Good morning my most favorite small humans!
I am in a most excellent mood this morning because I am almost on vacation! Yay! So I won't be writing next week, but will get back to you after that. How are you? How are the first weeks of summer going?
Next week Uncle Patrick and I are going Bigfoot hunting (not really, we just like to say that – we're really just going camping) in Washington State. So I chose a fabulous sculptor from the Pacific Northwest for this weeks artist. Her name is Julie Speidel and she became a sculptor in part because she first tried to be a jewelry maker but she failed at it, so decided to become a sculptor and mostly taught herself. I'm always a fan of people who fail, pick themselves back up, try something new and accomplish fabulous things! Julie has been called the "greatest living woman Northwest sculptor" which cracks me up, because there are so many limitors on that. It's like saying she's the greatest sculptor in the world..if you only look at a small part of the US, and only look at women, and only women who are alive right now. And what does it matter if a sculptor is a man or a woman? She's just an awesome sculptor, regardless of whether she has girl or boy personal bits. People are silly.
But here are some pictures of her work, with really is terrific and interesting and fun to look at.
In the first one, in the background is Mt. Rainier…in just a few days I will be standing at the foot of that very same mountain! According to the weather on the internet it's 70 degrees at the bottom of the mountain today, but there is snow at the top – which is kind of cool. I have a picture from a long time ago of me and your great grandpa Orville, from a time we went to visit him in Colorado in July and we drove up into the mountains and I made a (tiny) snowman. Snow in the summer is awesome!
I think the second one is my favorite, though. Which do you like best?
In any case, know that I love you and think that you're awesome!
Hugs and Kisses,
Auntie Paula
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