Happy Halloween

I wonder how many kids will come to the door tonight, we usually don't get very many.  But our decorations are up and the candy is ready!

Daughter L and I got our flu shots today.  Son K said he wasn't feeling well, so hopefully by next week and husband M has to get his done too.

Scribble Picnic - Double

Welcome to Michael's Scribble Picnic! This piece is on canvas (9" x 12") using my new Sharpie oil paint markers. I mistakenly started sketching on the unprimed side of the canvas and decided to just keep going. As a result the colours are more muted. However one of our themes this week is 'Double' so this 'Fall Cottage' piece has 2 identical windows to fit with this theme.

I have an upcoming  ACEO  piece I did with the Sharpie oil paint markers, where I will talk about my first experience with these markers, stay posted. 

A pause for thought

I took these photos on the weekend, noticing that the leaves are starting to fall from the bushes, thinking that they still looked pretty like that. It has become colder.

I glanced at the obituary in the paper and read about the life of this man who passed at 66. He graduated school, became an engineer, got a job with a good company. Moved on to other successful jobs all over the world. Then he recently became a VIP executive with one company where he stayed until he left due to ill health. He was in the fall of his life I suppose, a life complete with close family and friends and this was his path, a successful one seemingly cut too short.

So whether your life took an upward path or a downward one, we are all going to meet our maker eventually, a pause for thought. Death is the great equalizer I am thinking.

Believe it or not

The Christmas items are already out at our local Home Depot, right alongside the Halloween stuff!

Have a wonderful Sunday!

Delicious Pastries

Husband M, daughter L and I found this pastry shop one night and decided to try it. They had recently opened. Everything was delicious as you can see from the last photo.  As it was nighttime it seems all the pastries were 30 percent off, even better as they weren't cheap.

cream puffs

cakes

our choices

coffee and salted caramel latte

my tiramisu latte

vanilla cream puff

all gone

Paint Party Friday - clawfoot tub

I was inspired by a photo of a claw foot bathtub that I saw in the newspaper. I thought it would look nice in a room with a water view.  This piece for Paint Party Friday is an ACEO art card  (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") on canvas in permanent marker and Pitt fine point marker.

The Treats

And here's the candy! We love these chocolate bars so they won't go to waste either way.   At this time of year we get these snack size portions which are irresistable.  While husband M is diabetic, he still nibbles on them.  What's your favourite chocolate bar, if  you eat those.