Canada Goose Revisited

 Canada Goose / Oil on black canvas / 5x7 / $68 including shipping

sold!

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FIRST, I'D LIKE TO KNOW when toothpaste tubes got so small. Toothpaste seems to be more expensive than ever, and the tubes are teeny! I know the same thing has happened to individual cups of yogurt, and to Chunky candy bars, and some soda bottles and heaven knows what else, but it was the toothpaste that got me going the other day in WalMart. 

Dismayed at the price vs. size ratio, I looked for maybe not the absolute cheapest, not some Toothless Abner's Dental Polish, but a known name, middle-of-the-road price. I chose Crest in a pathetically small blue box for nearly $4. 

When I opened it, the toothpaste was black! Well, maybe a deep, deep purple - but really, it was black. I thought it had gone bad. But, wait, can toothpaste go bad? I never knew it could. It smelled OK - and what would toothpaste smell like if it HAD gone bad? Pickles? Garlic? - so I used it. 

Turns out it is charcoal-based. Ugh. Really. Ick. It makes black foam in your mouth. Disgusting. 

Sometimes new is just not better. 

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Coming Up

AN OCCASION FOR THE ARTS virtual show takes place this weekend, Oct. 3-4. I will be doing a live Zoom presentation each day at 11 a.m., and this will be re-zoomed on the AOFTA (https://aofta.org/) website at noon. You can reach my live sessions through the AOFTA website, which is probably the easiest way to see them, but if you want me to send you the link, please drop me an email at carrieBjacobson@gmail.com. 

I'll probably be painting, and will give a tour of the studio, but mostly I'll be there to talk with you, to show you particular paintings you might like to see, and answer any questions you might have. 

Paintings on my website (Jacobson Arts - http://jacobson-arts.com) will be on sale during the show, and shipping or delivery will be free!  

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A Last Thought

"How do geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we humans know when it is time to move on? As with the migrant birds, so surely with us, there is a voice within, if only we would listen to it, that tells us certainly when to go into the unknown."

- Elizabeth Kubler Ross

Canada Goose

Canada Goose / Oil on black canvas / 5x7 / $68 including shipping

flown south for the winter! 

MY FRIEND LIESL lives nearby (everyone in Wachapreague lives nearby), and was one of the first people to visit after Peter died. 

She came to the door, offered her condolences, handed me a pretty bag and went away, after offering to help with anything. In the bag were two more bags, one of Girardelli chocolates, and the other, Milo's meatballs - for the dogs. 

Even in my pain and grief, I saw that this was a thoughtful and interesting gesture. I enjoyed the chocolates and the dogs went berserk over the meatballs. Instantly, they became my little friends' favorite treats.

In the spring, Liesl and I began walking three or sometimes all four dogs pretty much every day, for about an hour. 

On our walks, we saw family groups of Canada geese - with teeny, tiny goslings - cross Atlantic Avenue every day, to go to the water. In an amazingly short time, the goslings grew bigger and bigger, until finally, they were about the size of the adults, and then, they were gone. 

I miss them! 

Above, the nearly grown geese with the adults. Below, Liesl with Doc and Koko

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For Today

"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."

- Eleanor Roosevelt