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Masks
[1] [2] Spring [3] took it upon herself to fix some pictures I had to get
them back on the wall. I had [4] [5] two regular water colors and two rather
unusual Oriental Demon Masks. All four belonged to my parents and I know for
a fact that the Oriental Demon Masks were a wedding gift to my parents (who
were married in Hell, Michigan [6]—fitting, isn't it?). For years they sat in
the attic of my Dad's parent's house collecting dust. I gathered them on a
visit one year, much to the dismay of my Mom. It was only after I inherited
Condo Conner that I actually hung them up just outside the Computer Room.
But eventually the wire on the back of the frame broke so they've been
sitting in my room waiting till someone got around to fixing them.
[7] [8] I also had a few [9] [10] African masks that my Dad's mom got for
me in the mid 80s. She knew I liked the Oriental Demon Masks but also knew
that my Mom would never allow them back in her house. So one summer in the
mid-80s we found a pair of masks at a garage sale and paid something like $1
each or something like that. Pretty cheap. And they had been lying around in
the room just lying around, since there was no real way to hang them up.
But Spring found a way using picture hooks, one on each side and one at the
bottom, and used hanging wire to connect them all in the back with an round
picture hook at the junction of wire. She then hung them up along the front
entry wall to break up the expansive space of white wall. It actually looks
good now.
And yes, we did name them. Bob, Bing, Byron and Arsenio. Any relations to
anyone living or dead is purely coincidental.
[1]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2001/11/27/bob.thumb.jpg
[2]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2001/11/27/bob.jpg
[3]
http://www.springdew.com/
[4]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2001/11/27/arsenio.thumb.jpg
[5]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2001/11/27/arsenio.jpg
[6]
http://www.everythingmichigan.net/cities/hell.htm
[7]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2001/11/27/byron.thumb.jpg
[8]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2001/11/27/byron.jpg
[9]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2001/11/27/bing.thumb.jpg
[10]
gopher://gopher.conman.org/IPhlog:2001/11/27/bing.jpg
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