…as an artist I’ve alway been drawn to textures
Textures found in nature are always so interesting to me. Here are a few that I came across on my walks.
Tuesday Textures – January 5, 2021
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Category Archives: In the Neighbourhood
Water, Water Everywhere – #58
…thanks to Jez for hosting Water Water Everywhere https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2021/01/04/frozen-lochan-water-water-everywhere-58/
On our daily walk today it was a bit drizzly but mild. Most of the snow has melted leaving lots of icy patches and puddles. Not only were we surrounded by the waters of Lake Ontario but we had to step carefully around and over these wet patches on the path.
Silent Sunday – January 3, 2021
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Sunday Trees – 477
…thanks to Becca Givens for hosting Sunday Trees https://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2021/01/03/sunday-trees-477/
January Squares – Day 1
…thanks to Becky B for hosting SquareUp
https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/01/01/square-up/
It’s the new year and with it comes Becky’s January Squares challenge. This month the theme is UP. You can interpret it anyway you want…looking up, uphill, upbeat, uplifting, etc. or the word ‘up’ can be part of a word like cup, tuppence, supper, super, etc.. The only rule that you have to follow is that the photo must be square.
Up, up and away…..
Wordless Wednesday – December 30, 2020
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Texture Tuesday – December 29, 2020
…discoveries made on my walk today
Finally A White Christmas
…after predicting a 20% chance for a white Christmas the weatherman was wrong again
Christmas Eve started out with rain, mild temperatures and grey skies. It looked like we would be having yet again another green Christmas. After our Zoom Christmas with the family in the afternoon I packed up a few more gift platters for the neighbours. The sun had just set as i set out to make my deliveries and looking up into the street lights I could see that the rain was changing to snow. All of a sudden everything seemed that much more Christmasy.
The next morning everything was covered with a clean white blanket of snow.
Frances and I went for a walk and came upon our first snowman of the season. Something was missing but I soon figured out that our little snowman had not been given a mask to wear during the ongoing pandemic. Problem solved.
Drive-by Gift Exchange, Donuts and a Walk in the Park
….on Christmas Eve
We decided as a family this year to celebrate Christmas in our homes and connect via Zoom. On Christmas Eve, early in the afternoon our kids drove to our house to drop off and pick up gifts. Gaelan ordered special donuts to share with everyone. It was not a particularly nice day but our meeting took place between rain showers so we also managed to get in a walk to to the park at the bottom of our street.
Everyone wore their masks, some more festive than others and some of us wore our special hats and antlers.
I even got Frances to get into the festive spirit for all of 10 seconds. My husband said she’s slowing down in her old age.
Our get together was short because we all had to get back home and do a Zoom Christmas with Brendan and his family in London, England. It was Sevin’s first Christmas and it was fun watching her open her gifts from the family.
Hanging On!
…there are days when I feel like these leaves
Mama Cormier 