Wow this summer ended up being a really warm one in Ontario and I didn’t mind. With the 100 year old + maple tree shading my house, the pool out back and the camping trips, I actually really enjoyed the summer. At the beginning of August I went on a little canoe trip with my […]

Wow…summer started off with a heat wave and it seemed to last for weeks. We don’t have air conditioning in our house, so we are really feeling it!…Good thing we have a pool. In May, I did a weekend trip up to Muskoka with my husband and parents. We stayed at the JW Marriott in […]

Well the Christmas break this winter was absolutely freezing, with even my dogs not wanting to go outside for very long. Five minutes into our walks they would be lifting up their paws into the air and looking at me like: Why are you making us do this? Dreaming of warmer temperatures and sunshine, and […]

Summer weather finally arrived in September this year! Our whole family did more swimming in September than we did all summer, with the cooler rainy summer we had. In August,  I had a shared show open at the Kingston Glass Studio & Gallery. Here is a photo Dave snapped of me with my Rock Dunder […]

I can’t believe summer is already half over! July was an eventful month for me starting with celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday in Ottawa with my daughter and her boyfriend, followed by an Art Retreat in the Laurentians of Quebec at landscape painter Gordon Harrison’s lake house. This year, as last, I brought my daughter Madelaine […]

Spring just rushed by, being busy with work, family, and gardening as well as creating. I just tried to fit as much as I could, taking advantage of the longer hours of daylight hours. I just LOVE the light! In April, I participated in a weekend opening and art show at Manotick Framing Gallery, along […]