rainy day magic

It's SPRING and the BIRDS are happy and I am too!

OKAY, the gig's done (it was awesome to see so many people come out and even dance!) and the party's over (spring has sprung though the sunshine is welcome to come back, the plants are all glad of the rain) .....SO, WHAT'S UP NEXT?

BUTTONFLY UPDATE: we're working on new songs with buttonfly! -- Pat's got one called "Here" -- You're here, hand on heart! Which ends with some beautiful dissonance. I've been working on a new one called "Negotiating Gravity" about cycling downhill with my eyes closed on Palace Street, which is en route home and a not-very-well-travelled little street, very safe for eyes-closed night descent. Well, sorta. I do have a nice scar at the bridge of my nose from sailing down another hill once upon a time in Ottawa.

Working on booking gigs in accessible, all ages venues...hmmm. Soon to begin recording again, some slippery songs that didn't make it onto Hot Drambuie Nights like Wait for it!, Everyone's Gone Mad! and newer ones like When the Giants Awake, Junebug and Mainstreet.

LINDA HAS A JOB: just got a sweet part-time year-long contract at the downtown library in Children's/Teen Annex/Discover Place, so I'm looking forward to working with the stellar group of women (well, except for that boy page! they are all women)....

FAMILY & FOOD UPDATE: On the family front, we've been thinking of Brian all week, who's on an 8 day ambitious canoe trip with his friend Paul, through Algonquin Park, including Petawawa River, choppy lakes, wind and rain...Aieeee! and cold! It's been chilly too. Kids have been great in his absence, helping out lots and not arguing quite as frequently as usual.

Kids have been cooking too -- Bea made pasta with cream sauce, topped with spears of asparagus from our Box from On the Move Organics
http://onthemoveorganics.ca/

Zach and Brian both have been fascinated and impressed by Jeff and his bicycle and trailer made of recycling materials (a bed frame!) -- yes Jeff delivers the Local Boxes by bike and trailer right to our door. WOw! This week we got more asparagus, tiny leaves of spinach, lots of different kinds of sprouts, lettuce, potatoes, and a few pieces of fruit that get gobbled up soon after the lid is pried from the box...

WOOL & GLUE UPDATE: Just got a cool ball of black wool shot through with beautiful slips of color that I'm working on...The spider web in rainbow wool grafitti is still up downtown, though my felt bears with their tiny spiderwebs were all torn down. Souvenirs. Working on some collage cards on this rainy day.

So, hope you have some rainy day magic yourself this week! Or fireworks.