Little Sewing

Here are some bee blocks I have made over the summer:

Cheers,
Carolyn

Folk Festival

The first weekend of August is the date for Edmonton's folk festival. I have joked several times in the past that it is the only reason to live in Edmonton for. It is definitely one of the reasons to live here though as it is fantastic!
If you ever are coming to tour this city and get a chance to go, do not hesitate, it is the best time on the planet. The organizers however are talking about making it so the only way you can buy tickets is to go to their office when tix become available (June 1st) and put your name into a lottery? Their office is in a residential area with only three parking stalls. To give a little reference as to why this is bad - three years ago, it sold out in three hours, the year before last, it was just under 2 hours - this year it sold out in less then 13 minutes!!! The line up to get tickets is going to wreak havoc with traffic as to get into the area you come off a very major road / bridge. I really hope they just stick with online sales. 

Cheers,
Carolyn

Boonstock

Another thing Mr Hunter and I did this summer was check out Boonstock over the Canada Day long weekend. This was our second year and I believe it will be our last - just not our scene. We love going to concerts and checking out like music - but this is not the venue for us. 
Boonstock takes place in a ranchers pasture that is located just outside of Gibbons, Alberta. The parking is in an old grazing field, it is very ruff, uneven and has so many gopher holes - it makes getting to the stages a "fun game" of Do Not Twist Your Ankle. The stages are  set up in a nice flat area, it is just super dusty or muddy when it rains. All of this however is not what makes it not our scene - it is the thousands of teens to young adults blitzed out of their mind on alcohol and drugs that kills it. The site allows / promotes camping at the site so they are all smelly and gross by the end of it. This year to top it off, the sound kept going off from the main stage. We did get to see Billy Talent, Buckcherry, Gob, Korn, Volbeat, Crystal Method and some other bands that were playing. 

Cheers,
Carolyn

Mary Poppins

It is funny how something can be so part of your routine and then just not be anymore. I cannot believe I have not posted since July 26th! Mr Hunter and I have been busy - not so much on the house, but with summer. We were able to see Mary Poppins when it came into town. 

Mr Hunter was showing off his fancy pants pink socks. He confessed the other day that they are his lucky golf socks.  

I'm not sure if this is still touring, but you should check it out if you get a chance. It is not the same as the movie, but very enjoyable.
If you saw this too, let me know what you thought of it.
Cheers,
Carolyn

Truckstop Bloodsuckers!

I am a sucker for Vampire movies, TV shows and books. The cheesier - the better! In fact, right now I am in the process of re-reading all of Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire books to "refresh" my memory for the newest one. If you an not familiar with this series it is what the TV show, True Blood is loosely based on. I say loosely as it seems to have taken another direction - an awesome direction - now I have two great stories to follow. Happiness is mine.

So, when I saw this silly article about a new TV show that premiers this July 28 and is going to be a movie about vampires in a small town truck stop, which is also - but also filmed right here in Edmonton and using mainly local talent?

My eyes opened wide and I immediately thought- I AM IN!

You can watch it online on Bite. 

To check out the hilarious preview, please click here.

Enjoy!

Carolyn

| Truckstop Bloodsuckers

More Art in Edmonton

The missing panel has been returned! Yeah!! I am happy to report all of the story panels were up and looking marvelous on my way home from work on Friday.

Here are pictures of the other two installations. While I was looking at them, I saw these large square podiums for each were set up - so not spontaneous art - but planned. None the less, super cool! 

As you can see on this write up - someone has "added" to the installation. 

By adding I mean ruined. I wish I had stopped in the morning on Friday as I am pretty sure the extra chair, branches and garbage were not there. 

You can see someone shoved the branches right through the tent. Very heart breaking! It does make it look more authentic. Trust me - on the other side of that fabulous graffiti wall I ride past every day is two full on tarp homes. Every single morning the city has come out and pick up all of their garbage - I see them every morning with their little garbage grabbers, they have not torn down the tarp houses though. The tenters never bother anyone that I can tell. But they litter a lot and well - they do their business there - there "business", like one and two. GROSS. But if you gotta go, you gotta go! 

There are more installations all over downtown. Hopefully the weather is nice on Sunday and I can try to find them.

Here is the map they provided on the podium. Not too sure what the orange stars are for. Wish me luck in finding them all.

Cheers,

Carolyn

Update on the fabric art installation

One of the panels was missing this morning!! I do not know if it came off in the rain - although I find that pretty unlikely as the others are all perfect condition. The panels were made of some hardy looking fabric as well - but the second one into the story was gone when I biked past. 
The tags and the hearts were all looking pretty good despite all the rain we have received - it is a real disappointment that the panel is missing. I hope it did not come to any foul play.


One happy thing to note however is I saw two new spontaneous art installations on my way to work! These ones are side by side - It may actually be just one big one, but there is enough space between them to make them look as two as I whizzed past this morning. Hopefully the rain holds off after work and I will snag some crappy iPhone pics to share.


Cheers,
Carolyn