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Some of the Many Items We Sold or Donated While Decluttering My Grandma’s Home… ⬇ When we were preparing to sell my grandma’s home close to 10 years ago, there was a lot of stuff to sort through including antiques, clothing and kitchen items. We were about to move my grandma into a senior’s home, and it was time to let go of much of the items that wouldn’t be needed in the her new smaller space. Here are just a few of the items we let go of when managing the stuff in her house: ✅ Antique bar cart - Although this was a treasured item, we decided it wasn’t something we could see ourselves displaying so we sold it. ✅ Clothing - We helped her to decide which items were her favourite and donated the items she was no longer comfortable wearing. ✅ Extra photo frames - she only had space to display a few photos in her new smaller space. We had some of our favourite photos stored digitally as well. Decluttering and organizing her belongings made it easier to move her into a senior’s home, and greatly reduced the amount of stuff we had to move out of the space she lived in after she passed away several years ago. If you need some help organizing your space, send me a message or email me at lettherebespace@gmail.com.

I am donating my art to help raise money and awareness for the Casper Mountain Preservation Alliance. We will be raffling off my bronze sculpture ‘’COWBOY CODE’’ 19’’ x 10’’ price $3500. This sculpture is very appropriate as a symbol of our struggle to keep gravel mining off Casper Mountain. Tickets are $20. each or 6 for $100. and 100% of the funds are going to our legal fund. If you want to help, please buy some tickets it is for a good cause and you might win a Navarro bronze sculpture. Wyoming is known as the Cowboy State and respectable men and women who lived in the West were bound by unwritten rules that centered on hospitality, fair play, loyalty, and respect for the land. There was no law on the range back in the days when the cowman with his herds carved out a new frontier. Lack of written law made it necessary to develop a rule of behavior, which became known as the "Code of the West." These laws were a socially agreed upon code of conduct that helped shape the cowboy culture of the Old West and were respected everywhere on the range. The sculpture’s forward-facing horses symbolize the future and what lies ahead. Both standing still express the present. The cowboy turning in the saddle, looking back over the trail, represents the past. The brand in the middle of the base stands for the mark and pride he puts on the work he finishes. Surrounding the base are some of the Cowboys Codes of the West. You cannot go wrong practicing these principles in your own life: 1. Ride for the brand. 2. Your word is your bond. 3. Be tough but fair. 4. Do what has to be done. 5. Protect and help the weak. 6. Always finish what you start. 7. Take pride in your work. 8. Live each day with courage.

Have you considered integrating art and collectibles into your estate plan? With the art market valued at $1.7 trillion and contemporary art appreciating at 14% annually, it's a valuable asset. Explore strategies for cataloging, appraising, and discussing your estate with beneficiaries. Whether you choose to gift, sell, or donate, a well-thought-out strategy will help to keep your legacy intact. #EstatePlanning #ArtInvestment #WealthManagement #LegacyPlanning

My Glossy Friends Gloss.        I do not use much of it.  The real world is not glossy very often. The real world is mostly semi-gloss, or unfortunately sometimes it has a matte finish. Neither is the real world smooth. When I look for wood for my wood sculptures, I try to avoid the smooth wood. I look for scraps of wood, down in the dirt of the mill, sometimes in a special pile that is going to be thrown away soon, because no one wants that stuff. I like my wood to have bark. I like my wood to have saw marks showing where it was ripped from a larger plank. I like my wood rough; rough enough to cause a splinter in my finger, because sometimes life, in its generous way, gives me a splinter just to keep me awake. When I lay out the sculpture, I try to align the image so that it is straight and parallel, because in life, I am trying to do the same thing. I rarely go beyond a very coarse sandpaper, sometimes not using sandpaper at all. Life is not smooth.  Soon, once again, I will have the distinct privilege of riding my strange looking recumbent cycle alongside some of the bravest, strongest, most human human-beings I know. Some are paraplegics, some are quadriplegics. Some have serious pain that does not show at all, until, unfortunately, it is too late. We will ride 180 miles in an effort to accomplish goals that as individuals, we might not be able to attain. We work together. We ride together. We celebrate together. My friends and I have edges and ridges that have not been smoothed, although with time, the rough spots are getting rounded. We have “saw marks” that show where some of us were ripped from the life we were enjoying before, by an accident, by disease, by military conflict protecting the rights and privileges that the rest of us so often take for granted, and, unfortunately, those afflicted just by being born, like my grandson, Aaron. Beware, if we are ruffled, you might earn a splinter or two from us, just to keep you awake.  Our leader, Jennifer Moore, does not see the sharp edges. Jennifer does not see the jagged, bumpy, dinged and dented rough spots. She is not afraid of splinters. Jennifer sees potential, she sees physical, mental, and emotional growth opportunities. Jennifer does not seem to be aware of the matte finish. So, when I make the wood sculptures, the background, the “frame” of the piece, the part that represents the world, is often finished with “satin” or “matte” polyurethane. My handcycle friends however, are finished in gloss.       Please help us help others; please, today, help us bring new opportunities to my “glossy” friends.  Any amount will be greatly appreciated.  Thank you and please go to the link shown below.    https://lnkd.in/etnMP7NT 1.   Click: Donate Now 2.   Click: Your desired donation amount 3.   In the box marked: “Credit this donation to..” just type our team name: “Team Courageous”

