tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50466762011-09-30T09:26:25.141-04:00DreamscapesRandom Thoughts And DreamsLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.comBlogger5181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-43067499856978647152011-09-02T09:37:00.000-04:002011-09-02T09:37:24.869-04:00Overview & Best Season of Delhi............November 2012...we're planning!Delhi presents a high variation between the summers and winters climates. Summers (March to June) are scorching with temperature rises to 47°C. Typically tourists avoid visting Delhi during the hot months of April to June.
Winters (December to February) are very chill, with temperature dropping down to 1°C. January Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-89668791859099741512011-09-02T09:21:00.000-04:002011-09-02T09:21:11.774-04:00September...my favourite month....Toronto International Film Festival - aka TIFF 2011 is underway next weekend and the films have been chosen...fresh mornings...brilliant colours....I feel energized to paint again, sew, decorate and most of all knit!
Something I have always wanted to do...and perhaps I can convince hubby to join me on a little road trip this long weekend to Creemore to the "100 Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-45116090452739033682011-08-26T10:44:00.000-04:002011-08-26T10:44:50.819-04:00http://saffronandsilk.blogspot.com/ Check out the beautiful fabrics and products from Saffron and Silk. I am afraid I will absolutley have to buy something even if I do win 1, 2 or 3 of these pillow covers in the 'contest'. Fabrics interest me some much, especially South Asian fabrics so rich in colour and pattern.
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-1231246811949162412011-07-18T21:01:00.003-04:002011-09-02T09:22:23.121-04:00Sept.2/11...Red Tape - 1 Grant' Visia - 0 Maybe another time...Grant can visit us
Grant's visa application process has hit some red tape....more details needed at this end....said details supplied and we wait...for news.
Makes me think how fortunate we are not to need visas to travel to so many places...not needed to visit Jamaica but Grant needs one to visit Canada. A holiday. A Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-85034344900417672272011-07-02T11:41:00.000-04:002011-07-02T11:41:45.057-04:00Happy Birthday Canada!
I love this country...um I didn't say I love the climate...not always but most times I do. I love that we are part of the Royal Empire and in honour of our 144th birthday...such a young country...here is a picture of the special visitors to 'the true north strong and free".
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-21576782216449857712011-06-14T13:16:00.000-04:002011-06-14T13:17:50.604-04:00 Around my garden Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-65747770008802467942011-06-04T11:27:00.002-04:002011-06-04T11:33:38.117-04:00Guess who is coming to Canada? Grant!
Our friend and trusting guide in Jamaica will fulfill his dream to see "our" world. I am happy our Jamaican jungle family can assist him with this dream. Our lovely yoga teacher took it upon herself to make the passport happen for Grant, and now the visa is in progress. A group reunion in the Owen Sound area, with Grant, seems highly possible now...Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-42086928011446184512011-05-01T11:45:00.003-04:002011-06-15T14:36:39.685-04:00Leslie S, Lyon, one of our guides and the local bush doctor, me, and Christina, our spirit guide for the week and the person who made the whole adventure happen for us all.
www.ompalace.org is Christina's web site.
www.river-lodge.com was home for the week
Jamaica...I was shifted...I see life more clearly now...I have been home two weeks now and shall begin to upload some photos and my Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-61352926709003027842011-03-12T13:23:00.004-05:002011-03-12T13:47:22.104-05:00
This photo of Coba is courtesy of TripAdvisor
The pyramid that Bryan climbed...I tried 5 steps but the steps were very high and the 'railing' was a rope at step-level. My camera pooped out so I have borrowed pictures.
This photo of Coba is courtesy of TripAdvisor
Another view
This photo of Coba is courtesy of TripAdvisor
View from the top
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-71755953999580099902011-02-07T19:25:00.002-05:002011-02-07T19:25:31.712-05:00I Am Alive
I survived the Flu of 2011
I am alive
At the end of day 10
I felt like eating
Drinking
Walking my dog
I survived
:>))))))))))))))))Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-32660502890720877172011-02-02T10:19:00.001-05:002011-02-02T10:19:00.948-05:00Day 5 and my improvement is slow but gradual
I think I may have a flu shot next year!!!!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-50065795928740463412011-01-31T13:27:00.001-05:002011-04-20T11:43:48.422-04:00The Flu
First it hit honourable son #2 and he is still out of commission
Then it got me
I held everything together until THE party 2 days ago was over
The party being by parent's 65th wedding anniversary
Then I fell too
Can't get warm
The cold comes from the inside out
It doesn't help that it is -20 C outside
I ache
My neck is stiff
My throat hurts
I cough
I have ahem things happening in other Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-52821511056574994272011-01-14T17:23:00.000-05:002011-01-14T17:23:28.674-05:00Just look at these beautiful colourful paintings.
This image has cheered me up.
The temperature is cold the snow is falling and I was feeling a bit in the dumps today. The glorious artwork is from Valentina; a lovely blog I just stumbled on and glad I did. I think I might paint this weekend. At the very least I will create something. I have a few cracks in my soul that need mending and soLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-88183251289258358242011-01-01T17:41:00.000-05:002011-01-01T17:41:20.269-05:00So long 2010....
Yesterday afternoon my dog and I took a long...a very long walk along the Tom Taylor trail that runs from Green Lane to St. John's Side Road - or so they say -I haven't ventured south of Mulock Drive. I parked the car; we walked down one side of the river and back up the other side. New Year's Eve afternoon, the sky was grey, the temperature was mild, the path was clear of iceLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-49383567032470899502010-12-29T21:06:00.000-05:002010-12-29T21:06:24.246-05:00The year is coming to an end...whoot.
It has been a good year
Full of...laughter.love.heartache.bliss.friendship.garden.joy.some sadness,bigbaddoggiebreath kisses from my Lola
A Divine year
Changes coming
Some silly little changes like
painting a room
Sewing curtains
Some bigger changes like
.................... keeping those a secret for now
Paint...the winter is a wonderful time to paintLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-90600046539041181872010-12-09T21:51:00.000-05:002010-12-09T21:51:01.620-05:00Before Christmas
I will make lemon squares buttertarts and shortbreads
Gifts from my Kitchenthis yearlovely
Outsidethe decorations are simple but they sparkle
My parents Christmas with usa nearby hotel
Christmas
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-19563898333845385242010-12-02T10:28:00.003-05:002010-12-07T22:23:33.644-05:00
Big Breath
I am taking a big breath before jumping into Christmas plans. Shopping, baking, and decorating will begin soon. But, until then, this is what I am really looking forward to.......my 60th birthday will be celebrated in Jamaica; the real Jamaica, with my best friend, my bff, where we will also celebrate 50 years of best friendship.
Dare to do something different!if you would likeLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-25165488610867266522010-11-16T22:06:00.004-05:002010-11-17T09:35:23.333-05:00
It has been awhile since I posted. Our new addition...Ms. Lola the bulldog. We love her. Adopted her from a loving home (asthma within the family) determined she could not stay there any longer. We have embraced this beautiful 4-ish year old bulldog named Lola.
She is a good girl..such a lady with impecible manners..I can't remember life without Lola....fun to see my boys paying so much Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-48436617907118263792010-10-30T15:42:00.001-04:002010-10-30T15:46:20.981-04:00 Bryan & Ellen's Halloween Wedding
the new family
yummy cupcakes
wicked witchLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-69533748005828676652010-10-14T08:22:00.000-04:002010-10-14T08:23:22.164-04:00 Lola...our new dog...a sweet little 4-year old Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-90061063101318401342010-10-05T19:51:00.000-04:002010-10-05T19:51:16.511-04:00Toronto Island
Toronto Island.....it had been many years...35 years probably...since I had been to the island. How sweet it is...a lovely community of more mature folks...always someone close by...small dogs and cats...and streets only a bit wider than sidewalks..no cars! Enjoy the view...just a short ferry ride from downtown Toronto.
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-91972878651306162912010-09-30T10:18:00.001-04:002010-10-05T14:12:30.448-04:00Computer brain...can I ask you something?
Sometimes I will ask 'the computer brain' a question and then see how close the answer is to my answer, or how different the response is.
What does happy feel like?
Happy is when you look at the one you love and feel like the world has stopped spinning and your smile will never go away. Ok..I have not felt 'happy' in this way.
