In other news, I searched for “Granados” on the Ship this afternoon, and slightly to my alarm, there wasn’t a single instance found. So I will make a pitch for Alicia de Larrocha’s RCA set of Granados’ piano works, available for not too much money on 3 CDs. Listening right now to the Goyescas, inspired by mostly unidentified paintings by Goya.
Maybe not too interested that we got burnt out from that forest fire at Denare. We got a trailer for now. Lots of kids going fishing so thats good. Sask premier did pretty bad job about it, went golfing they say. Think that's pretty racist to leave us out. All the old people and young ones are okay so thats good. This my second time for burnt out. Oh well. Been now out for a couple months where we taking care of the people. Leave that there. Don't pray send laughter which is a saying. Means caring and cheering up.
Sorry to hear that @Burgess. Am I right in thinking you’re in northeast Saskatchewan? My mother grew up in The Pas on the Manitoba side and still has extended family in that part of the world. I think they have escaped a direct hit but there were fires worryingly nearby.
Hoping to get to the McMichael Gallery (north of Toronto) sometime soon to see an exhibition of James Wilson Morrice’s Venice paintings. He was a Canadian artist who lived most of his life in Europe, painting in a post-impressionist style. I had never heard of him until the National Gallery in Ottawa put on a special exhibition of his works some years ago (before Covid).
Got up to see the Morrice exhibition today. If anyone was thinking of making a trip into the Greater Toronto Area between now and November this would be a good reason to do so. He is surprisingly obscure given the quality of his work.
Had an interesting Tuesday. My employer, the federal Department of Minor Affairs has given me the opportunity to take French lessons on the department's dime. I am currently on Module 14 of 15. While returning from the study booth I met the Director of my programme. She is a Franco-Ontarian and we started into a French conversation. She was impressed and invited me to practice with her every so often for an hour.
28 degrees Celsius or so here in Anne's Land. Beautifully warm. I wore shorts and sandals today and will likely do so tomorrow too. The mosquitoes are back but acting quite sluggish. Apparently, seasonable temperatures return on Wednesday.
Supposed to go into deep dive here sometime tomorrow, with thunderstorms to mark the occasion. As always the big picture is worrying but in the absence of any ability to do anything about the big picture right here and now might as well enjoy some nice weather…
I remember we had a very nice weekend at end of October last year. Warm enough for dinner in the garden.
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Hoping to get to the McMichael Gallery (north of Toronto) sometime soon to see an exhibition of James Wilson Morrice’s Venice paintings. He was a Canadian artist who lived most of his life in Europe, painting in a post-impressionist style. I had never heard of him until the National Gallery in Ottawa put on a special exhibition of his works some years ago (before Covid).
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/james-wilson-morrice-montreals-original-bohemian
https://mcmichael.com/event/morrice-in-venice/
I must be moving up in the world.
I remember we had a very nice weekend at end of October last year. Warm enough for dinner in the garden.