Wednesday, December 22, 2021

MEE Christmas party

On December 7, MEE held its annual Christmas party on Zoom.

We started by telling "Two truths and a lie" which was great fun and let us know SO much about each other. I even got caught about my BFF Joanne's.

Mine were:

1. I got a birthday card from poet Rod McKuen for my 40th birthday.

2. My daughter Leanne and I walked the rim of the Grand Canyon.

3. I met and spoke with H.R.H. Prince Edward in 1994.

Our gift exchange was wonderful. Local exchanges were handled by volunteers who moved things about and the club paid for the postage for out of town gifts.

My gift was from Kathie M in Calgary!

This wonderful Hallmark TV!

I can always use another Christmas tree!

This lovely Charley Brown Christmas card. Leanne has a great Charley Brown Christmas display so I framed this for her.

December 1991 issue of Nutshell News. Even after all these years, Nutshell News is still my favourite! And this is a special one because....
Years ago DD Leanne lived in Texas and I went to visit her and went to my first miniature weekend. And took one of my very first miniature classes taught by Julian Biggers!

So Kathie just hit every great point!


We had another great game identifying names, characters and actors from Christmas movies. Definitely not my best showing on that one! I didn't even know half of the movies referenced!

Then Joanne read a wonderful Christmas story book to us as she always does.

It was the loveliest evening.

BTW: My lie was 2. My daughter Leanne and I walked the rim of the Grand Canyon. Didn't happen.


Art for a possible new gallery

As miniaturists, we were blessed to know Georgee Prockiw as a member of our club. 

A member of her family recently commissioned the club to sell five of her roomboxes and 24 of her miniature copies of oil paintings by some of the  masters.

I was fortunate enough to purchase three of her paintings:

The Banks of the Oise 2" x 1 3/8"

Weymouth Bay by Constable 2 1/3" x 2 1/8"

Wild Poppies by Monet  2 7/8" x 2 1/4"

They are all so beautiful that I don't know which one I would favour.