Line Wash - BP14.0 Cadillac Hotel

I stayed out in Nordegg until May 10th, and returned to the city that evening.  Since then things have been super busy.  On the 13th I took Margarit, Ryan and Braeden to the airport and they flew to Austria.  It was a somewhat roundabout trip as they flew west to Vancouver, then east to Montreal, and then over the top to Vienna.  They are staying at Margarit's cousin Martina's place, and met up there with Hailey, who arrived shortly after they arrived.

Since then I have been super busy at home.  Helena stayed behind with me as she is in the final weeks of Grade 12 and preparing to write final exams, and then graduate.  I have been taking her to and from school every day, as well as catching up on some chores around the house.

I finished putting together all the files for my holding company.  This is a years worth of stuff, for the fiscal year end that occurred on April 30th.  I will be taking everything over to my accountant in the coming days so that he can prepare year end financials.

I also set up my film processor and ran a big batch of color transparency film.  This included mostly some 4"x5" stuff, but also a little bit of 8"x10" and a few rolls of 35mm.  I will also be using the processor to run some film in PMK Pyro developer.  Once that is out of the way I can move on to some other work in the darkroom.

I also caught up on a bunch of chores that fell by the wayside while I was out at Nordegg for almost three weeks.  I had some bills to pay and some other paperwork to deal with.  With Margarit and the kids gone I also have to look after grocery shopping, cooking, dishes, laundry, housekeeping and the houseplants and pets.  In fairness Helena is doing most of the stuff for the pets.

Before I left Nordegg I was finally able to work on this line wash of the Cadillac Hotel over in Saskatchewan.  Chris and I visited for our Beer Parlour Project outing number BP14.0 back in the spring of 2024.  By the time Margarit and I returned to the area later that summer, it had already closed.  Although it was for sale, I understand that it still sits vacant.

The watercolor part of this piece is now complete.  The next time I head out to Nordegg I will get started on the Ink and Graphite parts of detailing in this piece.  Once it is done, I will scan it and post it to the Beer Parlour Project website.