She Who Seeks

Sunday, 8 October 2023

This Week's Sunday Seven

I like reading various blogging buddies' weekly summaries of their activities, so I'm starting one of my own using a "Sunday Seven" format --

1. SAW: Went to the Art Gallery of Alberta to see the pop art exhibition "From Warhol to Banksy." I've seen lots of art by Warhol, Lichtenstein, and other 1960s pop artists over the years but this was the first time I saw the more timely Banksy works exhibited, so I enjoyed them the most.

2. HEARD: Attended the first concert of the season by the Alberta Baroque Ensemble. This is the first live concert I've attended since the pandemic (sheesh). The music was a balm to my soul! Plus I had great catch-up conversations with a friend from law school and one from tai chi.

3. ATE: Pumpkin pie! Canadian Thanksgiving is tomorrow and I've been indulging in an early, private, shameless Pie Fest all this week. Appropriately enough, here's the Thanksgiving card my sister sent me --

4. CELEBRATED: So happy this week to see Wab Kinew, leader of the Manitoba NDP, elected as the 1st First Nations premier of a Canadian province!

5. ACCOMPLISHED: Went for my biennial mammogram this week. All is well with The Girls.

6. ENJOYED: The gorgeous autumn colours which are at their peak now in Edmonton!

7. LEARNED: How to render a realistic caucasian skin tone in coloured pencils. We did an ear, so here it is in all its glory. Please disregard the terrible shadow behind the ear which would have looked more realistic done in shades of dark blue or indigo, not the dark browns I used.