Having explored the faces of many earthly personalities, I decided that I must go the other direction. I wanted to paint a saint and give her my face. So I did. First I had to describe serenity, and then I had to have the model looking up to the sky. Would it work? Could it be so simple? After I was finished, I knew I had a keeper, I could probably name her after one of the saints, why, I was named after a Saint! Mary Magdalen … Madelaine.. what a coincidence. I hope you like her.
Oh, I had better explain the title. It has to do with being married to a Boothby.
One of my dear husband’s coworkers used to tease him about the amount of suffering I had to go through to put up with him. He even made up a joke on the subject (6 words to describe Donald’s wife, “poor Mimi, poor Mimi, poor Mimi” ) Alas the man repeated his joke so often that even I remembered it.
So Rob, is this what you meant?
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actually, the joke was:
Donald, when I think of you and Mimi being married for 25 years, six words come to mind……poor Mimi, poor Mimi, poor Mimi….
Lovely, dear!
Well aren’t you having fun. My pious daughter. You do look so innocent and unworldly — but where’s your rosary?
Yup, you’ve made saithood…in painting and marriage 😉