My Hovel

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I always enjoyed opening the refrigerator door and having a cascade of cockroaches spill out. Or having to tip toe amongst the dog poop on the floor, or...

Hmmm...my fond childhood memories....


Sundial- I wish I could see more of your paintings- they are wonderful!!! Do you have any online for us to see? I had paintings and sculpture in galleries for many years before I turned to technical illustration for a living. Your paintings look really good from what little I can see.
What a gorgeous workspace!

[Flybye]

Yeah, I remember those days. Velveeta dripping off a ceiling fan.....chickens running in and out of the front door.....wait! There is NO front door!

Thanks for the laugh! Velveeta on the ceiling fan? Okay, there is a story behind that!?!


For me there was the house that smelled like there MUST be a dead body rotting in the basement. It is so nice to sit lady like on the outermost edge of a hard back chair and hope that no fleas find my legs. All this whilst smiling and asking questions.

Then there was the man with Schizophrenia who lived in a camper (the kind that generally sits on the back of a truck) and ran an extension cord to the neighbors outside outlet and had a light bulb hooked up to the end in the camper. The light bulb was placed in a metal mailbox and wrapped with blankets and put in bed with the dear old man to keep him warm - the entire winter He bathed in simple green to save the environment. How can you possibly pass up an invitation to come in to the "man camper" and have a cup of TEA???????

Well, the trip down memory lane!

Thanks to the good Lord above, I no longer work for child protection and the majority of people now can come to my office. I only do home visits now when it is a necessary part of the assessment - ie) a kid is involved.

I will try to snap a shot of my office this week.

Sundial - fantastic studio. We need to see more pictures! It sure has been fun to see where everyone works!

[silver]

Just the hood or do you need a bench motor too?

both....do have one for sale?

[steinspinne]

Silver: Beautiful work! And self-taught, too! Unfortunately no, I don't have any pictures of my work (or new bike, or new apartment, etc.). My camera was lost in the move. Not to mention the fact that almost anything worth seeing has been relocated to my parent's house.

I'm about to get started working on Christmas presents, though, so closer to the holidays I should be able to post some pictures. (Surely the camera isn't lost forever.)

[sundial]

Ha! Now I KNOW you're from Arkansas!! Karen

Yep, we're from the state known as Our Land of Perpetual Chicken.

I always enjoyed opening the refrigerator door and having a cascade of cockroaches spill out. Or having to tip toe amongst the dog poop on the floor, or... Have I mentioned I LOVE the Library?

See, all that social do-good got you a nice, clean, normal work environment. The worst you have to worry about is mold on the bindings.

Sundial - what fantastic paintings!!!

Thanks UK! I enjoy flinging paint.

Sundial- I wish I could see more of your paintings- they are wonderful!!! Do you have any online for us to see?

Thanks so much. I just updated my website. www.cathyburge.com

Silver and Steinspinne I would love to see more of your work. Silver, your pendants are gorgeous! You are very talented!!

[snapdragen]

both....do have one for sale?

Possibly...I haven't done any metalwork in about 5 years. I'm having a tough time deciding if I'll ever start up my jewelry work again.

[sundial]

Then there was the man with Schizophrenia who......

His invention--HAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!

I don't understand why you wouldn't want to share a cup of green tea.

Ok, here's one from the wanderings. I went to see a family who were known to be hill people. For you northerners, hill people are like hillbillies. Anywho, I went in to talk with the family. As I tentatively sit in the living room, my eyes wander over to the corner of the room and I see a huge hornets nest that is strategically placed as an accent piece. And then I see another. Did I just see....? Oh man, she caught me looking and now she wants to take me on a tour of their 2 room house. Meanwhile, *Betty Joe* (not her real name) is fingering and wiggling her loose tooth. Her son, *Billy Joe*, is coming from the woods. Is that a rifle in his hands? A squirrel? What the...? Too late, Billy Joe sees me and comes in to announce we will have squirrel for supper. And won't I stay to et? Meanwhile, Betty Joe announces, "I did it! My tooth came out! Billy Joe, will you pass this over to her to show her." Yes, I had to handle her tooth. She was beaming with pride!

[Pax]

Sundial - Your galleries are wonderful! I love your work.

[silver]

Sundial!!!!!!!!!!!! Your work is amazing!!!!!!! I absolutely love it. I'm particularly in love with Banff and the Masuchi (sp?) sunrise. wow! thank you for sharing them.

[sundial]

Thanks Queen. And Silver, those 2 paintings are my favorite of the earlier works. Musashi's Sunrise was purchased by a wonderful person who hikes the mountains in Peru. He really likes the intense reds, purples, and yellows as it is so prevalent in that culture.

Queen, what kind of neato things are at your desk? Any collectibles? Do you get to sneak in a quick read every now and then?

[Pax]

Queen, what kind of neato things are at your desk? Any collectibles? Do you get to sneak in a quick read every now and then?

This Library has a massive Rare Book collection but it's kept in a different part of the Stacks. Mainly I deal with things from 1850 to the present. Things don't stay on my desk too long as that keeps them from being available to the patrons.

Weird thing...I don't read here at work at all, too busy and since I don't let my student shelvers do it I'd be setting a bad example.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Ok, here's one from the wanderings. I went to see a family who were known to be hill people. For you northerners, hill people are like hillbillies. Anywho, I went in to talk with the family. As I tentatively sit in the living room, my eyes wander over to the corner of the room and I see a huge hornets nest that is strategically placed as an accent piece. And then I see another. Did I just see....? Oh man, she caught me looking and now she wants to take me on a tour of their 2 room house. Meanwhile, *Betty Joe* (not her real name) is fingering and wiggling her loose tooth. Her son, *Billy Joe*, is coming from the woods. Is that a rifle in his hands? A squirrel? What the...? Too late, Billy Joe sees me and comes in to announce we will have squirrel for supper. And won't I stay to et? Meanwhile, Betty Joe announces, "I did it! My tooth came out! Billy Joe, will you pass this over to her to show her." Yes, I had to handle her tooth. She was beaming with pride!

Maybe I'm weird, but none of this actually seems odd to me. They sound like friendly people I'd enjoy meeting! Me and my other women friends around here have done lots of interesting things like bring home beautiful dead insects or empty wasp nests we find to display on a shelf, shot possum with a rifle, caught, cooked and eaten snapping turtle...just part of life in the country. Sometimes you don't even need hills to be hill people.
Sundial, your paintings are wonderful!

[sandra]

reminds me of my own DH (and son), the deer hunter. He rides his kill around in his truck to show the community before he cleans it.