off the wall part 12

Although this is not technically on the wall 

 it is more like leaning up against the wall

I will include it anyway.

This was another bazaar find. It is old.  It is Dutch.

What I like about it is the two trees are out front but in the background is a church.

It looks like a print of a pencil or charcoal piece.

No colour to it.

It is a print that I want to find out more about.

I haven't even had the words translated.

What is the title?

Who is the artist?

It is a mystery waiting to be solved.

off the wall part 11

Another artist whom we know.

Sena Bisschop from our church painted this a number of years ago.

The colours are still quite crisp despite sitting in sunny locations throughout the years.

We bought it at a Calvin Christian School bazaar auction.

I can't remember what we paid for it. 

Perhaps when we get a piece of art we should put some particulars on the back.

Where and when we got it and any other information 

that we might enjoy remembering years into the future.

off the wall part 10

A real painting and we know the artist.

In fact we are related to her. 

Karen Baarda was Martin's aunt.

I don't know if she painted the painting above 

while she was still Karen Joldersma 

but I cannot ask her that question as she passed away a number of years ago.

Aunt Karen (or Tante Klaasje) married late in life and they never had children.

When naming our fourth daughter we thought of a few names 

but settled on Karen because of a few reasons

-we really liked Aunt Karen

- at that point we didn't have any boys to name and so my father was not going to get a namesake

since my father's name is Charles Klaas (known as Chuck) and Aunt Karen was actually Klaasje we thought that might be as close as he was going to get for someone to be named after him. ( we eliminated the option that was suggested for us - that we have a daughter that we would name Chuckalina )

-we liked the name Karen

I feel honoured to have Aunt Karen's artistry hang in our home.

off the wall part 9

We picked up these sketches years ago 

when we used to go to the Agriculture Museum with the kids 

during one of our outings during the summer and fall. 

If you notice the paint damage at the top of the photograph 

it is explained by a malfunctioning aquarium pump 

located in the room directly above the wall that these are hung on in our entry way.

One of my aunts had visited and looked at this collection and said

'I guess someone has to like stuff like that'

Well, we do like stuff like that. 

It brings back the fondest of memories.

We were tromping through those buildings 

and at the end of our trompings we ended up in the gift shop. 

There were some prints of sketches that someone had made of the buildings 

and they sold for about a dollar a piece.

The framing cost about 100 times the amount of the framed.

We picked up four of the buildings

the log cabin was a favourite of mine.

Enjoy

off the wall part 8

In our family room there hangs a calendar within a wooden frame.

We bought the frame years ago - I think at a CCS bazaar - but then again not for sure about that.

The calendars that are made to specially fit the frame tend to be expensive
so I was very happy that I saved them and was able to reuse one of the past years.
A little sticky note over the year and we are set to go.

One of my most thoughtful presents from my kids was the Christmas that
Shirley made me 12 pieces of black heavy cardstock
to which she added some pretty pictures for each month and
then printed off a page for each month to hang below each seasonal picture.

off the wall part 7

A Trisha Romance print that hangs 

in our room 

above the chair 

that I toss the clothes 

that are too dirty 

to put away 

but 

too clean

 to toss down the laundry chute.

off the wall part 6

Again I have plates on my wall.

 

These are Delft blue plates and I cannot remember where I got either of them.

I still like them and if they were not on my wall
I just might get a nice piece of whole wheat bread put it in the toaster
and once it popped up I would add a slice of gouda cheese
put on my dutch slippers and my dutch cap
and eat the slice of toast
from off of one of my pretty blue plates.