The day our children delighted in rags
As a career mom, I don’t often get the chance to just hang around home for more than two days at a time. This week, due to a mix of circumstances, I was home for five days straight, mainly with … Continued
My published book
I’ve been working on updating my art website this week, and when editing my bio, I removed a line about how I’ve been writing and illustrating since I was four years old. Having a four-year-old, I can imagine the quality … Continued
Delighting in food & friends
Over the past week, I’ve had the opportunity to host a couple of dinners and have loved cooking for our friends! Today, I started with just some zucchini that I picked up from a local farm – a yellow and … Continued
“How I Spent Labour Day” by Donald Duck, 1931
Today in Canada it is Labour Day, a great excuse to have a long weekend in September. Four years ago, I wished so much that I was in labour, being five days overdue with my first baby, largely so that … Continued
Birds take flight
After working on these small canvases for a number of years, I put the finishing touches on them last year. I had been working with that predominant colour since about 2004, as seen in my soybean painting. The colour, as … Continued
What I Am Into This Month – August 2011
Following suit, linked to Megan at SortaCrunchy, I will sum up my August. On My Nightstand: While I didn’t actually read Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, or even read it in the past five years, I lived it every … Continued
Creative process: mixed media painting
I just picked up this canvas that has been gathering dust downstairs, and again wondered, “Is this finished or not?” To give a little background on this piece, it actually disguises a painting underneath that I gave up on, and … Continued
Making things: bean bags
For my daughter’s upcoming 4th birthday, she asked if we could have a carnival, inspired by the one her aunt recently organized for the kids at our family reunion. What a simple, fun party that would be. Her favourite games … Continued
Summer on the farm
This summer we vacationed at my childhood farm in Southwestern Ontario, along the shore of Lake Erie and nestled in by a hedge of field corn, overgrowth, humidity, and the intense, throbbing hum of cicadas and crickets. People are often … Continued