Enough of that applesauce -- family

Happiness framed

Black marker on moleskine paper

4 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches

Barbara Muir © 2015

I am not domestic.  Period I guess. I tidy, sweep, change my bed, cook when

I have to, but would do none of it if I didn't have to.  I'm lucky I married

a man who loves to cook, loves to chop up veggies for stir fries and salads,

makes cookies all the time.  But I am not that way.  So you will understand

that I love my husband, Steven, so much that I chopped up a bag and a half of

apples today, to make one quart jar of applesauce.  This is his passion.  His

family had a bowl of applesauce on the table at every meal.  Ironically one

of my father's polite sayings instead of the current rude slang, when he 

thought what we were saying was wrong, or nonsense, was -- "That's enough

of that applesauce."  And today it is.  Just enough.  Tonight Steven will help

me with endless paperwork, and his reward is a jar of one of his favourite

foods.  I'm including some art featuring my family, because family and

their stories matter.  Have some applesauce -- the homemade, not nonsense, or

b.s. kind.

The Maharani's Great Granddaughter with 

her Great Granddaughter

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 inches

Barbara Muir © 2016

After the dance reading the paper

Acrylic on canvas

16 x 20 inches

Barbara Muir © 2010

Sam on Mother's Day

Black marker on watercolour paper

8 x 10 inches

Barbara Muir © 2009

The applesauce I made today,

and the source -- a bag and a half of

these babies.

Have a making your own stuff day.