Symmetry
Symmetry is a calming, static element in composition. On day 10 of the artsy forager’s instagram challenge, #artsydefined, I was enjoying a relaxing Family Day holiday, so I enjoyed an easy start to the day with a good book and … Continued
Collage series 3: The Big House
Following the theme of buildings that are familiar to me, I decided to do my third collage as a portrayal of the Big House at Fort Langley National Historic Site, the birthplace of British Columbia. The current building was reconstructed … Continued
Homemade pizza
My husband has been enjoying making bread from scratch this year. Our bread machine has taken up residence in a storage container as Curtis kneads, experiments and rests. Most of this goes on while I’m at work, so I cannot … Continued
Rainy autumn drive
Sometimes I like to take photos out the car window. I like the motion blur, the sense of capturing the candid scenery, the day’s memory. This is my commute. Flooded field outside Fort Langley, BC
Spring hike
The sun came out, and so did we. I love the luscious greens, layer upon layer of verdant mosses and sword ferns and lichen. One of the first things that struck me about west coast forests, when I hiked at … Continued
Watercolour sketches and pigment from Roussillon
You’ll recognize the top sketch from my out-the-window snapshot from my last post. The botto one is a scene I drive past every day on the way to work. Since I started taking notice of it a few months ago … Continued
Snowy showy week
What a strange week we had, with heavy snow, a candle-lit evening with no power and howling prairie-style winds, and a little freezing rain to top it off. And after exactly one week of this, it was about +7 today … Continued
My favourite field
I came across this photograph of the Salmon River, which I was just writing about here. I just love the pattern of this field, created by the river. Today some of the land is flooded, and ducks were swimming there. … Continued
Word for 2012: Hope
In early December, I scoured the ditches of my commute for something to put in my new dahlhaus vase. Soon, the gray-brown blur along the side of the road became rich in the subtle colours of British Columbia’s winter. Crimson … Continued