Winter came early in the beginning of November. For my birthday, we drove to the Gatineau Park to stay over at a lovely restored old mansion called O’Brian House on Meech Lake. When we got into the park on Nov. 10th, it everything looked like a winter wonderland with snow draping off all the trees. […]
Late Summer, Fall 2018 Update
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 […]
Spring/Early Summer Update 2018
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 […]
Winter/ Spring 2018 Update
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 […]
Late summer and Fall 2017
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 […]
Summer Update August 1, 2017
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 […]