Art for Adele

Hello Adele,
I am out in the countryside on the land belonging to my extended family/ intentional community which has shared lives and homes for 44 years now. My parents, brothers and I used to visit from St. John's every summer, and it would strike me how lush the Southern Ontario countryside is: green, full of birds and insects, warm and moist. I still see it through that lens somedays; the landscape I grew up in was rocky taiga gnawed by the North Atlantic ice and gales.

Today we took down a venerable barn which was the original homestead from the late 1800s. It was sagging badly, so we have decided to build a new one for the next century or so, as a family/ community building project. One of the elders told us about the time he met the family who built the homestead, and then instructed my son to tell the story of the old barn once he himself graduates to old geezer status.

Soon I go to Italy, solo, and put on my artist cape. I will visit the Tarot Garden of Niki de Saint Phalle to see her monumental mosaic sculptures/buildings. I will take a three-dimensional mosaic course in Ravenna. My mother and son will join me for a brief tour of Venice, Florence and Rome. My son wants to see Rome, partly because of Asterix. This is a trip that I saved for for many years.

Here are links to pictures from the Tarot Garden:

http://www.giardinodeitarocchi.it/immagini/p-3-05-03092012120247.jpg

http://www.grossetonotizie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Giardino-dei-Tarocchi.jpg

http://notizie.comuni-italiani.it/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tarocchi-giardino041.jpg

I am feeling very privileged right now. It is good to be able to fill up on experiences. To be able to include my son and mother is so special. I will transform my adventures into ideas and experiences for children.
Love,
Cass