Georges Seurat Sunday

[Kittykatt]

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Pick 3 things
Do them
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[Kittykatt]

Georges Pierre Seurat (2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist. He devised the painting techniques known as chromoluminarism and pointillism and used conté crayon for drawings on paper with a rough surface.

Seurat's artistic personality combined qualities that are usually thought of as opposed and incompatible: on the one hand, his extreme and delicate sensibility, on the other, a passion for logical abstraction and an almost mathematical precision of mind. His large-scale work A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884–1886) altered the direction of modern art by initiating Neo-Impressionism, and is one of the icons of late 19th-century painting.

Seurat took to heart the colour theorists' notion of a scientific approach to painting. He believed that a painter could use colour to create harmony and emotion in art in the same way that a musician uses counterpoint and variation to create harmony in music.

Seurat's theories can be summarized as follows: The emotion of gaiety can be achieved by the domination of luminous hues, by the predominance of warm colours, and by the use of lines directed upward. Calm is achieved through an equivalence/balance of the use of the light and the dark, by the balance of warm and cold colours, and by lines that are horizontal. Sadness is achieved by using dark and cold colours and by lines pointing downward.

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[Kittykatt]

Good morning everyone and happy Sunday!

Bama, according to the BBC, "a significant partial solar eclipse will be visible across the UK on August 12, 2026, with over 90% obscuration in Scotland and around 80-90% elsewhere between 6:00 pm and 8:00 pm BST. While not total, it will be the most significant solar eclipse visible from the UK until 2090. " The total eclipse will pass over the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, northern Spain and the extreme northeastern part of Portugal. I'm.going to admit that somehow I was unaware of this phenomenon. although I'm sure there will be aot of press coverage nearer the time!

Helia, WTG getting everything for your Europe trip booked! A DH who now has peace of mind is worth delaying the taxes for a couple.of days IMHO.

KitKat, WTG for walks with a well behaved pup! I'm.not.surpraed you were tired -thats a lot of walking.

Dogged,.I usually.type on my phone,.as it's with me! We doi have laptop,.but DH uses it most of the time.

I need to "get off my phone" and get moving so I'm OTD on time for church. Not sure what the weather is doing yet,.although it looks rather grey through the gap in the curtains thoughtfully provided by Matilda!

[Kittykatt]

To do:
Cuddles and snack for Matilda, Jude and Freddie
Bible reading and meditation
Update latest Waitrose order
Cup of tea
Get up!
Scrub out litter trays (DH)
Change sheets on bed
Shower/wash hair/moisturiser and sunblock/ clean and floss teeth
S/S bathroom
Physio exercises
Get dressed in casual clothes
Give everyone fresh water
Cat breakfast and meds /supplements
Breakfast and meds /vitamins for me
Hang up sheets to dry
Quick kitchen clean up
Load DW
Quick PUPA downstairs
Quick dust and Hoover downstairs
Change into smarter outfit
OTD to church
Back home again, change back into casual clothes
Meat in oven
Coffee with DH
Put potatoes to roast
Put up my vitamins and supplements for the week
Weigh out Jude's and Matilda's dry food for the week
Quick PUPA upstairs
Fold laundry and PA
15 minutes in tiny front garden
15 minutes in back garden
Dish up lunch
Walk Freddie
Lap time with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Head rubs with Freddie, Jude and Matilda
Play with Freddie, Jude, Matilda
Run DW when full
Unload DW
Post list with my plans for the week
Clothes laid out for tomorrow

Extras:
Menu choices.for ladies breakfast
Type and email DF E's article.for parish magazine

[FrenchFlybebe]

◕‿◕ * * * Good Morning! * * * ◕‿◕

Thanks for the start, kittykatt ! Sorry to read about the lady looking for a puppy and being swindled. Georges Seurat is the kind of painter everyone hears about in an art class at some point in school, in France. So easy to have kids paint "the way Seurat did", and since it takes a long time to paint in dots, the teachers get some quiet time in the classroom for awhile

