A nice gift

My sister who lives near me had been in Italy on vacation this summer. I finally got her little gift last week, it is some olive oil and a sachet of lavender. It's always nice to receive thoughtful gifts!

And what exciting news about the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle yesterday!  I enjoyed watching their first interview, so romantic!  Meghan lived in Toronto for many years and in fact they said that the white coat she wore yesterday was sold out at the Toronto designer.  They plan to make more of the coats and will rename it  'Meghan'.

Paint Party Friday - Gift

Welcome to Eva and Kristin's Paint Party Friday! This piece is entitled 'The Gift' done in acrylic on good quality red cardstock (6" x 6").

And now thoughts must turn to the New Year, let's fill it with hope.

Laneway Housing

We received this beautiful gift basket at our front door one evening last week. It was a wonderful Christmas surprise from a good friend!

I was speaking to a cousin in Vancouver before Christmas when she mentioned that Vancouver permits affordable laneway housing suites.  These are small suites atop the garage or at the rear of the property.  Of course you have to apply and wait for a permit.  However, it can solve the affordable housing problem for some and is an alternative to living in a condo.  Laneway housing is not permitted in Toronto currently.

Well, I thought that was interesting as I hadn't heard of this concept.

Gifts and Cake

I celebrated my birthday in June, and a good friend took me to lunch a few weeks earlier to celebrate. She brought me this nice card and some very useful gift cards which were easily used.

Daughter L got me this yummy strawberry cake for the actual day of my birthday.

Creative Tuesdays - Gift

For Creative Tuesday's "Gift" theme I did an acrylic ACEO. I love receiving cut flowers as gifts!  Let's go see what the others did!