My Second Jig Saw Puzzle in 2024

was gifted this puzzle last year by my friend, Maria who also gifted me the first puzzle that I completed last week

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The foil pieces were a bit of a challenge, especially at night when the light from above would leave a glare. This one took me just over two days to complete.

Midweek Monochrome Challenge – Lines and Angles

….thanks to Bren from Brashley Photography for hosting the Midweek Monochrome Challenge https://brashley.photography/2023/01/11/mid-week-monochrome-118-viola/

Looking up while entering the AGO (art gallery) and then looking up as we exited the gallery at the corner of Dundas and McCaul.

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Water, Water Everywhere…..To Call or not to Call?

…..I live next to Lake Ontario and on the weekend I saw this

Last weekend I went for a walk along Lakeshore Drive and I noticed that there was a person on the lake on a sail board. It was well below freezing and the wind was quite brisk. When I got to Rotary Peace Park I noticed that the surfer was still on the water but he seemed to be in the water more than on the board. He was clearly having trouble navigating the board to shore.

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I started to get anxious because every time he fell he seemed to go further out into the lake. There was no boat near by and there were no supporters on the beach in case he ran into trouble. I watched for a long time, worrying that the longer he spent in the water the greater the risk of hypothermia kicking in. I was seconds away from dialling 911 when all of a sudden the surfer got back on the board and finally navigated his way back to shore.

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What would you have done if you saw someone struggling in an icy cold lake in January?

Thanks to Jez for hosting Water, Water Everywhere https://jezbraithwaite.blog/2022/01/10/raindrops-on-a-leaf-water-water-everywhere-109/

Tuesday Textures from the AGO

….I love texture in art pieces

There are two main types of texture in art: physical or actual texture that you can feel or the illusion of texture, created by lines and marks made on the canvas. The photos that I took at the AGO last week have actual textures that you can but probably shouldn’t touch.

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Charles Campbell – Maroonscape 1, 2019
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Bronze Sculpture
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Rodin Sculptures