I didn't make it back yesterday. You ladies have been chatting a lot!
Helia if it's not too late for travel advice, yes Avignon is a nice city. A slight preference for Arles, nearby - a bit smaller, painting museums - with Dutch painters lol as van Gogh lived in Arles for many years ! Prepare for possible very hot weather in the summer. Yes, TGV tickets sell fast, they just opened reservations for the summer, people order them during weekends, so you have to hurry to get the best prices.

trissie yes creole is a funny version of French. There are other "simplified and odd" version of French that are lesser known. (Look into "Gallo" language in Brittany if you have time, it's misshaped and deliciously out-dated French.) This wikipedia page compares a short text in French, Norman, Gallo and other old languages of France. Interestingly, reading aloud the Norman translation reminded me of the Quebecois accent - not sure Doggedly would agree, though. It's more like a subjective impression.

/ Rugby talk :
Rugby was great but lots of stress until the last seconds. France had to finish the game with an advance over England in order to win the Six Nation tournament, otherwise Ireland would be the winner - there are five games for each nation, and you add up the scores in the end. So, yesterday night, England proved a very strong and worthy adversary as opposed to their recent performances, and... well it was sometimes hard to breathe. But delightful for France as they managed to score one more point than England at litterally the last second. I can only guess how the Irish felt watching the game and not being able to do anything about the outcome.
/
Today is cold and more or less bright. The grass is all frozen. We have local elections today, everywhere in France (municipal elections). I need to make sure which list I vote for, there are three, and they don't exactly write their political 'thought's on the ballot, so you need to read what their plans are for the next 6 years and how they make their choices. There may be large cities won by the far-right RN, thanks to Macron's stupid actions those last few years - "revenge voting", sort of.

TADAs
up too early
wanted to go to car-cleaning place, but it's freeeezingly cold
CUOP

TODOs
drink tea, had bfast with MrNG
I have to vote
I need to go to a car washing place (ferns and moss are growing on my car )
I have some cooking to do, for today's meals and some cooking ahead (for payroll meals mostly)
homework didn't get done yesterday
many things I need to do didn't get done this week (RIB to P--, medical info, Zone, doudou stuff, job-search planning...)

I hope to BBL

[Kittykatt]

Good morning, FFB, and congratulations to France! I dont watch sport, but I'd sort of guessed France had won, as DH wasn't watching the match on catch-up when I went to bed!!!

Yes, I remember the summer heat in Provence - my Auntie's house was paid ted white with a tiled roof, and had shutters and tiled floors, which were deliciously cool to walk on. And everyone had a siesta in the middle.of the day, and came back to life for the evening when it was cooler. (I'm not sure if that is still a thing?)I remember the heat as being a dry heat (not humid) but that there was a wind called the Mistral (sp?) which often made the adults a bit grumpy.for some reason! I also remember the large veranda/patio with broad steps down to the garden, which was full of Mediterranean and subtropical plants, as well as some roses, and my aunt's cat, Pacsha, wandering through it all. I also remember he spend the long drive down from Versailles to Provence riding wrapped across my uncle's shoulders and neck as he drove! Terribly dangerous of course, but no one seemed to mind.at the time.

Of course, I was only there for holidays, so only remember the idyllic side!

[FrenchFlybebe]

kittykatt your description is delicious, you must have spent very nice times there ! Yes, dry heat, barely enjoyable between noon and 3pm, so if people can nap, it's the best. Have a good time at church !

helia if you've been to Spain, the best rhythm for summers in Provence is the Spanish lifestyle : a middle of the day break from noon to 3pm or sometimes 4pm before shops open again, and a very long evening and night after that, evening meal not before 8pm. Try and find museums or indoors activities that start around noon or 1pm. You will enjoy outdoors sightseeing more after 4 or 5pm. Well, unless you have non-typical weather.

Had bfast with MrNG deliberating over who to vote for, in our small city are 2 left-wing lists and one right-wing list. But if you look closely at their leaflets there is actually one center-oriented, Macron-oriented list among them so very conservative center. Municipal-wannabe lists don't write which political party they are close to, so you have to investigate...

