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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...

This was the calendar in my kitchen for the last couple of months.  The big countdown!First.Thenand . Someandand.That was just a little guy.And even though I thought I'd burst with creativity I did so inside my head.  Which was great!  On the outside I mostly lay in...

I so get this guy!  That's me!!!  Running around in circles, backtracking, getting distracted, forgetting where I was going and what I was doing, having adventures along the way, "oh what's that over there???", hoping in the end I get what needs to be done...

As if it isn't enough to be sitting on an amazing beach, that speck on the horizon is a humpback whale pulling itself out of the sea.  Huge splash coming.We've pulled up stakes and headed to Maui to let it all go for a bit....

This is the bulletin board in my kitchen.  Do you know how long it's had those words on it?  Oh about 6 or 7 years I think.   Haven't found any better.Happy Valentines day!...

Still in progress.  Having fun trying to figure out reflections and textures.  Dreaming of bright colours and tropical fruit.  Curse you, February....

Yesterday, shrugging off the annoyance of a winter cold that has taken away my voice, I got some fresh air on a drizzly morning walk along the water with a friend and her very handsome boy.He is so worried when his mom goes in to...

My easel and I are ships that pass in the night just now.  We stare longingly and lustfully at each other and mutter about getting a chance to hang out together soon.  It will happen.  I think it's a ways away but I'm going to surprise it...

Way too long since I picked up a brush so I did today.  Still in the early stages, avoiding those hands  -- I find hands so hard!!--  but it's coming I think.  I think it actually looks quite a lot like Scouty's handler.So nice to...