Painting with KC

It's been almost 3 months of very part time work with KC, and boy has it been fun, and scary, and awesome. Here I am power-sanding the roof ledge, on top of a yoga studio on Lummi Island.

The studio.

Here's KC staining the face I just finished sanding.

KC's wife Katelyn is an artist. I snapped this photo of one of her paintings when I stayed at their house recently. I just love it!

I've been blessed with such a wonderful boss, and the opportunity for a great ongoing work experience.

Work'n with Flip

Wren's been working for his friend Flip since high school. Last year he worked out with him next to Mt. Raineer. He was invited back, and this time, I got to come out and get wet and dirty alongside them. Here is the gorgeous house.

 This is the totem pole Wren fixed.

 Us during the wet, wet day.

 Happy to have some sunshine.

 My main job was the garden area. I re-soiled the heck out of this!

Wren and I ate dinner with the fellas, then stayed in our own sweet little cabin at night. It was all really great.

Painting with KC

My first day working as a painter: April 14, 2014. And I have the pleasure of working with an awesome, fun, nice person, KC Carlson of Island Quality Paint. Here's a photo from the ferry on the way to work.

The view in which we see while we paint on Lummi.

Taping the deck.

 Inside Dirty Dan's Restaurant is KC spraying on a ladder... ladders seem so sketchy and scary... eeep!

Well I'm grateful for the job, it feels like part time work and full time adventure. Yay.

Workin' at Kurly's

So this February I stopped working at the Colophon and have been pursuing my own path. Within said path includes a flexible schedule and availability for various work opportunities. Workin' at Kurly's is one of these bonuses. River has his Kurly's cart at the Bellingham Farmers Market on Saturdays, and I have had the privilege and joy (as shown in photo) of workin' there.

So thanks River, for inviting me to enhance an occasional Saturday, and for helping me continue my unique and varietous path.

Vancouver Children's Festival!

So lucky me got invited to be a coordinator for the ShadowPlay tent at the Vancouver Children's Festival! It was a blast! I got to hang out around kids, watch them make shows with puppets, be inspired by their beautiful, curious minds and hang out with some great Vancouverites (Noodle, Niana, and Candy).

This is an example of the fun in the ShadowPlay tent!

Here's Noodle and I with the local, children's, rare, wooden zebra!

One of Noodle's project was making a double-headed weaving snake. Kids would come to her tent and get strips of fabric and weave the "skin" onto the shell of the snake.

 This is the inside of the snake, where kids were encouraged and excited to run through the colorful, compact, weaving snake belly!

A bonus to the festival was all of the baby geese! Super cute, but you can't get too close or the moms will bite! Somehow I was in the right place at the right time, and they just paraded smack in front of me!

 As a coordinator, one of our jobs was to personally add to the festivities by dressing up for theme days. This was superhero day... the majority of kids decided I was a ladybug superhero... and golly did they nail it!

 One of the many perks of the job was the ability to see any of the "stage" shows for free. There was Cirque Zuma Zuma (complete with foot juggler!), Baobab (African fable using storytelling, puppetry, masks and live music), Morgan's Journey (sweet clown show), The Queen of Colors (animated picture book coming to life through shadow puppetry, live music, painting, and video projection), The Little Old Man (a story of loneliness and friendship using rod-puppets), Sparrow (interactive toddler show), and maybe my favorite (with the queen a close second) James Hill: Ukulele Magic (just outstanding... brings "ukulele into the classroom"). What an inspiring and delightful adventure! Yay for Children's Festivals!