TADAs
tea, bfast with MrNG talking about elections
emptied pan from leftover soup, froze soup for 2-3 payroll meals
peeled and pre-cooked apples and 1 pear for a crumble
peeled, washed and pat-dried small potatoes to roast
started cooking paupiettes (large meatballs wrapped in lard)
added onions and carrots
oversaw DS10's breakfast
dealt with DS7 who was angry, didn't know why, and didn't want to eat
unfed DS7 now reading in his bed (?)

TODOs
finish cooking paupiettes (until last minute add of peas and mustard and cream)
prepare crumble "mix"
harvest garden leek ? make small leek gratin?

[trissie]

Congratulations to the French, Frenchie! Good luck selecting somebody who will do the right things by the people! It's been proved lately that elections are indeed VERY important. And I will look into the gallo language - being a polyglot means I enjoy little language jokes and such. I actually re-read (well re-listened to) Leo Rosten's The Education of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N recently, and while I was no longer able to laugh at the students' lack of grasp of the language (kinda hard to feel disdain for somebody who escaped the Ukrainian Holodomor, as is the case of Mr. Kaplan, if you piece the clues together, which of course I had no way of doing when I read it in my early teens, if only for the fact that Holodomor was still a state secret), I very much appreciated the way the translator (and I am sure Mr. Rosten in the first place) weaved together the influence of the original students's languages on the their grasp of English (i.e. Czech in the translation). I wonder whether helia ever read that book? I am sure she would love it too!
kittykatt, solar eclipses are fun! I was lucky to experience an almost full (98%) eclipse back in 1999 and it was quite something. Especially the way the full summer heat suddenly turning into shivering cold. I did not expect that!

So, Sunday. I had the sleep in that didn't happen yesterday, but now I need to get going. Wanted to make a turkey drumstick roast in the slow cooker overnight for lunch, but the thing is too big even for my large slow cooker, so into the oven it went this morning. Well, I will know better next time!
Day will be spend on garden and homework and general getting ready for next week. It's gonna be a crazy one, I fear

TaDas
- breakfast and coffee
- dressed to shoes
- roast in the oven

ToDos
- morning routine
- 15 on cleaning / pick up
- 15 on laundry
- and then head to the garden!

Braindump
routines
- midday routine
- afternoon routine
- evening routine
food
- lunch
- dinner
- bake something sweet
organization
- DBD's speech therapy
- update land contract
- 15 on filing
- homework and backpacks
- plan for March
- go over insurance proposal
- email to bank re mortgage
cleaning
- clean office
- spiff up DBD's room
- spiff up twins' room
- spiff up DS13's room
- spiff up master bedroom
- spiff up master bathroom
- spiff up floor in kitchen
- spiff up living room
- spiff up downstairs bathroom and hallways
laundry
- load of cleaning rags
- ironing
- folding
- mending
- laundry put away
garden and outside
- start seeds
- prune fruit trees
- prune roses
- pick up - front garden / porch
- pick up - backyards
- start cleaning out the carpool
- seeding plan for veggie garden
- sow seeds in veggie garden
- install green house
- fertilize roses
- fertilize fruit trees and bushes
- fertilize conifers
me time
- 15 of exercise
- Bible study
- reading

[kitkat]

Good morning!
Thanks for the start Kittykatt. I like Seurat:)
We watched a solar eclips 2 years ago. It was impressive. Everything became very quiet. The birds stopped singing... It got pretty dark.
Ffly Interesting bits about French.
Sleep is wonderful, trissie. I made a note of the book:)

Today:
I try to get more done... although we have to check in on Dson's little dog as well and there is a basketball game in the afternoon I'd like to watch.
The weather? Snow. I could not believe it when I woke up. DDog celebrated with Zoomies out there... (She does that often when she wants to go for 'number 2'

Starting MR - then gym class
BIAB

[helia]

