Three weeks ago I dropped off artwork for a solo exhibition at the Grand Manan Art Gallery. With Colin’s surgery scheduled for September 6th I didn’t expect to see my…
It’s the end of August and I will not even apologize for the long absence from this blog. Summer was packed: A guest bathroom addition to our home, family visiting…
I cannot believe how time flies! In just a few weeks we will welcome our first company since we moved to Nova Scotia. Meanwhile, I breathe a slight sigh of…
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…that you are all invited! Stop by and check out our exhibition at Art Lab, opening this coming Friday. Let me know if you plan to visit Parrsboro and I…
You guessed it: with the fantastic weather lately my time in the studio is falling short. Whenever possible I try to head outside to explore new hikes, lead my weekly…
…and it’s almost a bit embarrassing when I think about how fast the time has moved. This winter was long and a little cooler than last year. In spite of…
Canada from Coast to Coast to Coast has certainly “enjoyed” some true Winter weather thus far. What a difference a year makes for us living in Nova Scotia and comparing…
It’s Christmas, that much anticipated time of the year and once again we are keeping to ourselves… don’t let it get you down! Wish I could deliver the goodies to your house myself but this time the pictures will have to suffice…
Introducing my newest work…
One night last week I startled away with a great idea. At least I thought it was a great idea. As many of you know, despite my studio sale in…
Packing up my residency studio but not until reporting on Parrsboro’s special event …
…and week 2 at ArtLab Studios and Gallery is a wrap! Things are falling into place. Read about this week’s experience…
It’s Sunday and I am back at my studio space at ArtLab on Main Street in Parrsboro. It is a typical fall morning here, leaves are falling aided by the…
One year in a new town… what could be better than celebrating it with a month-long art residency?
Read all about our local Fibre Guild Kick Off we organized for last Saturday. Our efforts paid off! We saw many familiar and new faces and enthusiasm ran high!…
No, I have not fallen off the face of the earth… even if I have not been very active on this site lately. My main focus has been my photo…
The days are getting shorter, evening mist often brings cooler temperatures and the activity level in our town is revving up a bit. Covid numbers are slowly creeping up again…
Remember my post about deconstructing my Master Knitter project from the latter part of the 1990s? Thanks to my friend Shirley in Calgary I had a little nudge. She wanted…
If you know me you are aware that I have a certain fascination with kimonos… My friend Nancy from Sault Ste. Marie forwarded the following link to me: https://soranews24.com/2021/07/30/country-kimono-project-completes-set-of-over-200-designs-for-every-nation-at-tokyo-olympics【pics】/ Here…
It’s been a while. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been creative but my focus has been somewhat off course. However, it is nothing that a nice walk at the beach…
Life has been a little unpredictable lately. I am grateful for some downtime as the second vaccine dose threw me for a loop. I think I am beginning to come…
… It was a perfect day, not a cloud in the sky and four eager people to capture and stay in the moment…
The weather continues to be amazing! It’s been hot and humid but, for the last two days the wind has brought relief and I am finding myself torn between the…
A full week early… my new business cards arrived and I am very happy with them. I used recent photographs which you may or may not recognize. The cards were…
I never grow tired of my beach excursions. The constant natural changes tide action brings with it appeals to me and provides rich inspiration for daily life in and out…
Welcome back, everyone. Sharing images I create during my walks seem to have struck a chord with so many of you blog followers that I have decided to spoil you…
Nova Scotia has been hit hard and awfully fast with Covid cases over the past ten days. It’s really disappointing that patience is wearing thin with so many and measures…
In hopes that the above picture will grant me your forgiveness I decided to post this as it might explain my long absence from the blog. The image is from…
Has it only been a year that we drastically shifted our lives? About a year ago this image with a video arrived from BC. It features our grand-daughter fully immersed…
Let me start out by sharing my latest project. Last Friday we took a drive to Amherst. I was looking for a couple of sewing notions and the only place…
…on all levels! I had fun capturing this image of an icy pond a couple of weeks ago. When searching for images today I thought this one was fitting… it…
My day yesterday was filled with inspiring creative endeavors and I am so excited with what is ahead for the month. The night before last (March 1st) I finally took…
In two weeks time Colin and I are marking the anniversary of social distancing (notice I didn’t use the word “celebrate”… who knew we would still be distancing a year…
It has been a bit quiet on the blog but my mind has been on overdrive! I finally feel I have reached a point where I can move forward with…
As this post goes public I will be on a ZOOM call with textile arts friends across Western Canada. It’s about 7 pm and after greetings and sharing show and…
“With all the wind we have had this spring and summer… we can safely say that summer just flew by!” This poignant quote delivered by a friend during our last…
The volatile year of 2020 advances and summer is quickly moving into its last month in the Northern Hemisphere. But the end of Covid19 is nowhere in sight or expected.…
…start building your own idea accelerator. Here we are, Installment 5 of my week of jotting down ideas and expanding on inspirational thoughts of your creative mind. In my opinion,…
…but be cautious what you share. Passion is so important when it comes to making art. Passion catapults us forward… it generates new ideas, new jumping off points, fresh angles…
…great art does not happen without a plan, just like a memorable road trip can’t come to fruition without a reasonably up-to-date map. 😉 In other words, don’t always rely…
Good morning and welcome to Part 2 of my virtual morning gathering session 2020 version, part of the set routine at former Art Quilt Campus events! Thanks for checking back…
…for those who are interested in motivation for their continued artistic pursuit, for creative minds alike. AKA: Art Quilt Campus 2020 – the virtual morning edition. This is the week…
…or “how to attempt to make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear”… It’s been quite a couple of weeks of long hours in extreme heat where the small…
I ask this with slight panic in my voice… Yes, July is almost over and this is the view from the deck this afternoon. It’s sunny and hot and I…
You guessed it, we have had some spectacular skies lately… a good number of tornado warnings (that amounted to nothing here at Buffalo Pound Lake) but those tornado warnings are…
Well, summer has arrived, a full moon is just about upon us and I realized today that I only posted once to this blog in June. No, I have not…
The last month went by in record time. While I had great distractions watching nature unfold despite the lack of moisture in the the form of rain, the fact that…
Nature – It provides us with tremendous inspiration and reminds us of how resilient we are. We make decisions, adjust to conditions and move forward, come what may!
I am spending a few moments outside appreciating the joyful bird song all around! Among the robins and Mourning Pidgeon’s (which always make me a bit sad), there are Baltimore…
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