rain and snow

Last weekend it was really warm, and all the snow finally melted. Well, we still had a little bit in the shady parts of our yard until midweek, but the main part of it melted by saturday. Then it started raining. It rained every day from Monday to Friday. Between the melting snow and the rain, we had a lot of flooding. The temperature was in the thirties all week, but to the north, there was snow. Everyone was saying how grateful they were that we weren't getting snow, but it would have helped with the flooding. This morning we got some snow. Too little, too late. But at least the sun is out.

The weather this week was horrible. Thirties, raining and windy. It doesn't get much worse, save disaster weather.

in the show

It was a struggle, but I got my photos framed and dropped off at the gallery.

I called my framer last thursday, and there was no answer. On Monday afternoon, I went over there, and there was a sign on the door that said "back next week." From that point, I had less than a week to get the framing done.

I decided to reuse the frames from last year's photos. That meant two things. One, it covered only two of the three images. Two, I had to have one of them reprinted at a size to fit in the frame (I just realized, if I'd been thinking when I dropped the files off at the lab, I could have had it printed in a size that fit, dammit). So I had to take a long lunch on friday, and run down to Milwaukee to pick it up.

And Thursday night, I had to run up to West Bend to Hobby Lobby, because, as far as I know, they're the only place that can do any framing at all while you wait. They cut a mat, glass and backing board for me, and they had frame pieces on the shelf that I could buy and assemble. It's really cheap stuff, but it's a frame.

Today, on our way out of town, I dropped them off at the gallery. Tuesday or wednesday night, I have to go down to hang them. The show runs three weekends, starting next friday night. A weekend being Thursday through Saturday.