Once I'm out of the city I just love to stay in the country. Love it to pieces. But I'm also a working artist, and that means I need to buy vintage maps and ephemera to paint on. Thursdays in
Our friends Elaine and William invited us to their lovely garden for pre-supper drinks. Our friends Mile and Val were there as well, and it was so lovely and warm in the garden that we talked and caught up
Do you guys know what a steam rally is? You probably do, but up until a few years ago, I didn't. It's a gathering of all sorts of historic steam-powered machines from the Industrial Revolution to modern times. There are machines that
This year, like every other year
The other day Robert and I walked down to the church to visit Thomas Moore, a 13C Knight Templar, and his wife Isabelle. The ancient frescoes around them gave me some inspiration for a little Medieval angel painting. Here is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRyA2nUqPqU This Friday, the Shipyards Friday night market wasn't as busy as usual, and probably because of the rain we had in the day, but by the evening the shore dried up pretty nicely and the sun came out. I love
Hi! Hi. I'm back and out and about and over the Bride of the Mummy stage. Actually, truth be told, it hasn't been a completely restful staying at home in bed week, and part of that was this nonsense with Morgan
I'm home from a fabulous few days away. On some crazy whim/inspiration I drove 1070 km from Saturday to Tuesday and loved every minute of it. I loved my visit to my cabin, loved my visit with my darling daughter Kerstin,
It's funny to think, you know, this British Columbia of mine is so huge, and there are so few road thru it that you can't really take a wrong turn, (unless you're really talented like me
Hey, I was just so excited for today to come because today is the Opus outdoor painting challenge day. I already scouted the Opus painting corridor and decided that I loved the quiet of this little creek in the green