Girl from Port of Spain   (Portrait of Reanne Seenath)

text messages
May 3rd   2017

9:35
The prints turned out
really well! Hoping u
can still make it for
later

10:17
[Great! Looking
forward to it]

11:50
[See u in 10-15 mins]
[Prado]

11:53
Oh! thought we were
meeting at 1? I could
leave in 10 minutes or
so & be there in half
an hour. Whatever
works for u is ok

11:56
[That's great]
[I must have forgotten]
[Thanks I'll go to the
dollar store and the
bank before we meet
then. 12:30ish works
great]

11:57
K. See u @ 12:30ish!

12:31
Just got on the bus
Be there in 10

[Just paying at
Tinseltown]
[Take ur time]



2:45
[U2 is back at it]
[Super loud coming
outta BC place]

2:46
[It looks so awesome,
we both think ur
amazing for how u

captured it. Soooo
talented! Thank u for
being such a great
friend]
[I'm sending the pic to
my mom]

2:48
Totally thrilled u like it!!
I'll make sure to get
prints made for ur Mom :)

2:48
Tell the Edge to keep it
down!

[It's my fave! I'm glad I
get to look at it in
person for a few days]
[Lol, it's crazy to think
they are so close]

17th (Monday)
Overcast, chilly, with a touch of rain

18th (Tuesday)   [Girl from Port of Spain]
Overcast, mild, dry

19th (Wednesday)   [Girl from Port of Spain]

20th (Thursday)   [Girl from Port of Spain]
Some enjoyable banter with Silvia at Shoppers this
morning. Girl from Sweden telling me she prefered
Vancouver to Seattle, saying the later felt
distinctly 'American'. Texted Reanne, 'It's reefer
madness in the West End this afternoon! The traffic
is insane!' Texted back, [Oh man!??? Really!] [Any
event?]

21st (Friday)   [Girl from Port of Spain]
Clear skies, & perfect temperatures

22nd (Saturday)   [Girl from Port of Spain]
The return of overcast, rain

23rd (Sunday)   [Girl from Port of Spain]
Hockey, basketball, overcast, rain

24th (Monday)   [Girl from Port of Spain]
Text from Susan, [Hi, Richard. How's it going?] Girl
from Sweden heading off to live in Victoria, working
at some weight watchers place, she told me

25th (Tuesday)   [Girl from Port of Spain]

26th (Wednesday)   [Girl from Port of Spain]
Mixture of warm sunshine, gusts of wind, dark clouds,
& a sudden shower of rain

27th (Thursday)
Swung by 319 on a perfect spring morning, with warm
sunshine flowing in through the front windows. Reanne
looked good, her hair newly colored 'platinum blue'
Photographed the portrait & worked on webpages

May
3rd (Wednesday)
Showing Reanne the portrait at Prados's, across
the street from the old Woodward's, at Hastings &
Abbott. A lovely silver rain was falling, & I was
surprised how much she loved the portrait! And the
girl at the table beside us too, who was from
Jamaica. Walking with her along Abbott, up the
elevator along Georgia Viaduct, to the entrance to
her lobby. Telling me how loud it was at BC Place,
from U2 preparing for their next tour. I suggested
she keep the portrait for awhile, & she texted later
saying she had sent a picture of it to her Mom in
Toronto