Had a chance to get away a few weeks ago to Savary Island up the coast. The perfect break from it all.Two ferry rides and a last quick boat ride across to the island and we felt appropriately removed from all of that regular life...
I was planning on doing some more work on my painting of this beautiful black sea dog whose hair-- I was told -- only curls when she's wet. The water really was that blue that day.It was still fairly chunky and I thought I'd go...
A seal swam into the swimming bay last night, much closer than usual. At first I thought it was an old grey dog, and wondered who it belonged to, but a voice at the back of my head was saying, "I don't think so." A...
Although I'm no stranger to deep thoughts (everyone who knows me, you can stop rolling your eyes now), sometimes I feel like I should be moved to deep thoughts by all of the sights around me. Metaphors and similes should be a constant stream in my head.These posts above...
So this is what I want to know. Did the mussel who created this gorgeous shell feel those little bumps inside and let it spoil his day? Did he do what I would have done in my only-some-things perfectionist way and insist on making another? Did he...
The other morning I sat down at my desk in a big funk, an off start to the day, my head running in circles, a bunch of things needing doing, and a jumble of ideas over what to do first. I pulled out my little...
Missing this water. I'll stick in the photo of the real thing at the end so you can see I'm not making that colour up.This isn't finished (as is my norm) but I made a few hours on the weekend and I'm hungry to get...
Making this wreath gave me a chance to get out my little box of beach treasures and remember how it feels to be sitting on hot sand, popping a shell or pebble or little bit of sea glass into my bag. All the sweeter holding them in...
This is how it was.This is how it is now (with apologies for a dark day's photo and the need for a flash).You can tell the truth, do you think it got better? If you don't, it's OK. I promise not to cry.Too much.I like...
OK, so what makes me think I'm not a big-headed egotistical maniac, having a blog of my own paintings, is that I'm a learner, and I know that. I'm working to improve but I'm still early in the trip. So in that light, this is...