Private Thoughts --- Days 14/

Walks/Lopes: Presidio and Hood

Distances: 2.5 miles, 7 miles

Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The Chronicle

Caspar David Friedrich (German,1774-1840), The Moon Rising to the Seashore, 1822, o/c

So Ciwt was just spending time on line with the wonderful current show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature.  And when she went to our local paper's website, it seemed to her The Chronicle's photographer, Carlos Avila Gonzalez, today captured much of the same moody, contemplative romantism in his photograph above.

Spring Fever Off and On --- Day 14/70

Walk: Sloat Garden Center

Distance: 5 miles

Sandro Botticelli, Primavera, late 1470's or early 1480's, tempura on panel

So spring is coming and going out here and probably where you live.  One day there's sun which makes Ciwt want to wander the Headlands just across the Golden Gate Bridge, but the next day (or hour) cold, wind and rain make her relieved she isn't caught in some glen or forest far from home.  

Luckily art lovers like Ciwt can escape from the vissitudes of spring and get lost in Sandro Botticelli's Primavera, which has remained one of the most popular paintings in Western art for centuries.

Oscar End Notes --- Day 14/69

Walk: Hood, Sloat Garden Center

Distance: 4.5 miles

To Ciwt's eyes all celebrity attendees - men and women - at last night's Oscars are to be applauded for their attire which was appropriately formal and respectful.  That said, she did have some personal favorites.

Selena Gomez

Halle Berry

Michele Yeoh

She enjoyed several variations on the classic tuxedo which echoed their personal style while remaining tasteful.

Colman Domingo

Jeff Goldblum

Unfortunately a few choices just didn't work for her:

Zoe Saldana

Yasmin Finney

Omar Apollo

It's the veil.  

Timothee Chalamet
Very Timothee and he rocked it so Ciwt was torn between Best Dressed or this category.  Your choice.

Ciwt's Absolute Favorite Oscar!!!! (with nods to Kieran Culkin)

FLOW

Decisions Are In --- Days 14/60-68

Walks: Hood and arround home sticking Samplize paint samples on wall after wall

Distances: 4 miles average

 

So, when it comes to choosing paint colors, some - probably many - people think "Whatever' and go with the first off-white neutral they see.  Then there are the Ciwt types who order hundreds of paper samples to stick on her walls and actually paints several possible colors in strategic places if she can find room between the papee samples.  Then looks at all of them day and night, morning and afternoon until her painter finally says "I must have a date!"

And that date is Tomorrow 😨  So, Ciwt finally, finally decided "Whatever" and will go for now with an off-white neutral that works better than the off-white neutral (that turned purple brown in many rooms) the place came with. 

So that decision is in and tonight the Oscar winner decisions will be announced.  The BIG decision for Ciwt was whether to watch the Academy Awards since she wasn't particularly drawn to many of this year's contenders.  But she has been an Oscar regular for at least 50 years, so that became a non-decision and you can picture her in front of her TV watching Oscar tonight.   

Here are her personal hopefuls: FLOW 🐈🐈,Timothee Chalamet (but Adrian Brody will - and deserves to- win), Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here), Kiernan Culkin (A Real Pain), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), Gorgeous clothes, good emcee job by Conan O'Brien, short but riveting speeches, maybe a glitch here and there. 

Now, with all those creative decisions finally behind Ciwt, her readers should be able to look forward to more daily entries.   

Pryce is Always Right --- 14/59

 

Walk: No

Distance: n/a

So today Ciwt decided on a day off to escape into a book and stream a movie.  Luckily for the latter she chose one for which Jonathan Pryce received two prestigious Best Actor Awards and was reminded again of what a great actor Pryce is.  His acting is so superior, he could steal every production he is in, but there is a graciousness about him that allows him to stand and work as equal to some his greatest contemporaries; Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson to name a few.  Just eminently watchable in whatever role he plays.

Slow Horses

The Queen

The Two Popes

Carrington

The Height of the Storm  

with Eileen Atkins

So Many More....

Don't Know, Nope, Not Sure --- Days 14/53-58

Walks: 5 Days of Hood walks

Distances: Pretty much 4 miles daily

So, if you have any questions for Ciwt, please submit.  The more exotic, the better.  And she will pull together some answer for you.  Who knows if it is correct.  

This week she handled all sorts of topics she knows nothing about: what a paint color will look like in certain rooms at different times of day, which plants and shrubs will survive in various locations in her upcoming garden, what to do if someone abandons a huge microwave on the sidewalk in front of her building and more.  

Privately she is always thinking "I have no idea," but, rest assured, she will come up with an answer.

Christmas in February --- Days 14/51 & 52

Walk: SF Ballet, Sunday rest

Distance: 5 miles; 1/2 mile

Well, lookee Here.  New blooms in February!   

Post Aria Rest --- Day 14/50

Walk: Presidio

Distance: 5 miles