bomb once
i said
i cannot fucking believe this
no
i did
not
apologize
we agreed they would try to fix it
i would come by on Saturday
to see what it looked like
when i got there
a full almost week later
they had removed only
the screws
the holes
remained
not
only
did they put
the holes and wire
over
across
the
art
they did it
vertically
a good thing!
a good thing?
yes
it was supposed
to be
horizontal
like
the center mirror
in that photo up there
so
while
there are two large holes
they do not actually affect the art
the framer said
they can fill in the holes
they have an art restorer
who will match the paint
i am less insanely upset now
but
just slightly
GAH
