Creative Tuesdays - Little Critters

Welcome to Creative Tuesdays! Here is my piece for the 'Little Critters' theme done in watercolour pencil on a (2" x 3") green post-it note. Thanks Michael for hosting!

Muskoka Sunset

Daughter L sent me this beautiful shot of the Muskoka sunset taken from her boyfriend's family cottage the last time they were up for the weekend.

I went to church yesterday morning.  The birds, chipmunks, squirrels are having fun at this time of year, it is a delight to see them all over the place.   The priest was fundraising as we are under the Sharelife charity goals.  The church is very much against gay marriage and the introduction of the revised Ontario sex education curriculum which will teach children that it is ok to be gay.  I met my friend S for coffee afterward.   We had fun picking and eating wild blackberries as we walked home, they were so sweet.

I spoke to my neighbour across the street who was mowing his lawn.  We had noticed that his older son must have moved out and indeed he recently bought his first home, a townhouse.  I remember when he was just starting high school.  My neighbour told me his 97 year old dad and 93 year old mother live in their own home not too far away, and prefer it that way.

Sunday Sketches - Crystal Dishes

Welcome to Sunday Sketches! I did some crystal dishes in my art journal (8 1/2" x 11") in watercolour crayon.  I am sorry I cannot comment on Google+ blogs as I have not converted.

And here is my inspiration photo:

Used Book from Amazon

The Pan Am Games are in Toronto! Husband M is all excited, there are 41 countries here from July 10 - 26! The opening ceremonies were held last night.

So I bought this used book from Amazon the other day. Then I looked inside the back cover as per the photo...it is a hardcover library book! I wonder how this came to be? I bought the book for about $8 plus postage of about $7.

Well I did some googling and it is likely to be perfectly legitimate.  I am expecting another book I bought for 1c plus about $7 postage, it is about a week late, I hope it gets here.

Paint Party Friday - Coneflowers

Welcome to Eva and Kristin's Paint Party Friday! I did some orange coneflowers for you today in my art journal (8 1/2" x 11") in watercolour crayon.

Summer of Color - Green Green Pink

I have been following Lisa Taylor Huff's 'The Bold Soul' blog for many years mostly as a lurker.  I was shocked when her husband made a final post on her blog last night to say that Lisa had succumbed to kidney cancer on Monday.  It was a six month illness, very sudden and my heart is heavy having followed her for so many years.  Middle-aged Lisa had moved to Paris where she met Georges.  They fell in love and the blog chronicled her life and their love.  It's strange, I was just a lurker, how affected I am, almost as if she was a friend, she was so open.

Anyway, this is supposed to be my post for Summer of Color, this week's colours are 'green, green and pink'. Thanks to Kristin for hosting this wonderful co-op. My piece is done in my (8 1/2" x 11") art journal. I am attaching a photo and a scan, I think the colours look better in the photo for some reason.

Here's the photo:

Here's the scan:

Ribfest

Husband M and I went to the Ribfest that travels around the province in the summer. It rained for most of the weekend that it arrived in our neighbourhood, so fortunately we went on the Friday evening before all that started.