Paint Party Friday - Palm Fronds

For Paint Party Friday, with Easter in mind, I did some palm fronds in ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") format in permanent markers.

Wishing you the best Easter.

We were invited to a wedding in early August, we decided to RSVP our acceptance.  They will understand if we are not able to attend due to Covid concerns.  I hope it will work out as I do love weddings.  It is a wonderful young couple, we remember going to visit the groom as a newborn, how time flies, sigh.

Happy Easter

Welcome to April,  and Happy Easter!

Living Vicariously

My travelling sister went on a cruise to Morocco and the Canary Islands last month. She sent a few photos and updates so I thought I would live a bit vicariously and show  you some photos of these exotic destinations.  It seems they are bucket list worthy and my list is now that much longer!

Morocco

Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands

My sister thought it was pretty, safe, clean and affordable in Las Palmas.

Tenerife Canary Islands Sunset

Funchal, Madeira Island, Portugal

My sister thought it was pretty and beautiful here in the capital city of Funchal on the island of Madeira.

Malaga, Spain

Sunday Sketches - Pensive

Happy Easter if you celebrate!

It's time for Sunday Sketches! This is a pensive girl today. The piece is done on an index-sized card (3" x 5") using my new sketching markers and outlined with a PILOT fineliner. The sketching markers are permanent markers that bleed through the paper, so I had to be careful. Unfortunately they stayed on my fingers for awhile!  They have a nice rich colour that I love and can blend nicely, but that's something to try on another day.

Beware

Easter's coming so I thought, why not?

And a Happy St. Patrick's Day to those who celebrate!

In other news, I received this email first thing yesterday morning from my bank:

'Dear Client,

As per our database update, your online account with us is currently suspended.
If you want to enable your account, please verify and complete your personal information.
To launch the verification process, please follow the link below and follow the proposed procedures.
Please follow the link below to continue,... Your access will be recovered within the next 24 hrs.'

I was honestly alarmed as the email contained the bank logo and seemed quite real. Fortunately, I decided not to click the link and to try logging into my account online. It worked fine. Then I took a closer look at the email and realized it had no real contact information other than this 'link'. Almost certainly this is a dangerous hoax and I have emailed the real bank with a copy of this letter so they can be aware of this incident.

Be careful everyone!

On a cold, blustery day or kindness

So I have started eating chocolate eggs, this one's a Cadbury Fudge egg, it looks new!  It has a fudge centre inside a milk chocolate egg.  I actually don't usually eat these, but wanted to try this new one.

Husband M and I were in a coffee shop one morning, it was a cold, blustery day.  There was a man sitting at the table behind me working on his laptop.  M must've gone to refill his coffee when this man came up to me and asked how much longer we would be there.  I said maybe about ten more minutes.  He asked if we could watch his (large, black) bag while he quickly went to the bank nearby.  I agreed, thinking we must look like trustworthy people.  He quickly left the building, then I started hoping there wasn't a bomb in there.  Then M returned.  After several more minutes, M decided to go to the washroom.  The man returned and thanked me and we exchanged some small talk about the blustery weather before he went back to his table. 

And that ended up being my random act of kindness for that day!

You know husband M slipped out to the washroom on the night of the superbowl.  He was at a friend's house and preparing to go home thinking the score was pretty much settled.  Then the game turned around at the last minute and he comes out wondering what happened.  It was kind of like in my story above.  He would not have been much of a witness to the events.

Easter Weekend

Happy Easter Weekend! L and her boyfriend are home from school and spending the long weekend with us.  L made these delicious cookies:

Easter Chocolate Chip Cookies

These are some of the chocolates I bought.  I ended up doing treat bags for the young adults, I couldn't help myself. What are your favourite kinds of chocolate?