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..the daily life of a hermit and her dog ...
River Echo
September, 2010
Welcome to Oma's World.
Welcome to Oma's world: a hermitage set on a pristine lake, nestled in mountains, surrounded by trees and inhabited by Oma, Kenya (her own dog) and the dogs she looks after.
In Oma's world there is time to see, really see, the natural landscape as it changes. When she is not outside with the dogs, Oma reads, writes and watches films. She has also returned to a lost hobby, knitting, tried pottery and felting with very limited success, and produced a great deal of funky furniture over the past year or so. She also teaches occasionally at a local language school.
Since moving to the hermitage she has discovered the secret to raising healthy house plants. They have to love their environment. We all do if we are to lead happy productive lives.
This summer she tried her hand at creating a garden, and has been consumed by it to the exclusion of most other occupations.
In Oma's world there is time to see, really see, the natural landscape as it changes. When she is not outside with the dogs, Oma reads, writes and watches films. She has also returned to a lost hobby, knitting, tried pottery and felting with very limited success, and produced a great deal of funky furniture over the past year or so. She also teaches occasionally at a local language school.
Since moving to the hermitage she has discovered the secret to raising healthy house plants. They have to love their environment. We all do if we are to lead happy productive lives.
This summer she tried her hand at creating a garden, and has been consumed by it to the exclusion of most other occupations.
My Other Blogs
Kenya
My Lady of the Lake
Some of My Regular (and Occasional) Haunts
About Me
- Oma
- ... a woman who has been many women and will likely continue to metamorphose right til the end ... I have been a mother, a grandmother, a writer, a teacher, a traveler, a nomad,a hermit, a dog sitter, and a sporadic folk artist wannabe. Right now I am also a tiny-time-chef and caterer. Who knows where my travels will lead me as I travel down the final stretch of life's road?
Blogs for Writers
Followers
Something I Noticed Recently
- "A first draft is a work of construction. A seventh is the work of an artist." Barbara Kingsolver
Kenya's Sleepover Buddies
- Peach, a gentle 5 year old Lassie-type Collie
- Oberon, King of the Cat Fairies
- Corey, a 7 year old Golden Retriever
- Kitty, AKA Button, 8 weeks
- Tom Cat, 1 year old... run over November, 2010
- Olive, the 2 year old black lab
- Chelsea, the old and lumpy black lab on steroids
- Mica, the Siberian Husky
- Maggie, the two year old Berner
- Stella, the 7 month old Bernese Mountain Dog puppy
- Tango, the Ancient Sheep Dog, now deceased
- Zeke, the Nova Scotia Duck Toller, now deceased
- Henry, Marta's Golden Retriever
- Lulu, the tiny Cockapoo puppy
- Havoc, the Doberman
- Remi, Sarah's Golden Doodle
- Tango, the Golden Lab mix
- Teddy and Shea, Tammy and Carlos' dogs
- Nina, the Chocolate Lab, now re-homed because of viciousness
Blog Archive
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- Bad Dog, Kenya ...
- mandara from the heights of Robert Moeller's studio
- One of Thie's landscapes ...
- Marjolijn Thie's portrait of a beloved grand daughter
- More tree hugging
- Interplay of reds
- These hills are alive with funky fun ... Russ Zietz
- I want one of these in my garden
- More than the art ...
- More of Marie-France Nitsky's Playfulness
- Mandara in silhouette at the home of the woman who...
- Dancing Divas
- Carlos waiting patiently for us to be ready to lea...
- One woman's inspiration and invitation to be playful
- Raymond Warren's nuclear family in a bed of periwi...
- The seat of the Second Wonky House Chair
- Sunny Day in Late September
- One of an ephemeral forest on the side of Pike Lak...
- A Bad Trip
- It is really autumn when the lake is golden in the...
- On my way into town this morning
- The Elf's Art Supply Cupboard
- Fall Morning on Pike lake
- The next wonky house ... will be all these colours
- Any ideas for this one?
- Claire
- Two Hours Later ...
- Update on the Insane Washer
- Too black a mood to post ... but I need to vent
- The cradle is ready to go ... and I am having trou...
- After a hard day's kayak chasing
- What the little girls saw when they swooped down ...
- The Wonky Women have walked away!
- Lita Belle's Hope Chest
- Good News
- cradle in progress "bottom" view
- cradle in progress side view
- Tid Bits on Labour Day
- Neurotic Dogs and Drug-induced Madness
- First Cheque
- Lita Belle's Happy Chair
- Catch-up Time
- The Back ...
- Barbara Carlson's Homemade Highrise
- Listening from Down the Road
- The Choir
- ... and old ...
- Everyone came ... young ...
- Sunday Afternoon Outing
- Old Coots and Their Toys
- A perfectly loverly time ...
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Films I am Watching (reviewed are starred)
- Blood Diamond
- Amazing Grace
- Rosenstrasse
- The Blade Runner
- My Cousin Vinnie
What I am Reading These Days
- Through Black Spruce by Joseph Boyden
- Good to a Fault by Marina Endicott
- What They Wanted by Donna Morrissey
- Lullabies for Little Criminals by Heather o'Neill
- Merle's Door: Lessons from a Free Thinking Dog by Ted Kerasote
5 comments:
You're welcome. I felt like a God/Architect collaging the elements (manipulated house fronts from all over Ottawa & one bit of fire escape that made up all of them.)
(If you click on the images they expand to fill the screen. Awesome. A new blog feature?)
I love this! What is it made from and how tall/large is it? Is it on display someplace? What inspired it?
(yes I have questions)
Sassy,
Barbara creates these prints in different sizes ... I will let her respond to your other questions ... she checks in here every day.
Hello Sassy,
The largest sized graphic is 13" x 27". It was inspired by house fronts in Ottawa. I started with the ground floor and just kept "collaging" up via PS CS3.
There are 500 layers at least. Called The Homemade Highrise. It "could be built" says an architect but "probably wouldn't be up to code...the fire escapes notwithstanding."
You can see them at my studio. Call me at 613-749-6515 and I'll invite you over. Thanks for your
interest!
Barbara
Thanks Barbara, will do, and thank you Oma for posting these pics - a new discovery for me ;)
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