Takeout and Delivery

Tulip from above, showing pistil and stamens

candytuft white

These are some spring photos I took for you.

Have you ordered in yet since the Covid lockdown? We got an Uber Eats delivery this past long weekend and enjoyed it very much after about 2 months of doing our own cooking. It was chicken wings from Wild Wings with 'garpar' fries (fries with a garlic parmesan dressing). We enjoyed this treat very much.

Then a few days later we decided to order in some sushi and Japanese food.  It was delicious but after throwing out all the plastic waste I felt guilty about polluting the environment.  There has to be a better way, even if it means cooking our own food at home.  It seems a more simple solution for now.

Sad News in the Neighbourhood

Husband M and I were out walking last week and I took these blooming spring flowers for you.

Tulips

Magnolia

In a bit of a shock, husband M discovered last week that our next door neighbour (the wife), died at the end of January this year. I had made a blog post regarding a neighbourhood emergency at that time. It seems she died later that day in hospital, she had just turned 60.  The woman had been ill since last June, but I thought she had recovered. The house has been sold and M saw the husband outside last week and was able to speak with him at length. The good thing is that she was not in pain, it sounds like heart failure to me.  Ironically, his mom lived with them and she is fine. 

I found this blog post from last June I had made concerning our neighbour. And shortly afterward, I made this other post, where we thought she would be ok. The couple had been married 40 years.  We are in a bit of a shock.

Paint Party Friday - Spring Flowers

Welcome to Paint Party Friday! I did some spring flowers on a yellow (5"h x 3"w) post-it note in watercolour pencil. Have a great weekend!

Now this news site I follow usually posts a topic question to vote on. The question yesterday was 'A Maclean's story suggests that increased spirituality leads to increased happiness. Do you agree?' A majority of people, 61% said yes. It thought you might find that interesting.

A Good Deed

I picked up this small bowl of artificial spring flowers at the grocery store the other day. I buy too many flowers! It was only $6 and I love the cheerful yellow colour.

On yet another trip to the grocery store, it had snowed and the parking lot was full of slush which made the cart so difficult to push.  I was having difficulty getting to my car.  A helpful stranger decided to help me push it to my car.  He said 'that's my good deed for the day!'  I told him it was a good deed for sure, I couldn't have done it without him.

Paint Party Friday - Happy 3rd Birthday

These are some Spring Flowers I painted in honour of  PPF's 3rd Birthday!  It's done in watercolour pencils (7"h x 5"w) in my art journal. Happy 3rd Birthday PPF!  We are growing old together!

Spring Flowers

We saw the new musical 'Bring It On' yesterday afternoon.  It plays in Toronto until June 3 before they move to Broadway in New York immediately after. It is well-written, with wonderful singing, energetic dancing and stunts. They received a standing ovation from the audience. It was an inspiring, 'feel good' production. My daughter L and I loved it. Son K and husband M thought it was 'ok'. (I guess it's not action/adventure!)

Sharing the beauty of all the spring flowers around here at this time of year:

Sunday Sketches - Spring Flowers

Welcome to Sunday Sketches.

I did some spring flowers for this week (acrylic ACEO).

And I now have my very own Sunday Sketches mug, which arrived last week, it's so cute:

Paint Party Friday - Spring Flowers

Welcome to PPF's one year Anniversary!

It's only fitting that I did a bunch of Spring Flowers (acrylic ACEO) to celebrate! It was a bit of a coincidence, it must have been in the back of my mind!  Actually, I had the flowers blooming on my dining table and notice how the tulips are almost spent?  Still beautiful, and all the more interesting I thought.