Julia Writes: Dear Mr. Wadsworth

Dear Mr. Wadsworth (Ronald, Hopi Guide extraordinaire) -

We had an incredibly memorable time during our very short visit to the Hopi reservation and that is in great part because of your expert guide abilities. Your stories and the land left deep impressions with us that will last a long time. I even had a vivid dream that night, mostly about being with groups of people. I interpret that as being due to the unimaginably strong ties in the Hopi community that I felt . . .

Thank you so much for your help.

Julia (and John) Hurd

Bellingham Climate March -- Sunday Morning

Spencers got his lamp out searching for those turkey innards....

Kyra Writes from Southern California

On our first flight from Seattle to San Francisco. Eason loved the flight but was very nervous before hand. Charlotte was squirming on the first flight but fell asleep on the second. We're on our way to Disneyland right now almost there.

Francoise Gilot Says

"A goddess is a goddess," she concludes, "because she sees things from higher up."

From Slavko: Time of Year

Just a couple of weeks behind!

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Subject:	Re: Time of Year
Date:	Wed, 4 Nov 2015 20:16:48 +0100
From:	slavko Gusić <manjige@gmail.com>
To:	John <jhurd@qsoup.net>

Here is Charles Bilich's Tito painting, Aus-Cro painter, a photo says more than words!!

Also, Night and Day struggling in such harsh soil, grapes, mash...

Monday: Caught in dust storm in the Mojave...

Sat and Sun: caught in a Blizzard at the Canyon

We spent Saturday on the Hopi Second and Third Mesas.....stayed there at their Cultural Center....engaged a local as a guide....pictures forthcoming....Sunday we drove through snow at the Grand Canyon....

Old Jere

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From slavko Gusić <manjige@gmail.com>
Date: 11/13/2015 04:36 (GMT-08:00)
To jhurd <jhurd@qsoup.net>
Subject Re: p.s.

Jere has passed away, an era of the unique plumber has ended with a stroke, he sat down to the bad, felt a bit dizzy, and died! And he was so afraid of dieing, and such an easy way to go!

I've helped to dress him up last night, along with another neighbour and his son, so we cracked a few jokes as he would appreciated it, I would think so.

P.S.

St.Martin's Day is today, the time to taste a new vine. Custom as they say St.Martin was late for a meeting of some sort because he had a few glasses of vine more than needed!

But we tried ours a two weeks earlier, and I can tell you it's a good and strong vine, hope will preserve some for the time you come over!

230 litres.

At Zuni Pueblo

Elfuego Baca

Elfuego Baca held off 80 drunken cowboys for 36 hours.  Over 4000 rounds of ammunition was spent.  He said he did it to show there was one Mexican who was not afraid of the cowboys from Texas.  Gawd, I loved that Disney two part special on Elfuego from the late 50s or early 69s!!!!  Anyone else remember that.  Old black and white, I think.  Anyway, that was in Reserve, where the cowboys from Texas in my family came in the late 1880's.

Wilson Canyon New Mexico

Where Grandmother Anna's (Mim's) mom was a baby . . .

Fwd: Guess what won?

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From charlesgrimes9@gmail.com
Date: 11/10/2015 17:33 (GMT-08:00)
To jhurd <jhurd@qsoup.net>
Subject Guess what won?








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Fwd: Tonight

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From charlesgrimes9@gmail.com
Date: 11/10/2015 16:07 (GMT-08:00)
To jhurd <jhurd@qsoup.net>
Subject Tonight


Set up the new easel or fold laundry.  Which is it?









Sent from my iPhone

Salt River Canyon and on to Reserve!

Yesterday, a day in Phoenix:   Heard Native American museum,  Phoenix Art Museum,  auto wreck ( Julia and I were riding in car of Julias friend) -- car totaled,  all ok -- then a two hour drive to Globe Az.  Today,  the fantastic Salt River Canyon, where the San Carlos Apache Reservation meets the White Mountain Apache Reservation (and a surprising find if petroglyohs) and on to Reserve, New Mexico, where my great grandmother lived as new born baby.  Talk about at the end of the World: those Wilsons wanted to get out of Texas bad!

Mogollon Rim, Outside Payson

Outside Payson

Hey Tim! Just outside Payson....

