MISTAKE..MISTAKE...WHAT.WHERE.WHO.WHEN.

OK. BIG MISTAKE. I THOUGHT I WAS ON MY 'AWINGANDAPEAR' BLOG..NAMED AFTER WHAT MOM USED TO SAY ...'A WING AND A PEAR...WHICH IS MY PERSONAL BLOG FOR FRIENDS ETC ON WHATS GOING ON..ART...VACATIONS ETC...BUT INSTEAD..I WAS ON MOMS DEMENTIA BLOG...SORRY SORRY. PROBABLY BORED YOU...SO HERE IS MOM!!!  AND THATS HER APRON FROM KIRSTIE!

WHIS WAS MOM READING SOME OF HER VALENTINE CARDS..AND HER VALENTINE BEAR...CAUGHT HER WITH HER EYES CLOSED..SORRY...HARD TO GET GOOD PICTURES OF HER ANYMORE.  AND I MUST ADMIT..I DONT' TAKE AS MANY.  MOSTLY I USE MY IPHONE FOR VIDEO'S OF HER..TALKING ETC.  WISH I HAD THIS 14 YEARS AGO SO I COULD HEAR MY DAD!!

BUT SHE LOVED THE FLOWERS FROM MY BROTHER KENNY AND CAROLYN...LOVED THEM.  GOT HER TO SMILE.  THEY SAY DEMENTIA PATIENTS FORGET HOW TO SMILE..ITS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE MUSCLES ETC...BUT I GOT A GOOD ONE HERE...

 SO WHAT WAS SHE DOING...HELPING ME WRAP SOMETHING. I WILL TAKE A PICTURE NEXT TIME OF HER PUTTING SILVERWARE AWAY. WE TRY SO HARD TO FIND LITTLE THINGS FOR HER..WE HAVE TO KEEP HER MIND BUSY OR SHE GOES TO NEVER/NEVER/LAND!!!  SHE DRIES THE GLASSES FROM THE DISHWASHER AND PUTS AWAY THE SILVERWARE...AND WHATEVER ELSE WE CAN FIND.  SHE LOVES TO BE IN THE KITCHEN, BUT FOR THOSE WHO KNOW HER..YOU KNOW THATS WHERE SHE ALWAYS WAS..COOKING, BAKING......

I DID THIS PIECE OF ART FOR HER. I FOUND THIS LARGE OLD OLD METAL HEART AT A THRIFT STORE..AND USED SOME AIRBRUSH PAINTS ( DONE BY HAND) AND SOME PUMICE GEL..AND MADE THIS FOR HER.  I HAD HER IN THE STUDIO WITH ME SO I COULD REMEMBER US DOING THIS..BUT ACTUALLY SHE WASN'T MENTALLY THERE...SHE KEPT SAYING ' WHY AM I HERE..WHEN AM I LEAVING...WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO BE..ETC. ETC...BUT..I KEPT PAINTING ANYWAY!!!

NEXT UPDATE I WILL GET MORE PICTURES OF MOM.  ITS HARD.  SHE WONT' LOOK AT THE CAMERA..AND SHE BARELY SMILES...LATELY ALL SHE WANTS TO DO IS 'GO HOME AND SEE MA AND PA"...THATS WHAT SHE SAYS.  AND THEN ITS ALWAYS ' DO I NEED A COAT..THEY ARE COMING FOR ME".  I SAY..WHO MOM..SHE SAYS ' THEY'.

EVERY DAY WITH HER IS A PRESENT...THIS HAS BEEN A LONG JOURNEY FOR HER...BUT SHE GETS OUT OF BED EVERY DAY ( CAN'T WALK..WE GET HER UP) AND SHE FACES THE DAY...6 OF 7 SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME IN THE MORNING, BUT AT NIGHT SHE USUALLY DOES...WHEN SHE DOESN'T KNOW ME SHE SAYS ' I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME..BUT I KNOW YOUR FACE....SO I WILL CALL YOU SWEETIEPIE!

NOT SURE HOW PICTURES GOT OUT OF ORDER...I AM REALLY NOT GOOD AT THIS...

THIS PICTURE HERE IS MY LATEST WHICH I AM GOING TO KEEP BECAUSE I LIKE IT...

THIS IS WATERCOLOR/ACRYLIC....I PUT THIS ON MOMS BLOG BECAUSE..SHE ALSO LIKED IT.  SHE PAYS LITTLE ATTENTION TO THE ART I DO..DOESN'T EVEN NOTICE IT ON THE WALL..BUT THIS ONE..FOR WHATEVER REASON CAUGHT HER EYE...SAYS ' JUDY DID YOU MAKE THIS?  ITS SO PRETTY".  THAT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME SHE HAS ACKNOWLEDGED  MY WORK...SO ITS A KEEPER!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME.