Seriously do you know how many times a week I say " If I only had a PEEPEE" please dont get me wrong- I love being a girl. Really, almost everything about it thrills me. BUT I have some serious problems that having a peepee would surely fix - I have ZERO or less than zero sense of … [Read more...]
the path less travelled
Coming back from an overnight on Saturday (and returning to the cottage) I felt a little bit of Robert Frost stirring in my blood TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far … [Read more...]
my favourite things of summer
steak on the BBQ, corn fritters, veggies and roast potatoes followed by the best dessert in the world- PAVLOVA diving into the cold lake with my running clothes on every morning with my summer sidekicks when shopping means this going barefoot for days (honestly, have you ever seen … [Read more...]
words for wednesday (early) -vagabonder
(you did not really think I was going to post a nude picture did you?) I love a little french here and there "VAGABONDER" is one of my favourite french verbs say it with me- 'marcher ca et la, au hasard' oh, I love a little "au hasard" which means by chance (somehow in french it sounds a … [Read more...]
stuff dad taught me- the sweetness of a job well done
Art camp finished today and when the last camper left and we felt we had done our best, we cranked the music and cleaned the cottage and then went for a long swim with no one asking for piggy back rides. Then we hung out on the dock and laughed and chatted for hours. Because we could. I … [Read more...]
words for wednesday on friday-What’s a birgin?
encaustic mixed media www.artstudioforchildren.com At every art camp we have one movie night. It is the only silent time of the whole week. We try to find a movie everyone can love, hasn't seen, has no issues, no stuff there parents would not approve of- not an easy task. We … [Read more...]
this work is a privilege
I have just begun the first of five weeks of art camp I am running this summer. The beginning comes with a mix of emotion. It is hard work with spectacular attention to detail and requiring a level of patience, creativity and energy sometimes difficult to muster. I need to both psyche myself … [Read more...]
sweetness of summer
In the other room I hear my youngest practicing the ukelele and singing the air is hot and heavy there is a faint smell of barbeque and fresh cut grass I can hear the crickets and the birds loudly telling their stories I go down to the water to take a skinny dip and the moon is a full and … [Read more...]
words for wednesday – you are like a bad lover
"You are like a bad lover. When I tell you I am leaving you - you start treating me well" me trying to break up with my home internet provider for the summer and finding him particularly attentive -only in that too little too late way. … [Read more...]
in my bag I packed
Ugly hot minivan en route to cottage, stuck in traffic on highway, stuffed with an easel 5 duffel bags 7 litres of paint 8 bags of groceries 75 canvasses gallon of gesso gallon of modelling paste gallon of painting gel encaustic paints 2 irons and a hot plate for encaustic a heat … [Read more...]
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