Assorted Cards - My Art

I took advantage of an offer from Shutterfly for a pack of 12 assorted cards and this is what I received in the mail. I am impressed with the quality and thrilled! You may recognize some of my paintings below:

A Favourite Dessert

If you have 20 minutes to watch this Monica Lewinsky TED video it is well worth it. She speaks of the price of shame but more importantly about compassion and kindness in the internet age.

Son K and I grabbed lunch last week at Swiss Chalet restaurant. They have a $7.99 chicken special until May 8th, you just have to show them the coupon. Anyway, we split this brownie sundae dessert topped with whipped cream. It is to die for. This is one of my favourite desserts next to chocolate fudge cake. What's your favourite dessert?

Sunday Sketches - Snowdrops

Welcome to Sunday Sketches! These are spring snowdrops I did on a green (3" x 3") post-it note in watercolour pencil. Are you looking forward to starting some gardening? I'm not looking forward to the weeds.

If you can read this

We were invited along with another couple to a wonderful dinner party at a friend's house last weekend. I ate too many appetizers and couldn't quite finish my main course but had enough room for most of my dessert! The wine flowed liberally, and we left feeling very well treated.

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.

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.

English Muffins

Daughter L made these overnight English muffins with her boyfriend's mother when she visited the other day. Don't they look professional?

Have you ever wondered how old the Von Trapp kids from The Sound of Music are today? See what they are up to in this article. Liesl ('I am 16 going on 17') is now 72!