Motezumas Castle, Payson, Mogollon Rim!

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Irwin and Julia Weinthal at Tortilla Flat

My Julia's brother and sister-in-law . . .

Sunday: Greetings from Tortilla Flat. (Now must watch Spencer Tracy movie!)

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Above Palm Springs

Saturday CA to AZ

Yes,  we are in Southern California.   Spent a few days in the sun enjoying the hospitality of Tom and Denise at their lovely home in Palm Desert.  Managed a trip up the Palm Springs tramway to a five mile hike through pine and rock  (and snow! ) at 8000 foot altitude. Today we drive for 5 hours to Arizona to visit Julia's brother in Apache Junction for a few days.  

Halloween: The Two Dollies

The Two Dollies for Halloween. Spencer as Salvadore and Sally as Parton!

Moon Goddess

Now I have three "Moon Goddess" paintings in work and am despairing of finishing any of them!  Too much thinking, too little painting!!!  Aarrgghh!!  I must reverse that trend. Must be the chill and rain . . .

Charles New (Winter) Studio

The garden goes to seed, the car goes in the garage.  Time for a warm winter studio . . . with a bit of work . . .
Charles says:  "Spring had better come early"

Drawings by Eason

Houseplants in vase

Eliot's refurbished banjo ukele

Boy's gotta new sketchbook, gotta draw!

Cross-Posting: "Happy, Happy Birthday Tim! and early wishes for a long and happy retirement, too"

"Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when . . ."
October 24 . . .

What a nice couple!

Cross-posted from Lynne's Uli Day blog.  (See link at right.)

Charles Sends: Bees in Love

LILACS

And the Lilacs were fragrant and blushing with the

Re-emergence of their life in this life

And the Bees were blushing with the fragrance

Of Their Love in this Violet life

And Nature is alive and blushing with the brilliance

Of Being in this Moment and Being with

God in the Garden on this Brilliant Day

-- Charles

Coach Eliot

Eason, Jacob, Eliot and Santi  (from left)

From left:  Wyatt and Santi, unidentified opposite team member,
and Eason with ball

Eliot stepped in today and coached Eason's soccer team at the Saturday game.  He looked like a natural with the kids!

From Marius, Nearing End of Stay in Croatia

John,

 Yup! It's almost time to head for the barn. I have indeed been busy. I must have enough work stored

to have a years worth of shows . Perhaps a book? Wouldn't that be a trip?

-Marius

(Ed:  Click on photo to enlarge for viewing . . .)

Rockhounds

Finding geodes and crystals at Walker Valley with Julia, Eliot,
Eason,  .Kyra, and Charlotte . . . .

(Photo by Kyra, showing Eliot, Papa John and Eason)

Fruits of Labour

Charles has hung a few of this summer's flowers paintings in his living room to savour for the winter. I don't think I need to editorialize here . . .

Art! Mine! Confluence!

The Morning After Art Reception

Noisy deluge all night long in Winthrop turns to clear blue sky filtered through amber aspen.  Stepping outside, you hear the river running over smooth stones and are ravished by the smell of sweet sage and pine and is that heather?

Over the mountains yet again....

Went to Impressionists at SAM today. Cezanne was pretty great and surprisingly a small painting by Toulouse-Lautrec. Others, others...I thought I would be really intimidated.....and of course in skill and technique, I could never get close to the poorest painting there....but this stuff is 150 years old, right? Came home to my studio and thought, "Now this stuff I really like."

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

At the ballgame in Seattle: Go Mariners!!!!!

Yellow gold honey amber -- maple at Newhalem, larch at Washington Pass, aspen at Mazama. Beauty, glory, beauty!

Artist's Statement

In early August, I reported that Eason had shown a painting at the Children's Art Walk and had won an Award of Merit.
Accompanying that painting was his "Artist's Statement" which I think is one of the greatest I have seen.  (I have a lot of trouble creating these statements for my work.)  I got a copy of Eason's for that painting just tonight:

"Title:  Yellow Streak of Blue Thunder

I thought it was an alien
At first,
but it didn't turn out to be,  so I added a few more details and put some more blue on it. 
It turned out to be something but I didn't know what it was."