Saturday, 3 November 2018
at home
I did not in the least intend to garden today. With Allan at a holiday bazaar peddling his book, I was planning on a quiet day to blog about Halloween. But from my desk window, I could see an area of the garden where the BadAster lurks. I simply had to go dig and pull it.
Aster roots are pinkish and easy to differentiate from others.
I managed to plant one lady in waiting…
Skooter helped.
Banished from helping:
Around the garden:
Rain saved me from gardening and gave me three hours to blog before our evening event.
Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum 6×6 Art Auction
The theme this year for the annual fundraiser was the Wild North West. The art pieces are almost all just 6×6 inches in size.
Before the auction, we feasted.
I learned that evening that a black bear had killed two beloved pet goats in the outskirts of Ilwaco, breaking through a plywood-boarded barn door to get the second one. I still did not eat bear sausage.
We got a good table up front, reserved for Discover Ilwaco, and shared it with Our Kathleen and with Steve and John of the Bayside Garden.
On the screen is one of the extra offerings, a dinner for 6 prepared in your home by private chef Maddy Moore (of Pink Poppy Bakery). This special occasion went for $750.00
Then came the pièce de résistance, the annual sock monkey art by Leslie Hall.
The pony express monkey had to be steadied by Betsy because of all the excitement.
This year’s sock monkey art, a photo bomb called Wild Outdoor Monkey:
In the usual bidding war between Karla and her sister, the monkey raised (as I recall) $800 for the museum.
Some pieces we especially liked:
A few more favourites, photos provided by the museum:
6×6 is one of my favourite Ilwaco events of the year. It is always in early November; come join the fun next year!
Oh so sorry you didn’t get “Running Wild in the Hood”. That’s amazingly lovely. I can only imagine what it sold for!
And poor Skooter! So hopeful he is helping, but banned nonetheless. No doubt he’ll try again later. Love his photo sequence.
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The claws in the leg are what got him “benched” 😀
I think that ceramic piece went for about $160. In other years I might have kept bidding. One of the 6×6 staff, the one who plays the security officer in their tableau, fainted halfway through the event and medics and ambulance were called. He is fine now but it took the wind out of my sails from worrying. I even forgot to bid again on the Washed Ashore and was surprised I got it!
Also, am trying to be frugal out of concern for fast approaching old age!
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Hi Skyler, I have a mature acer griseum. It is one of my favorite trees–pretty bark, leaves, and fall color. Love all the art! The Gone with the Wind one made me laugh. Congrats on winning “Washed Ashore”!
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I love Acer griseums. I’ve seen some full grown that are breathtaking.
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Love the “HOA Committee” What a fun auction. I feel for Skooter, but understand how animals can sometimes be pests when you want to work in the yard.
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:-). Poor Skooter doesn’t get enough love. 🙂
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The bear sausage was good, and “Something Wild” is now hanging next to my front door.
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Yay!!! Haven’t decided yet where to put Washed Ashore. Rosemary from the museum won the ceramic piece I coveted so that’s ok.
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I liked the regatta picture best of all.
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It is very good. The actual event is too rich for our blood. Allan’s boat isn’t the high class sort allowed 🙂
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