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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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September
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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
4 comments:
It was priced right -- better to have them fly off the shelves than gather dust. You can gradually raise your prices, but it's hard to lower them without looking desperate.
It is a lovely cradle & the new owners are, I bet, thrilled -- and passing the word about your work. You've made a life-long customer, not just a sale.
I know you are right but it would have been nice for at least a few people to have seen the best piece I've done so far!
Oma, that's so wonderful!!!! Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!
I've been thinking of you lots this week and will be coming for tea one of these days...
Erin ... I considered going to your place to show you the cradle on my way to the shop ... I wish I had!
Leslie Dickson (young and local) bought it for her daughter. Maybe you know her.
Come today, tomorrow or Friday for tea ... I will be painting madly ... two projects underway ... and would love a break for tea. There is also the Linguistic potluck on Friday that I hope to attend if you'd like to join me.
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