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Monday, September 10, 2012

Baby Update & Artist Tour!

On Thursday I had my 24 week ultrasound...I was so excited getting ready to see my baby, probably for the last time before it will be born!  It didn't even matter how bright and early my appointment was!

 Baby is healthy! Yay!  Everything is developing properly! Baby weighs approx. 1lb10oz!
 So cute!  Can't wait to meet this little one!  Some people say they see little hair whispys...hmmm are we going to have a full head of hair?!  :)
P.S. the little black spot in baby's chest is it's heart beating away!

ARTIST TOUR
Yesterday I had invited my mom to join us for a yearly local artist tour.  There were something like 32 stops available...I think we managed to visit 6.  Art varied from paintings(oil/watercolour/batik/encaustic), pottery, metalworks, textiles, clay, and glass.  Some stops were better than others but all were interesting!
First we visited our town pride "Gallery in the Park".
 The Schwartz House was built in 1902 and recently renovated and transformed into a beautiful gallery for local artists!
 The town created a beautiful park surrounding the Schwartz House complete with water feature and sculptures.
The gallery in the House is beautiful and they are constantly changing the art to display the many talents we have here in Manitoba.

We also visited a local place in the country called Elemental Stone.  Somewhere I've wanted to visit for years now!  It did not disappoint!
 Their farmyard was full of stone from all over Manitoba that he has trucked in.  He then carves or breaks them into wonderful pieces of art.
 He carves and polishes artistic faces, abstract sculptures, Stonehenge masses, and even furniture! 
 Of course they have landscaped their yard to accommodate the sculptures.  This pond held several beautiful Coy fish
We spent almost an hour and half wandering the paths and finding cool art along the way. 

 This rock is amazing!  It's got many colourful rocks inside it!
 Water feature!
Apparently Claudia needed help climbing up onto this boulder.  One of many in his "backyard" awaiting creativity.