Delight-Filled Leaves Art
My daughter loves to paint, and over the years I’ve learned to let her paint along with me sometimes, although I am naturally quite solitary when I’m working on creative projects. I had seen a cute painting of a fox … Continued
Yesterday we made a family trek to the Vancouver Art Gallery for my birthday. I’ve always wanted to go on a Sunday when they have family activities to engage our kids better. The main exhibit right now is “The Forbidden … Continued
One of the fun things we did this summer was to take a road trip to Oregon with my husband’s brother’s family. It was wonderful for our kids to be able to make memories with their cousins, and for all … Continued
It was good to get some “studio time” this week: read “home time.” I made a little progress on my collage. I mounted it on white water media paper, which gave it a bit more substance as artwork. Tentatively began … Continued
I have a Victoria Day tradition: working as the event lead at Fort Langley National Historic Site. Exactly five years ago, 8 months pregnant, I did just that. Like today, I marched all over with the camera taking photos and … Continued
I can’t believe it’s been a month since my last post! By a combination of circumstances, I’ve just been petering out of blogging energy. With the arrival of spring weather here on the BC coast, our family has been getting … Continued
I’ve been taking a much-needed break over the holidays: resting, reading, and doing nostalgic things like playing board games, doing puzzles, cracking nuts by the fire. Thus the lapse in my posts. Not that I haven’t been creative, though not … Continued
What an incredible evening, after a long work week, to just spontaneously go to the park. My daughter had called me earlier to say she had learned to ride her bike this afternoon without training wheels. She just had to … Continued
