Mo'a Romig-Boyles

Family and Interesting Developments

Hello everyone.  Just stopping in to say hello!!!  I have a fairly good connection today and thought I would take advantage of it.

My Mother is doing well and we are in a good routine here.  I certainly have some routines in my own home, however, I am also spontaneous and do things as the spirit moves me.  Art sometimes takes over and at other times gasp!!!...laundry. 

Here in my parents house everything has a routine which is good as I know what is expected of me :)

We are getting along well and one of our favorite past times is remembering the old days...the days when they were young and the days when I was growing up.  I have had some pleasant surprises and have learned a lot.  Memory is an interesting thing.  We have had some discussions on how we remember things about me growing up in their house and each one of us has their own version of certain events.

Thank you all for your comments here and on Facebook and for your e-mails.  I am a lucky person to have friends like you.  I miss you at the same time this has been good for me.  I appreciate my Family and value the time I have with them.  My Husband Ken, has been a real Prince, he has stood behind me and my family and helped us all in numerous ways.,,he is a treasure.

Next week, each day after breakfast, I will go to my own home and come back in time to make dinner. I will  have my computer with me and will be able to visit your blogs and post more often.

Soon these fellows will be visiting...they will be joined by a new cast of characters.  There has been an interesting development.  All will be revealed soon.

Photos:

One: Rose from our Thanksgiving table display.

Two and Three: The Tablecloth from our Thanksgiving table...someone spilled on it...no I am not telling who ;>  I loved hanging it on the line...you know how much I love laundry lines.  Here in my Mother's neighborhood no one minds.

Four: The eight leaves that are hanging on on the Oak Leaf Hydrangea.

Five:  An often used image, one of my favorite, this is my version of the little ones warming their toes on the wire.

The Beauty of Love and Aging

This may seem like a strange title for a blog post, however, it is fitting for me as I have learned much in the last three weeks.  I find it amazing that one continues to learn no matter ones age.

As many of you know, I wrote about it here, I have been taking care of my Father, and now my Mother also, while my Mother recuperates from a knee replacement surgery.

In these past three weeks I have learned that there is beauty and a dignity to aging if done well.

 
I have come to admire my Father's routines.  Each morning he dresses and shaves.  He puts on a white shirt and tie. He is 95 years old.
I have his favorite breakfast waiting for him. After breakfast he goes to the family room with his Newspaper, that he reads from beginning to the end as he sips on the Root Beer that I bring to him. He has a small lunch at noon. 

For dinner he asks me to make his favorite dishes...such as the stuffed peppers that I made last week.

 

Memories flood my mind as I walk around my Parents home, that I have known for forty eight years.  I touch and stroke items that they have treasured for many years.  There is a time line here of my art and craft, as my parents display every item I have made and given them.
I have given my Mother angels every Christmas since I was a little girl.  Here is one I made and gave her in the 80's.

My Mother  has been home  now for a almost a week. I am touched by the love and caring they show each other.  That my Father got up in the middle of the night to help my Mother to the bathroom.
She is doing well...and makes her bed every morning.  She is able to walk around the house with only the aid of a cane. I find that amazing for a woman of 86.  She is a good role model.

Tomorrow Ken and I will prepare a Thanksgiving Dinner here in my parents home.  We have invited friends that spend every holiday with us.
We are thankful for our family and friends far and near and wish you a Very Happy Thanksgiving. 
Thank you for staying with me and for being my friend. xoxo

Queen For The Day

We the lucky ones, who have had the pleasure of photographing and distributing "Susanna's Winged Messengers" all over the world...Declare That, Susanna, of Susanna's Sketchbook, Is Queen For The Day, On This Day, November 11, 2009.

In April 2009 I went to Denmark to see my new Granddaughter, Julie, to spend Easter with my Son and his Family and to celebrate my Grandson's Victor, second Birthday. 

Here is what I wrote to Susanna about the first time I photographed her Winged Messenger:

When I was in Denmark at Easter time, Victor, my little Grandson turned two. There was a Breakfast Birthday Party for him and as I was helping set the table, I noticed how the sun light played on the table and how the glasses and cups cast a shadow. The little train with candles and the number two made my heart skip a beat. I had seen the train in a photo with the number one. I thought to myself, 'how many of his birthday parties will I be able to attend'?
Having family in another land is sometimes hard, as you well know from your own experience. There are so many milestones and occasions we miss. I have known this all my adult life as I moved to the US from Iceland...and now my son and his family live in Denmark.I found this a perfect occasion to mark with one of your Winged Messengers.

The Second time I photographed The Winged Messenger was at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ.

Her is what I wrote to Susanna, about my adventure at The Grounds For Sculpture:

One of my favorite places in the world is right here in New Jersey: Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton. I have been there every year since I moved here and in several seasons...this year I want to go in winter.Two weeks ago, Ken and I went there again with the express purpose of giving your winged messenger a place to land. I chose the sculpture by the late Isaac Witkin for several reasons. One, I like his work and find it stately. Two, he was a client of my husband's. Three, I have been to his atelier and saw where the sculpture was made. 

I was thrilled at the thought of someone finding your winged messenger at the bottom of his sculpture.

When Susanna sent me the "You Are A Work Of Art" Winged Messenger she also sent me a blank...we thought it would be fun if I would write on it a phrase in either Danish or Icelandic.

Here it is You are First-rate...which also translates to...You are excellent, capital, distinguished, eminent, pre-eminent, prominent, peerless, noble.

Here is a list of all the Queen For The Day participants.

A Mermaid's Tail, A Room of One's Own, Alice in Paris Loves Art and Tea, Bird Tweets, Come Sit By My Fire, Four Ravens, Ilka's Attic, Kristin Rexter, Lili M, Persisting Stars, Rodriqvitz Style, Snips & Snails & Puppy Dog Tails, somepinkflowers, Soul Aperture, Sweet Indigo Life,The World Examining Works, Visually Oriented.

Please go and visit The Queen for The Day.

Note: I will be away from a computer for the next week...mine is still being fixed. I am also taking care of my Father, while my Mother learns to walk on her new knee.

I will come and visit all The Queen For The Day sites when I come back.

Have a wonderful Day Susanna...you are The Queen Today.

 

Thank You

Thank you for your lovely comments and e-mails. It means a lot to me that you care.

 
I am feeling a lot better and soon I should be as good as new. Which is good because I have things to do and places to go.

November third we will have company coming from Iceland...someone very special to us.  I will tell you all about them in a later post.

On the fourth of November my Mother will be going into the hospital for knee replacement surgery.  Ken and I will be moving into my parents home to take care of my 95 year old Dad.

 
Today November first is my Son's 36th Birthday :) 

Many of you asked who the sculptor is in the photos I uses in the last post and the first two I am using in this post.  Some of you even asked if I am the sculptor...I am flattered alas I am not. 

His name is Eduardo Oropeza. He is a particular favorite of mine...his sculptures speak to me.  The photos of his sculptures were taken in Tesque, NM in at The Glenn Green Galleries.  

Thank you again...you are the best.