Just another day in the neighbourhood here.
I had to go uptown to pick up the framed hummingbird picture and took in the cat Martin to be framed. Yesterday the teacher had told me that students from the Casa de la Cultura get a discount on their framing there as they get lots of business from the students. He couldn't remember if it was 10 or 15 % and it turned out to be 10 % which is not a great amount; but is fine when I wasn't expecting it. The hummingbird frame is about 1 inch wide, cedar in a reddish brown colour and glass (anti reflectante) it was 210 pesos, ( around $17.54 CAD) and it looks nice. The frame for the cat, who is huge, will be 408 pesos or about $34.07 CAD..
On the way to the bus to take the cat uptown I was asked by someone if I did fish pictures, last night someone asked me if I did people. People are very interested in commenting on what they are seeing and is kind of interesting.
After picking up the picture and dropping the other one off, I headed down to the Post Office and mailed my granddaughters picture to her in Canada. I hope she likes it if/when it arrives there. Canada Post is talking strike so who knows.
I then headed over to Calle 9 to Orti Mart, a large stationary store. I was looking for some different pastels; but they didn't have anything different. They did have some acid free pastel paper so got some of that. We chatted about the lack of art supplies available in Guaymas; but they don't seem interested in supplying more and said that they don't have a catalog to order from. The fellow serving me had to look at my picture and then took it over to the boss to show him. We chatted about my classes and the boss asked me if I sold any paintings. He then offered to buy the hummingbird from me, I took it home with me and it is hanging on my wall over the TV at the moment and that is where it will stay. Interesting chat though.
Tired of shopping and walking I headed home to relax. A pleasant morning uptown.
