Monthly Archives: January 2024

A Look Back on 2023 – April to July

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…a busy part of the year as I get ready for my solo art show, open the cottage and prepare to fly to Calgary

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Adding Stitching to my art and experimenting with rock weaving
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Trip to the Guelph Arboretum
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Daughter running at the High Park Spring Runoff and my friend’s daughter’s wedding
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Poster for my solo show and curating the collection at home before installation
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Show is installed and ready for opening day
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After three long years we’re back to bread baking at Montgomery’s Inn
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Opening of the Lawn Bowling Season
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Trip to the Aberfoyle Market and the Elora Gorge
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Beginning of our cat sitting experience with Tober
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Another art installation at WAAC
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Opening Reception for “Artists Choice” at WAAC
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The Lakeshore Cheese festival and my friend Peter’s retirement party
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Opening the Cottage with my friend Liz
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Trip to the Cheltenham Badlands
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Long Branch Garden Tour….congratulations Mary
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Dog sitting Olive while her Mommies are on the East Coast visiting Winnie and her family
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A trip to the cottage with Andrea…put down the new floor in the kitchen
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Flying to Calgary to visit family and friends….took a side trip to Banff
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Fun times with my sister and her husband until……
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…Kevin ended up in the hospital for the next five days with pneumonia …kept himself busy with drawing
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In the meantime my sister and brother-in-law took me on many excursions in between hospital visits and I did get to spend time with our friends Lance and Lois
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To be continued…..

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – Purple

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…thanks to Sue W and GC for hosting Weekly Prompts https://weeklyprompts.com/2024/01/06/weekly-prompts-colour-challenge-purple-2/

I like purple but I have to admit that I am not drawn to it as a colour. Funny because our high school colours were purple and gold. When I think of purple I think of royalty and according to Kendra Cherry from VeryWell https://www.verywellmind.com/the-color-psychology-of-purple-2795820#toc-purple-meanings-and-associations, it can also represent spirituality, wealth, mystery, femininity and in the U.S., bravery and courage, i.e. the purple heart.

It is also not a commonly found colour in nature but I have managed to find a number of purple flowers. Going through my archive I’ve found the following purple objects.

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This is one of the few paintings where I’ve used the colour purple

Sunday Trees – January 7, 2024

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…now that winter is upon us, my tree photos are mainly of bare bones

On Saturday, it was so windy by the lake that not even the trees could shelter me from the biting cold.

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Thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees https://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/sunday-trees-515/

Cee’s Which Way Challenge With Snow

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…thanks to Cee for hosting the Which Way Challenge https://ceenphotography.com/2024/01/04/cwwc-which-ways-with-snow-or-the-color-white/

Last night we had our first significant snowfall this winter. My husband was out early shovelling the snow on our side and over at the neighbours on the opposite side of the street.

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Taken from our bedroom window and looking down the street toward the lake