I’m wishing you a year of abundance, good health, and endless joy. I ended last year with my sister and her family in London, Ontario, Canada. It was a joyous time—bitterly cold but full of homemade goodness, hockey, laughter, and the love of her children’s children. Two of my other siblings, along with their significant […]
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It’s the end of September 2024 and I’ve taken a long break from my blog and website. After my last post I suddenly became unwell again and it took me until early 2024 to start feeling better. In the spring I changed my diet and began to take back control of my kitchen and my
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Mother’s Day 2023 I took flowers to my daughters grave. It was the first time I have gone by myself. I sat on the grass for awhile and unburdened my heavy heart. An old oak tree spread its long branches out in my direction. It was a beautiful day and I stayed for awhile. On
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On April 9th I went to the park with Mark, our child and Remy. It was a cool but only slightly breezy day. The kind of day perfect for going on a walk to gather inspiration. It was a short walk around a wall which separated two parking lots. I opted for the shorter walk
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After the Butterflies and Flowers piece that I made for my granddaughter, you can read about it here, I decided to use the motifs to make a pattern. Keeping the effects of watercolor in the pattern was really important to me. I knew that I needed to use Adobe Photoshop instead of Adobe Illustrator, but
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Hello! I’m coming back to the blog. It’s difficult you know. Each month that passes without a blog post being written makes it more difficult to start up writing again. Writing has not been easy for me since I’ve been medicated. It’s a type of mind numbness that happens or that I live in. Thoughts
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I do love Spring and the way it progresses once it begins. I went out April 6th to find the weeping cherry covered in little buds. The colors are extraordinarily beautiful. The tree though buds are just beginning to open is alive and buzzing loudly with honeybees and all nectar gathering insects. One day later
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Last week has been full of wonderful things. New pattern proofs came from Spoonflower, the rest was normal wonderful things. It always takes my breath away when I see the proofs. I have to let myself calm down before I really look at them. For now, I am not seeing any problems with them, which
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In January I purposed to do only things that I had been wanting to do but didn’t find time in my ordinary days. One of those things was to do a paint along with tutor Katie Jobling, on Strathmore Papers. Strathmore offers tutorials on all mediums using their papers. I had been waiting for an
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Early March and I hope this will find you well and happy. It’s not always easy to be happy. Happiness is a kind of contentment with yourself and your surroundings. I find it useful to name the things that I’m grateful for and also to write them down. Sometimes I also name things that I’m
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