Happy is when you stand Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-61876324021318184012010-09-29T14:37:00.000-04:002010-09-29T14:37:18.336-04:00Spring says please
Autumn says thank you
And soon it will be time to hibernateLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-60359194550955089722010-09-25T14:58:00.002-04:002010-09-25T14:58:22.465-04:00A cold
A flu
I ache
I am tired but I cannot sleep
My throat hurts..no it tickles...then it hurtsLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-72235998597584311542010-09-20T21:27:00.003-04:002010-10-05T20:04:52.841-04:00NowThe Time isNow
The Time is now..for what?
I haven't any ideaLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-66370121474631747732010-09-09T13:58:00.002-04:002010-09-09T13:58:48.499-04:00Don't just do something......stand thereLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-13787706458760899002010-09-08T10:31:00.003-04:002010-10-05T20:06:45.587-04:00Abundance
I must remember this word...Abundance...A bun dance...AbunDANCE...shake your booty...dance like nobody is watching
I love the colours of fall...enjoy the season and don't look ahead to what come's after.
two pictures nipped from Superhero's sitewww.superherodesigns.comLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-55016009834250909722010-08-24T10:08:00.003-04:002010-09-08T10:35:07.090-04:00Standing on the edge of something much too deep
That is how I have been feeling and all sorts of thoughts are swirling in my head about what I should do with this feeling. Painting has brought me peace. A week away with my best friend filled my cup. Assurance from an old friend that we will continue in September brought me light. Well, perhaps not 'assurance' but a 'mention' that I am somewhereLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-40071697708751275422010-08-17T22:34:00.002-04:002010-08-17T22:36:16.552-04:00......I do like thisLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-659037733671265852010-08-17T22:24:00.000-04:002010-08-17T22:24:50.523-04:00feeling odd lately
like I'm on the edge of something
something good
a discovery about me perhaps
on the edge of letting go too
my thoughts are not luminous
I need connection
I can't find you 'out there'
you can't be here
I can't be there
feeling odd lately
like I'm on the ledge
and I will fly
this time
love and lightLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-39510953173269645972010-08-08T19:30:00.000-04:002010-08-08T19:30:21.298-04:00It rained today....my rain barrels will be filled and the garden and grasses say 'thank you'. I painted...my inspiration photos and my paintings.
Signal Hill, St. John's NL
and
A Crooked House - somewhere near Owen Sound ON
I love how this house is just caving in on itself.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-50118686581966471202010-07-20T22:14:00.000-04:002010-07-20T22:14:43.493-04:00Lady's Slippers... hiding in the forest...a small dark abstract-type watercolour...trying new techniquesLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-88773172992293987252010-07-16T16:33:00.001-04:002010-07-16T17:00:04.294-04:00 I haven't painted for a while and today was the day to wet my brushes again. For this watercolour, my inspiration was from page 19 of "The Art of Living, a guide to contentment, joy and fulfillment", by The Dalai Lama....a beautiful booked filled with breathtaking photos.
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-31901416781619992582010-07-12T11:18:00.000-04:002010-07-12T11:18:11.574-04:00 This isn't my hand, but my mehndi design is similar....a hot day yesterday...a "run" to Harbour Front with my girlfriend and we decided to have some fun and get some temporary art work done..love it.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-78233946183566997072010-07-05T20:08:00.001-04:002010-07-05T20:13:07.684-04:00http://moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/
I love them...my new slippers that have come all the way from Marrakesh, via Maryland...wonderful Maryam at www.moroccanmaryam.typepad.com/my_marrakesh/ surprised and pleased us all in general and me in particular, and took orders for this delicious sensual colour....very beautifuly made too.
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-4031657485482781862010-07-03T20:52:00.002-04:002010-07-03T20:55:11.830-04:00
A view I would like to paintLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-3184872939753744012010-06-30T13:19:00.002-04:002010-06-30T16:14:58.610-04:00Vanessa Bellan abstract by Vanessa Bell"Black Iris" by Georgia O'Keeffe... I do like her flower paintngsLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-59269397828898820562010-06-28T21:34:00.006-04:002010-06-30T14:03:09.136-04:00
Another picture done...
much happier with this effort....it is time to try something different next...something fun...thinking of Georgia O'Keeffe's style, or Vanessa Bell
I may take a course in the fall and start at the beginning for once! With only having had a folk art brush in my hand, I jumped into watercolour painting with a workshop of experienced painters!
