Monday, March 14, 2022

Pi day

Stand Back for the Pie
Acrylic on canvas
24 x 24 inches
Barbara Muir © 
(Available at Yang's
Flower Market on
Avenue Road).

I think we'll celebrate Pi Day tomorrow. It makes me happy to see that Steven
and I have been honouring the day -- by eating pie, or some kind of pie shaped
treat -- for years. 

On Pi Day, I always show this painting, which is one of my favourites.
Tonight was my once a week class, and Steven and I are still recovering from
the time change.  This year I really missed that hour. I felt like I had so much
to do that I needed it.  But maybe not having the hour made me speed up, and at
the same time realize how much I normally do in just 60 minutes.

Tonight tired as I am, I think I'll quote my own earlier post about Pi Day

" I feel lucky to be married to a quirky man who is a big fan of science
and math.  That's particularly nice as I am interested in science, but not
 good at math. Although oddly enough every now and then lately
I have been wizard at it!  Each year Steven (my husband) and I mark
Pi Day -- the 14th of the third month -- March, by eating "pie". According
 to the Huffington Post Pi Day is named after the Greek symbol π which
 is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. The first three
 digits in Pi are 3 (this is the third month) and 14 (the fourteenth day)
= 3.14 or Pi... We sing Happy Pi Day to the tune of Happy Birthday -- appropriate
because it is Einstein's birthday. He was born on this day in 1879.
I have featured this painting on Pi day for a number of years because it seems
to say it all -- celebration, the perfection of flowers -- and the pie is Steven's
cherry pie -- the last from our cherry tree (now gone).  My mother was a 
bacteriologist, and also entranced with all things science.  I think of her
every year on this day too (and on every other day!)"

Hope you had a wonderful Pi day. 


3 comments:

Evelyn Oldroyd - painter said...

Hope your Pi was tasty 😄 I had forgotten about api day but by coincidence I had made a meat pie the day before so we had leftovers 😁 your painting is so wonderful and delicious. I would love a cherry pie but it will have to wait for the summer.

Barbara Muir said...

Hi Evelyn,

We were too tired to go out and find a pie, and didn't have time
to make one, so we made pie shaped round desserts with two
delicious cookies with melted chocolate in between. It was a
bit too rich, but we also sang Happy Birthday to Einstein, born
March 14, 1879, and were joined by our dog Sally. That is her tune.

XOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara

Jennifer Rose said...

I havent had pie for years, really want apple pie but no one else likes it but me and i shouldnt eat a whole pie myself lol

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