Frosty Yogurt Shake

The weather has been so great, I open my front door to sunshine with birds tweeting away, it's like a Disney movie. 

My daughter L got her 'G' driving licence.  We have a graduated licensing system here, with 2 road tests for new drivers.  L has been driving for almost 5 years but never got around to taking the final G test.  We were relieved she passed as her G2 licence would have expired in a few months.

I broke my old pair of earphones that I use at the gym, and my good friend had an extra pair and brought them for me.  You know, I have lots of extra body lotion that I get on sale, I think I will bring her one the next time I see her.  She loves that stuff.

I found this healthy recipe for a 'Frosty Yogurt Shake' in an email.

It just needs milk, vanilla frozen yogurt, orange juice and ice cubes.

Perfumed lilac shrubs

I couldn't ignore the smell of these pretty lilac shrubs as I walked by on a windy day:

Here are 5 salad dressing recipes I got from a Whole Foods email recently. Enjoy summer! Do you make your own salad dressings? What's your favourite? I mainly use the Kraft store-bought dressings.

Summer of Color - Orange and Hot Pink

I did an orange and hot pink sunset for this week's Summer of Color kindly hosted by Kristin. It's acrylic (8 1/2"h x 11"w) on chocolate brown card stock.

Linking to Summer of Color.

The Tone of Voice

Giggles posted this poem on her blog recently and I thought it was inspirational. I'm sharing it with you today and hopefully I can learn from this:

                                                                The Tone of Voice

(Author unknown)

It's not so much what you say

As the manner in which you say it;

It's not so much the language you use

As the tone in which you convey it.

 "Come here!" I sharply said--

And the child cowered and wept

"Come here," I said---

He looked and smiled

And straight to my lap he crept.

Words may be mild and fair

But the tome may pierce like a dart;

Words may be soft as the Summer air

But the tone may break my heart;

For words come from the mind

Grow by study and art---

But tone leaps for the inner self,

Revealing the state of the heart

Whether you know it or not ,

Whether you mean or care

Gentleness, kindness, love and hate

Envy, anger are there.

Then,would you quarrels avoid

And peace and love rejoice?

Keep anger not only out of your words---

                                                      Keep it out of your voice. 

Sunday Sketches - Peeking Through

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers out there!

I did this one based on a photo I took in the neighbourhood.  It's called 'Peeking Through'.  It's an art greeting card (4 1.4"h x 5 1/2"w) done in watercolour pencils.

Linking to Alexandra's Sunday Sketches.

J'adore

My birthday's coming up soon, so I went to the local drug store, they were having a special on their points card. I had enough points to exchange for this perfume I've been meaning to get. Well, I had to pay an extra $25, but this brand never goes on sale anywhere so it was a good thing. It really made my day.  They included a Givenchy fragrance sample in the gift bag, which I gave to my friend S.

Paint Party Friday - Art Greeting Card

The is a quick sketch, an art greeting card done with watercolour pencils (4 1/4"h x 5 1/2"w), based on a photo I took in the neighbourhood. I was attracted to the look of the  wildflowers in the setting.

Linking to Kristin and Eva's Paint Party Friday.