Part one: Hello there from us over here with jelly legs and arms. We’ve just returned from a long weekend at the most beautiful resort in my daughter Kerstin’s town. Chloe and I drove the 300 miles to Kelowna, and, after a rest, all…
OK, apart form Earl Grey tea in the morning, (without which I would die!), and my daily phone call with Robbie when we’re in separate countries, I really have very few rituals or routines. I mean, I brush and floss and all that mundane…
Wow you guys, what an amazing day! This is my first ever North Shore Art Crawl. I thought this would be a lovely experience and it was. At best, I thought, there would be someone who would visit me in the studio and at…
Hello from Sunday night everybody and from a very quiet house. 🙁 Yesterday, our little girls came back with balloons; much to Morgan’s annoyance, who followed the string around the house without being able to actually get the darn, floaty thing. Zoe, Isla and…
Well, we did it to ourselves and today we are so tired, but yesterday we had too much fun! My daughters Kerstin, Chloe, and I had a whole day and night to ourselves. I asked them what they would like to do, since our…
I hope you’ve all had a lovely Sunday. It’s been an interesting one round here. Each morning in Feb. I’ve been painting a little something in a sketch book. (I know, white paper instead of 100 yr old ephemera! Well, it’s only once in…
Hi Hi. I’m back. I’ve had to take a few weeks days off of social media. Actually, I had my finger hovering over the delete button more than once. A few personal attacks on the ol’ FB, the state of the world, not enough…
Hi everyone, How was your weekend? I hope it was lovely and you got to celebrate something special. I love celebrations. Even just a Sunday morning lie in can be a celebration…which incidentally didn’t happen round here with our three who were up at…
Hello and Happy Chinese New Year everyone. I’m so over the Year of the Monkey. How about you? Was the monkey good to you? OMG! Trying to out monkey the monkey last year was so difficult for me. I’m so ready for the rooster.…
Hooray, sun! I love it when the sun shines on these dreary mid-winter days. My bedroom faces east so I get the first rays of the sun. I’m also really happy that my sun-loving houseplants get as much sun as they can. Yesterday I…