Have you considered integrating art and collectibles into your estate plan? With the art market valued at $1.7 trillion and contemporary art appreciating at 14% annually, it's a valuable asset. Explore strategies for cataloging, appraising, and discussing your estate with beneficiaries. Whether you choose to gift, sell, or donate, a well-thought-out strategy will help to keep your legacy intact. #EstatePlanning #ArtInvestment #WealthManagement #LegacyPlanning

Have you considered integrating art and collectibles into your estate plan? With the art market valued at $1.7 trillion and contemporary art appreciating at 14% annually, it's a valuable asset. Explore strategies for cataloging, appraising, and discussing your estate with beneficiaries. Whether you choose to gift, sell, or donate, a well-thought-out strategy will help to keep your legacy intact. #EstatePlanning #ArtInvestment #WealthManagement #LegacyPlanning

#APTipTuesday – Set up both your photographer and yourself for success by putting together a detailed shot list including all the “must have” and desired photos you want captured at your event. A shot list will help ensure you end up with the photos you want to document the success of this year’s event and market future events. Include specific groups of people who should be photographed as well as activities, décor features, and run of show elements.    💡 Bonus tip: to ensure specific individuals (i.e. top sponsors, Board leadership, honored guests) are photographed, assign someone from your organization to circulate with the photographer during the reception to help identify and gather those people for the photos.    #annplans #tiptuesday #events #nonprofitevents #nonprofit #eventphotography #photography   

The latest issue of the LRC is out. It features a review by me of 'Statesmen, Strategists, and Diplomats: Canada's Prime Ministers and The Making of Foreign Policy.' https://lnkd.in/gyCp2H6e

Final chance to visit Sculpture by the Sea Bondi - coming to a close on the 4th November. Join us this weekend to celebrate. It has been a profound experience to collaborate with the rock landscape during the creation of Reclaimed Chaos. Reclaimed Chaos imagines a scenario where the world holds still for a moment like a collective held breath and asks: What would this pause allow us to think, feel, and do? What reflections from the last few years could shape a more hopeful future, and how can we take actionable steps toward that future? My artistic practice is grounded in exploring how art can act as a psychological tool for processing and engaging with one of the most pressing issues of our time: global climate change. As described by the Climate Psychology Alliance, “Climate psychology is concerned with the emotions, and the social and mental processes that have contributed to the ecological and climate crisis, and our responses and processes of adaptation to it (https://lnkd.in/g7t_5JZY) You can support this work by making a tax deductible donation: https://lnkd.in/gRsfb7in Photo by Charlotte Curd #sxs #sxs2024 #sculpturebythesea #sculpturebythesea2024 #sculpturebytheseabondi #bondi #sculpture #sculpureexhibition #publicart #publicsculpture #contemporary #contemporary #contemporaryartist #contemporarysculpture #environment #environmentalsustainability #ecoart #wood #timber #reclaimedwood #hanlonwindows #hanlon #waverleycouncil #waverley #responsiblewood