Halloween 2013 - A Spooky View

Happy Halloween, I made this piece especially for the occasion!  It's acrylic on cardstock (6" x 6").  It's meant to be a spooky view of the evening sky, looking up.

On Defibrillators

Here's the horse from yesterday's puzle:

I found this on Pinterest the other day and thought it was funny!

My husband M was at the gym the other day. He happened to be in the same room where a lesson on using the defibrillator was taking place. The instructor made some interesting points. He told the students to ensure necklaces, even nipple and navel rings are removed before using the equipment, else it won't work properly. Angina medicine patches also have to be removed. He explained that a heart attack causes the heart to pump blood in an abnormal fashion and that what the defibrillator does is to stop the heart in the hope that it will re-start and correct itself.  Interesting information, I thought.

And I discovered a 'simple English Wikipedia' when I googled 'defibrillator', how neat is that?

Can you see the horse?

A friend shared this recently and I thought it was neat! Can you see the horse?  Hint (try flipping the image counter clockwise).

I officially started my Christmas shopping on the weekend. There was a breast cancer fundraiser event in the area, so my husband M went with me as my friend S was busy. It was really crowded this year for some reason. It's their 3rd year in a row I think. M noticed there were all mostly well-dressed women in attendance. There were lots of booths with scarves and jewellery. I bought a couple of jewellery gifts and decided not to enter the raffle or silent auction. (I didn't feel lucky!)

In the fun spirit of Halloween, hop over and see Momma Melly's 'witch finger cookies', they are just great.  And Diana made the most awesome minion costume for her son, she is so talented!

New child proof medicine bottles

I was at my mom's the other day trying to open a new medicine bottle. It was a new child-proof container, and possibly adult-proof too! There were no written instructions, just a graphic on the top. After a few minutes, and after considering smashing it open, I looked closely and figured out that it wanted me to squeeze the cap at the indicated ends, then (at the same time) twist counter-clockwise. Okay! I swore and then sighed in relief as the cap opened up.

And McDonald's has free coffee all this week until Sunday, around here anyway!  They run this twice a year.

Sunday Sketches - Freedom

For Sunday Sketches, I did a bald eagle soaring into the sky. Isn't this the ultimate sense of freedom? It's acryic (art greeting card) on textured blue cardstock (5 1/2"w 4 1/4" h).  Have a great day!

Cookbooklets

Marie of the English Kitchen is selling some adorable cookbooklet downloads on her website for a very reasonable price.  I was so happy to receive mine as I have enjoyed using many of Marie's recipes in the past!

Paint Party Friday - Colours of the Season

We had snow not too far north of here yesterday. Yikes, it seems early for that.  Well it will be good for snowblower sales this year!

For Paint Party Friday, I am being inspired by the colours of the season. It's an art greeting card of a fall tree in acrylic,(5 1/2"w x 4 1/4"h).