Mid March Winter Storm

It was a heavy wet snow with the wind howling from the North.  Together the wind and the weight of the wet snow blew over the fiberglass Heart that has been there since the 1990's.  

Smart people know how to dress for the occasion.

The electrical power went out early in the morning, but Thanks to the wood stove it is nice and toasty warm inside. Our cooking stove uses propane so after lighting it with a match we could still cook.

Some of the animals could care less about the snow.  The Tiger Student Athlete  just wants to play ball.

Unfortunately the basket blew over.

Sometimes it is hard to figure out what sculpture is hidden inside the snow.

Three more pine trees fell down across our driveway.  This is in addition to the two that had fallen across the driveway in the previous storm.  You can see that though I had cleared the driveway I hadn't yet finished cleaning up the mess.  That one of my grand daughters checking out the damage.



 We went to bed early by candlelight.

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The next day the sun came out and the Dogs were ready to play.

 In the morning there was still no electricity so I fired up the generator so we could cool down the refrigerator.  Fortunately it is well insulated and the frozen goods were still frozen.  Not sure how long they would have stayed that way since the power didn't come on til late in the afternoon.

Dashiell came over to help dig out after I had chainsawed a way through the fallen trees.

Looks like winter still have a long way to go.

      The high heels got caught up in the latest winter storm, but they were finally delivered and there was still time to do a little surgery on them so they could fit on the bronze feet of the lady Tango Dancer in time to make it for the opening of the "Backwards and in High Heels" show at Featherstone Center for the Arts to celebrate Women's History Month.

After mounting the Tango Dancers on their new base they were loaded onto my old trailer with the help of family.  One of the many benefits of living in  a family compound.

Unloading at Featherstone was lot easier.

At the opening the Tango Dancers were in the center of the action.

Kate Handcock came up with the idea of the Red Bows.   They conveniently covered up where I had to split the front of the shoes so they would fit over the bronze lady's feet.

Many thanks to Kenneth Cole for collaborating on this project.  It definitely brought a splash of color and joy to a dreary and stormy March on Martha's Vineyard.

A Cinderella Story: Will the shoe fit?

Feathersone Center for the Arts is having a big opening on Sunday

Backwards and In High Heels Show

Opening Reception:

Sunday, March 11 from 4 to 6PM

Continues through Sunday, April 1

Open each day from 12 to 4PM

    When I heard about the show my first thought was that my Tango Dancers had to be there dancing in the middle of that wonderful new space they built. The Lady Tango Dancer is not only dancing backwards, but she is also bent way over backwards.

    My second thought was that the Lady Tango Dancer doesn't have on High Heels.   Like Cinderella how could she show up at the big event without a pair of beautiful shoes?

     So obviously we need a pair of high heels if the Tango Dancers are going to go to the big event.  Being a sculptor I should be able to make something that looked like high heels, but it sure would be a lot nicer if there was a Fairy Godmother around who could just make a beautiful pair of red high heels magically appear.

      Looking for inspiration to help with sculpting the red high heels I Googled Images of them.  The ones I liked best were made by Kenneth Cole.  I thought that was interesting since last fall I delivered and installed a painted steel Swinging Jenny for Maria Cole who gave it to her husband Kenneth Cole to celebrate their 30th Wedding anniversary. 

  

       That's when I realized my Dancer's might have a Fairy God Mother after all: Maria Cole.  She is well acquainted with my  bronze dancing figures as both The Dance and Jitterbug Dancers live in their home.  

     I contacted her through the magic of texting and soon Kenneth Cole was on the phone and we are going to try to get the Tango Dances to Featherstone with a pair of beautiful red High Heels for the Women's History Month Show.  It is too late to make a special pair to fit the Lady Tango Dancer, but Kenneth is sending by Next Day Shipping  the largest size  he has.  The big question now is: 

 WILL THE SHOE FIT?

Nice photo of the VIA 57 Swinging Jenny in the Financial Review