Scented Tattoos

It was a wet, rainy weekend, with not much sunshine.  However, the temperatures are still mild.

I will often email away for free product samples just because it's fun to get freebies. This one arrived in the mail recently and it was perfect for my son K. It was 3 Burberry Brit men's fragrance samples. What made it neat was that they were scented tattoos. So K just peeled the back off the card and pressed the tattoo onto his wrist.  It did smell good.  It's great marketing because guess which fragrance K wants to get now?

Sunday Sketches - Owls

I did a pair of owls for Sunday Sketches today. Acrylic (6" x 6") on cardstock.  I chose a dark background, remembering they are nocturnal, and come out at night.

Online Dating

Got this in an email, haha! Have a great Saturday!

And a friend sent me this video demonstrating 'the power of music', if you have 6 minutes to watch. It's called: 'Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Hearing Music From His Era.'

Paint Party Friday - Julianne Moore

This piece for Paint Party Friday was inspired by the current cover of InStyle Magazine featuring Julianne Moore. I was attracted to her beautiful necklace and of course she is always so beautifully colour co-ordinated.

Thursday

We've just finished replacing our windows and doors in the entire house. Our old windows needed replacing over time. Last week was busy (chaotic) but everything went well and it's like having a new house. We now have vinyl trim windows on the outside and wood trim on the inside. So now we have to get the wood trim inside painted.

One thing we learned while talking to the friendly installers was that everyone should get 'sewer backup' included in their home insurance policies. There was some flooding in the city this past July which caused many home basements to flood when their sewers backed up into their basements. It was a messy (smelly), expensive repair, especially for those without the proper insurance. We called our insurance company to check and added a clause to protect us from outside sewer backup. According to my husband M we were only covered for inside sewer backup if the sewers inside your home backed up. So if the flooding is caused by the sewers outside your house backing up, it's a different thing. Apparently the insurance companies have had a lot of calls about this matter since the flooding.

Rapid Change

Fall Leaves

So I am hearing of at least one company that is asking employees to put their documents on Google Docs for ease of sharing. It is like Microsoft Office, but open to everyone, you don't have to buy the product. A lot of people are now also using Dropbox to share files including  movies and photos. The world is changing rapidly as computer systems become more open.  And of course I get these emails from my bank encouraging me to bank and invest via mobile phone (I'm not ready).

Inspiration

Final Bloom

Welcome to the month of October!  

There was an article in the weekend paper by journalist Barbara Turnbull, reflecting on her 30 years as a quadriplegic. She was working in a convenience store in 1983 and was shot in the neck by a robber, resulting in her becoming paralyzed. A planned trip to New York City coincided with the 911 tragedy. They arrived there shortly after the disaster. Witnessing the immediate aftermath, she has this to say: "I went to New York to escape, but instead I found perspective." There are a lot of people worse off, and she thinks of this whenever she is down.  I thought this was really inspiring.