Humbling but inspiring as wellLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-40218422961059033602010-06-27T22:59:00.002-04:002010-06-30T13:02:35.717-04:00Play Day .... this Sunday
my first inspiration, "Quiet Morning" by Trisha Romance, particularly for perspective..I find perspectives difficult to get right most times..
The drawing is done
Inspiration all around me...I have a whimsical idea in mind for this painting
The sky is done..
a little inspiration from Marlene BulasLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-3446739751795512982010-06-27T11:24:00.000-04:002010-06-27T11:24:35.803-04:00My next watercolour course....an on-line course...maybe I will start today...I feel the need to paint...unless the sun comes out and the garden dries up a bit...and then it will be weeds and long grass that I attack on this quiet Sunday.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-12917437153854763722010-06-18T22:35:00.000-04:002010-06-18T22:35:11.976-04:00Fluff Movie
I'm watching a fluff movie, (Leap Year)I am sure the scenery - Ireland - will keep me awake, while I knit. Friday night. So bored that posting 'before' and 'after' pictures of my new do, is pretty exciting.
After one year of growing...my hair is all one length...does life get more exciting than that??? she asks sarcastically
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-89623953503998009482010-06-18T16:45:00.002-04:002010-06-18T16:47:54.678-04:00An up and down week....post-holiday deflation...missing my friends.
I will need to get to Owen Sound again...soon...but what else can go wrong with my car, after my gutless and very noisy drive home from Owen Sound? Let's see...the front tire is still leaking slowly and new rims aren't worthwhile...and today, after 3 hours of a mega shopping trip, 4 stops; I am home, I park and the windows won'tLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-35953711400837878592010-06-09T12:11:00.002-04:002010-06-09T14:44:06.043-04:00Open Doors in Owen Sound took us to many places, with the privilege of seeing inside some very beautiful heritage homes. On this tour we visited this incredible garden, maintained by the owner. Apparently winters are long in Owen Sound *ahem* and so I gather that accounts for the number of concrete garden items that Mr. Moore makes himself. There is the flower garden, two Leslies among the Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-55851125460672975322010-06-09T11:44:00.003-04:002010-06-09T11:50:55.802-04:00
My cup is filled again...an inspiring week away with my best friend...in her territory."Stairs" on the Bruce TrailInspiring view
Lady's SlippersThe blue of Georgian Bay
My feet on Balmy Beach
Balmy Beach...stone skipping capital of Ontario
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-41291042511290119692010-05-28T14:41:00.001-04:002010-05-28T21:30:58.252-04:00Some Holiday Memories
Cape Cod
Martha's Vineyard
Have been self-indulgent lately...being lazy...plant a bit...change the outdoor spaces around...paint a picture or two...water plants...lovely slow projects.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-1478109075317165732010-05-19T15:40:00.000-04:002010-05-19T15:40:57.215-04:00Today's 'play'Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-41022127272014625102010-05-14T15:23:00.000-04:002010-05-14T15:24:07.337-04:00Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-37760708519755166872010-05-12T10:13:00.000-04:002010-05-12T10:13:45.749-04:00
And back to the mainland..Cape Cod.
The colours!
Earth...how beautiful you are, sunset leaving Martha's Vineyard
Beautiful vistas..Gay Head Cliff at one end of Martha's Vineyard..as windy as Newfoundland!
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-56835087572704625162010-05-12T10:06:00.000-04:002010-05-12T10:06:25.631-04:00Need to paint again...
so many beautiful images from the coastand now the challenge is to paint water..waves...and how do Imake the water sparkle? I haven't any idea but I will tryLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-57138061630777793672010-05-09T22:20:00.000-04:002010-05-09T22:21:04.446-04:00 Around beautiful Boston Common, Cheers, of course, and creative window boxes on Beacon hill. Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-66797350303361446612010-05-09T22:09:00.001-04:002010-05-09T22:17:53.735-04:00 Bronze art in the concret around the
the wholesale vegetable & fruit market in downtown Boston...cheap...lettuce 4/$1.00, strawberries 4 boxes for $2.00.