I like Seurat, Kitty! I hope you have had a good morning at church. You're probably done with your Sunday lunch by now.
FFB, Congratulations to France! That sounds very exciting!!! We're set with Avignon now. Dh says many places are an easy journey from it, so we'll use it as a base and make excursions as we want, maybe to Arles. We're only there for 3 days, and we'll try to spend 1 day visiting a friend we met in Israel who lives half the year somewhere near Marseille. Traveling with dh means one is never in one place for too long. . . for good or for ill. Thank you for the advice regarding the heat. Dh got the TGV tickets; he prioritized those after investigating, thank goodness. He's European himself, so maybe he knew what to look for.
kitkat, I can just picture your pup's zoomies in the snow! Fable does the same. What is it about snow and young dogs? Happy gym class!
trissie, that sounds like an interesting book! Glad you got some sleep.
L Ann, when are you going to Hawaii? I hope you'll share more about that trip!!

We've watched some eclipses too! We saw the last full one in Austin, TX - well, sort of as it was cloudy that day. Still, it got dark and the birds quieted. Dh originally wanted to travel to Iceland after the hut tour to see this 2026 eclipse better, but then he changed his mind. Not sure why.

Yes, our time in France and Spain will be very hot, but we didn't have control of the timing of this trip as we're tacking it on to the hut tour. August is the time dh's family (those who wanted to hike) was available to hike. Maybe it's better weather in the mountains in August too. So, dh had the idea of adding on a trip for just the 2 of us through S. France and Barcelona, places we've never been, after the hut tour in the Alps. Packing for this trip will be a bear; hiking clothes and gear + city clothes -- staying warm in the mountains and cool in France and Spain. I'll try not to bring too much so we can be nimble as we're using trains for the 2nd part of the trip. But I have many months to figure it out.

Today: We have church this morning and we're hosting Sunday dinner for up to 8 people tonight. Then, we have our family zoom call at 8:15 pm. This afternoon, I'll try to go for a walk. Other things: writing time, read dh's chapter. A quick WF run is needed as well.

Next:
- back exercises
- s2s and self care
- reclaim kitchen

Later:
- 9:45 otd to church
- ~ 12 home from church?
- lunch
- after lunch clean up
- WF run
- walk
- towels: fold and p/a
- read dh's chapter
- writing time
- try again to order wedding gift for V + J
- figure out forms for passport renewal
- make lists for next week
- ~ 6 host Sunday dinner for up to 8 people: DD30 is bringing a smoked chicken; bread, Dutch cheese, pizza
- after dinner clean up
- 8:15 family zoom
- more duolingo?
- update health apps - I've been slacking in this

TaDas!
- up; weighed self - down a little
- coffee
- duolingo
- email deletions + weather website

WEEKLY ACTIVITIES
Sat afternoon JOG (when warmer)
Sun 10 Church/ 6 Host Dinner for up to 8 people/ 8:15 Family zoom call

Mon 11-1 payroll: meeting and lunch w. AC and CM/ 6-7:30 Anglican church plant BS/ 8ish coffee with MZ
Tue 10-12 payroll: S3 set up tasks at school/ 1-3 Prof Dev Mtgs - help lead
Wed 11-1 payroll: teach IW D1? / 6:30 CG2 dinner out together
Thu 2:30 - 3:30? payroll: CA ci with AC/ 4-5 work out with AS/ 6:15 - SS Vol. ESL Class
Fri dinner date with dh?
Sat 9 - 5K run? / 5 - 9-ish CG1 (we host?) OR go to J12yo's state swim meet?
Sun church/ 3:30 - 6 CG2 @ L+B/ 6 - ? host Sunday dinner

February Brain Dumps
This Week - House
- remake guest beds
- can I spend some time decluttering in MBR?
- towel laundry - fold and p/a

This Week - Deskwork
- Writing progress - wip
- order wedding gift: V + J
- email dsil M + A (mother of niece's friend - coming to stay with us for 8 weeks in the fall)

This Week - Errands
- postal place: letter to trustee

General Brain Dump
- progress decluttering clothes - wip
- new phone eventually
- passport renewal