We have another art journal jam tomorrow at the Good Day Sunshine cafe in South Surrey. It’s free and open to all! I am looking for someone willing to take over for me as I’m busy working on some other projects and might not be able to attend future jams. Anyone up to it? It’s a fun gathering of likeminded spirits!
Yesterday we demolished the Casbah which was in a terrible state of disrepair! We had to hire someone to do most of the demolishing as that’s pretty tough work!
Over the past 17 years i have accumulated tons of stuff because as you know “You never know when you’re going to need it or make it into art!”. Well over the years the roof of the Casbah, started leaking various unwanted critters took up residence……..including this little varmint……
There were at least 2 possums living in the shed!
You wouldn’t believe what else i found in there – my daughter’s baby book and baby bracelet, American money, my kids drawings, my old sketchbooks, an old passport (which is in pretty bad shape), Jessica’s old Oscar the Grouch stuffed animal which she was inseparable with during her toddler years……
His pupils have worn off but you can still see he’s a grouch due to the angry looking eyebrows 
. Jessica said i could respectfully “pitch” him in the bin.
With the demolition almost done Mr. G gives me the old “Stink eye” for being such a packrat all those years. It was a pretty emotional time for me – finding all this stuff from my past – every little thing carries a memory for me. If you understand Astrology you’d get why i have done that – i have 5 planets in Cancer which makes me easily attached to things in my home. Well it’s almost done now – we’ve had to rent another big bin as all of the stuff we took out of the Casbah needs to be thrown out – right now it’s littering the lawn. On a happy note soon the backyard will have a pristine new shed/casbah number 2!
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Love, Violette xo
