Steph's paintings at the Beaverbrook

Here are a couple of Steph's paintings that are at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton. The top one is called 'The Biker' and the bottom one is a self portrait called 'Hands in Hair'. She is so talented! Nice work Steph.

Les fleurs

There are daffodils on the hill by CCOM, how did they get there?? And why hasn't the hungry groundhog mowed them down to the ground? There are outcroppings of flowers all around the building. It's almost as if some people went around secretly planting bulbs last fall so that they'd come up in surprising and unexpected locations once springtime came. It must have been the flower ninjas on a secret mission to brighten up an otherwise dreary lawn.

Steph's painting

Wow, I just found out (by reading my mom's blog!) that my sister, Steph, has a painting that's going to a gallery in Winnipeg! Very cool. I guess she's also sold a couple more and has been commissioned to do another painting for someone. She's moving out of her place in Freddy Beach, and is headed for Sackville for the summer (that's where she went to school, at Mount Allison). The above painting is of Dad, and it's not the one that is going to Winnipeg, but it's the only one that I could get to load properly. It is probably my favorite though, I really like what she did with the reflections in the glass cabinet in the background.

John's Lake Berryessa photos

Mike just got back from Lake Berryessa a couple of days ago, and brought with him some photos that John had taken on his camera. Here's one of my favorites, but if you click on the image you can see more on my Picasa site. Now that I've seen pictures, I definitely want to go out there and visit. Maybe after the job is done he can stay for a couple of extra days so I can fly out and meet him for some sightseeing in Napa...he doesn't have internet access so he doesn't know that I'm plotting and scheming to get myself out there. I've got my fingers crossed, now all I have to do is get through my crazy math final, and I'll be all set.

It's sunny again

Ah, the sun is out, it's 20 degrees outside, I didn't have to wear a scarf or a jacket or gloves - and I wore sandals *without* socks. I am the biggest wimp about the cold, so for me to be saying this means it must really be nice out. In true graduate student style, I'm celebrating the fine weather by coming into CCOM and working on my math homework. Not to worry though, there is some meaning behind the madness - I'm trying to finish my math take-home exam before the end of the semester so that I can take a couple of days off to visit John in California. It would be my very first trip out west. And it all depends on me sacrificing a beatiful sunny day in New Hampshire in favour of solving Green's functions by the method of variation of parameters. Which, incidentally, is even LESS fun than it sounds.

Gretchen's visit

Gretchen came up to sunny New Hampshire for a couple of days to hang out and to pick up her graduation gown (how exciting!). It's great to have the G-force back in town, even if it's super brief. but she'll be back in a few weeks for the graduation - and she's going to bring the infamous Maxwell (James Clerk Maxwell the dog). Oh yes, and she'll bring Ryan too. Gretchen convinced Barbara to pick up some doughnuts at the bakery in Somersworth (or Rochester, or wherever it is) - because they are the best doughnuts ever. ever. so Barb brought them in and put them in the lunchroom. They were gone so fast. Good thing I grabbed one as soon as they were put out. I can smell free doughnuts from a mile away.

Spring rains, 2007 - catching up on my blogging

I tried to walk to school on Monday morning after dropping John off at the bus station, and was greeted with this scene as soon as I passed through the tunnel - luckily Shachak was driving in at the same time, so he drove me back to the house. The water receded quickly though, and I was able to drive in later in the day. Classes were cancelled at 10.