Laura Tetrault

I'm sorry I haven't kept this as up to date as I had hoped. In January, my husband and I found out that after 4 months on the market we were finally going to sell our condo in Kirkland. What that meant was packing, andplanning and organizing an international move in order for Steve to accept a new position in Ontario, Canada. So between a six month old, packing and planning I have barely had a thought to spare for myself, let alone something to write for my blog.

So  now it is March 7, 2008 and I find myself in my husband's uncle's house with the snow swirling around outside. What a change from the green buds and gentler breezes of Seattle. I have to say that I miss it. But I am adjusting to the changes and today I finally had a few minutes to prep for some upcomming shows and competitions. Although I watched Sleepless in Seattle with just a little more knowledge and a little sadness.

I plan to show in the 16th annual Parklane International Miniature Show. Lately, I am really interested in the every day things in life, tea cups, tea pots, glasses. I am surrounded by the things my husband's late aunt loved. Antiques, family photos, country art... old things, some things that remind me that life is transient and that some items can out last the people and the relationships that created them. What do you do with wedding pictures where the bride has passed away? What if the couple has divorced?  I have been thinking about how I would treat things like this. I can't deny the photos that prove the reality of events that people have shared. There is a sadness that clings to photos and mementos like the dust that I have been cleaning out the corners. Would I destroy items like these in order to get past the memories or would I keep them. Miniature art could pull up memories like this. Miniatures reference the past, full of antiques, photos, items that have outlived their owners. I hope to evoke the emotion of abandoned things.

At very least, I am happy to have things settling, even though we still will move again once we find a home of our own. 

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