Interesting buildings, a tree and a tribute
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-64362707160482930932010-05-09T21:56:00.001-04:002010-05-09T22:14:26.009-04:00Spring Holiday
Boston, Plymouth, Cape Cod and Martha's Vineyard
May 2010
a sampling of delightful views, vistas, architecture
and geography
E
east coast I love thee
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-65804379605721358782010-04-17T11:26:00.001-04:002010-04-17T20:24:09.474-04:00My birthday...another year...the last year in my fifties and I cannot think how that even happened so fast! I had a quiet day.
My family gave me this pretty little thing and I will be playing with it today..time to download some new music and some of my all-time favourites and I can take some videos as well...fun!
A pedometer..wow..put in my weight (ha!) and count my steps and I wonder what Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-72208222222913787192010-04-15T09:28:00.001-04:002010-04-17T20:26:21.343-04:00 Playing with watercolours again...my finished picture from an on-line step-by-step class I followed. I am fairly pleased with my results. I want to learn to paint with less details, less 'exact' painting..less detail..more "suggestion". That is my goal.
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-31880690492968180772010-04-03T21:15:00.014-04:002010-04-17T14:42:27.514-04:00What Would I Be?
What would I be....hmmmm....I kept this list running for several days before posting...a suggestion to 'play' from one of my favourite blogs http://www.thedreamingpress.typepad.com/
If I were…………
If I were a month, I would be June
If I were a day, I’d be Thursday
If I were a time of day, I would be 11:00 a.m.
If I were a font, I’d be Helvetica
If I were a sea animal, I would Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-64711370509497945042010-03-31T19:23:00.000-04:002010-03-31T19:23:24.687-04:00
"Cooking with Stella" http://www.cookingwithstella.com/ is a wonderful film, very clever and humorous and I wanted to eat Indian food right after. See it if you can.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-69657270020675019702010-03-29T21:17:00.001-04:002010-03-29T21:25:23.506-04:00SpringLong weekendGardening time approachingAnother birthday soon
This weekend is forecasted to be mild....the grass is just beginning to green-up a bit...more spring bulbs are pushing through....I'm thinking ahead...forever designing in my head....searched 'container gardening' and found these beautiful lush photos that have inspired the design that is inside my head.
I have a bucket similar toLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-61486293876366541042010-03-26T20:07:00.001-04:002010-03-27T22:27:38.956-04:00A strange day today....missing a beat...on the outside looking in...strange day...strange week or two...when there is nothing to say...I will document with photos and pictures...I live but I also document..out of step..saw beautiful sunflower yellow crocuses today...spring.
100 Snowdrops in my gardenSedum..poking through
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-26858493191869093102010-03-22T12:46:00.014-04:002010-03-31T08:41:47.049-04:00if a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it....hmmmmm there is some truth there...being a secret 'friend' is akin to being invisible...I should run
pay off your credit cards each month....I used to do that and I will again someday...maybe when money grows on trees.
make peace with your past so it won't screw up your future....I don't have a past that I need to make peace with..Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-35542287293101718592010-03-21T17:10:00.002-04:002010-03-22T16:06:24.705-04:00Sunday
A perfectly lovely lazy SundayCold and dampA dusting of snowNo sunA sleep-inA day to stay in my pj'sPlaying and paintingA chicken is roasting in the oven.......poor thing
Today's PlayThe SubjectThe TeapotThe BeginningMid-way
The end...spring tulips on my dining room tableLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-44232015967825706732010-03-20T18:00:00.001-04:002010-03-22T12:52:06.988-04:00Played with my watercolours today....still looks like folkart to me...keep on tryingLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-36551573859263156692010-03-19T18:47:00.000-04:002010-03-19T18:47:51.834-04:00Spring
Spring...tomorrow is the first day of spring...the days have been mild..but we are not fools for snow will happen one more time...but....I could not pass these cuttings by...pussywillow and forsythia for the front porch urn and tulips for the house.
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-19897227178821599442010-03-13T17:02:00.003-05:002010-03-22T12:22:07.391-04:00Saturday
It is a dull and rainy day today...the snow has been washed away and this is good...spring is coming.
