The Attagirls – Unsung heroes of WWII. They and others answered the call to serve a nation at war When war began in 1939, many Canadian men answered the call to duty. Women also wanted to contribute to the … Read More
Summer is the best season… “Summer was our best season: it was sleeping on the back screened porch in cots, or trying to sleep in the treehouse; summer was everything good to eat; it was a thousand colors in a … Read More
“Art is the center of the real world.” ~Isaiah Zagar, award-winning Philadelphia born mosaic artist. For this week’s Throwback Thursday, I am looking back to 2015 when I visited Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens. A non-profit organization, this extraordinary folk art gallery … Read More
Revisiting Chanticleer for Throwback Thursday. This hot, dry summer, you might be looking for a shady spot in your little piece of heaven called a garden. Perhaps you have a hammock under an old tree and this is your … Read More
Originally published in June 2015, this post was one of my first as I started my new adventure blogging about my creative journey. For this TBT (Throwback Thursday) I added photos of favourite flowers that are still blooming as we … Read More
This post was previously published in August 2015 when I first started blogging. With a bitterly cold Arctic wind and a temperature of -20C, spring flowers are still the stuff of memory. Today, I am dreaming of the time I spent … Read More
This was one of my first posts as a blogger/artist. In this post, I have a mix of travel photos as well as sketches. Published in June 2015, it is an account of a week long trip to northern parts … Read More
“Cuba is like going to a whole other planet.” —Henry Louis Gates, American historian, film maker, Harvard University professor. Part 2 in a three part series. With people heading south to escape our Canadian winter, I am reminded of a … Read More
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. ~H. … Read More
This year… I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing … Read More
Celebrate 150 Years of History On a beautiful sunny day recently, I visited MOSAICANADA150, a combination of different art forms that took my breath away. Set in Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau, Québec, this horticultural display is meant to take … Read More
Cody, the Sheltie, might be getting older, but he still enjoys his daily treats of raw carrots. Cody’s owner has told me that he has been unwell recently. As most of us who are dog owners know, we face … Read More