I made a list of what to do today - paint, read, knit, and walk. The soft showers changed to a bit of a downpour so the walk was out. I am always knitting and I will continue to knit intermittently throughout the day and evening...two projects with a spring deadline. . I like to readLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-10405680157007003882010-03-09T09:04:00.001-05:002010-03-22T16:10:03.270-04:00My contribution to 'Virtual Paintout' on Facebook this month...a house on Norde Ramsvigvei, Stavanger, Norway...watercolours on paper.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-19353313051872184692010-03-06T12:08:00.001-05:002010-03-22T14:07:02.134-04:00Bright Star....I watched this gorgeous film this week...beautifuly restrained...The main character of this story is John Keats but his true love Fanny Brawne was an interesting woman and I wonder how her life played out. She was ahead of herself in fashion and the scenes where she is stitching fabric are beautiful ...well done by the cinematographer...sad story of true love stopped short.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-54368108710704336132010-03-03T15:45:00.000-05:002010-03-03T15:45:26.603-05:00knitting
blogs
walks
and work
reading
painting
slumber
and a friend
...that pretty much has been my activity for the last couple of weeks...I can almost feel spring in the air some days...especially when the sun is shining...Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-33430164604387497692010-02-24T19:56:00.000-05:002010-02-24T19:56:25.560-05:00BalanceI have found a balanceLet me hold on to it
I have been looking forward to the spring the summer, spring - a time when I like to make some changes. My garden my outdoor oasis each year I like to introduce something new, adding to an old theme...last year the front theme was Moroccan and the back didn't have one, sadly, but this year I will get some recession-chic ideas.
I found these Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-44507747168228939022010-02-17T21:21:00.003-05:002010-03-03T15:46:23.150-05:00Laugh
Whenever I need a laugh...a full-on genuine laugh...I look at this picture that someone played with...it is just too funny...my 'beloved' Alan Rickman on the left....but....but......just who is that guy on the right?? Funny funny funny .... how did Bruce (and Leslie) know I needed a laugh? ....or just something to think about...thanks guys.
Separated at Birth?
but but but.....this almostLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-75947818440343079542010-02-17T14:58:00.007-05:002010-02-17T21:30:52.834-05:00The 2010 Olympics
Speed
Grace
Skill
Red shoes
Lollipop shoes
My orthopaedic shoes
Big enough to wear with socks
Bright blue wooly socks I made
Toe-up magic loop sock
Interesting technique
Very warm feet
And a painting
I finished today
Watercolour
Oh how difficult you can be
A slightly garish painting but
it suits the dark place
where it now hangs
That is how I have been spending my time while Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-54188492673818699372010-02-11T09:40:00.000-05:002010-02-11T09:40:19.729-05:00Zen Thursday
Thank you Leone I need this and as always I need prompting. This day is sunny and bright, clear blue skies, very cold but still the sun shines. Maybe I will paint. Maybe I will walk. Maybe I will write. I will do anything but brood today...enough broody-moody days...let it go...I will let it all go and let the pieces land wherever they please. I will step back. I will step away. Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-72139026016173321862010-02-09T15:59:00.000-05:002010-02-09T15:59:19.847-05:00"There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others when it is a bitter tonic, and still others when it is a poison that makes you beat your head against a wall."........Colette
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-56129814386147007732010-02-08T22:22:00.001-05:002010-02-08T22:24:24.439-05:00Wish I Were Here
I find this photo one of the most beautiful I have seen
peaceserenitytranquilityglorious colour
photo from: http://www.amitpatty.blogspot.com/
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-62943260352766173712010-02-05T10:13:00.000-05:002010-02-05T10:13:59.933-05:00Friday...yay...love Friday's...not sure what the weekend will hold for me.
second watercolour attempt...copying from Marlene Bulas
yesterday's 'play'Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-15185825648600006332010-02-03T09:15:00.001-05:002010-02-03T09:17:09.576-05:00Remember My Word?
My Word is Joy
Even though joy is all around me, sometimes it is hard to see it, feel it, catch it, hold on and never let it go. Caitlin, another gorgeous niece, a picture that fills me with joy.
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-3820651462642793222010-01-31T11:18:00.000-05:002010-01-31T11:18:30.935-05:00GOODBYE JANUARY...SO LONG!
Last day of January...yay...may the rest of winter be kind to us and will let spring come around the corner.
In the meantime, toe-up, magic loop sock class #2 is today. Always nice to learn new techniques and I do like this way of making socks over 4 double-pointed needles. Today I want to finish my painting - more shadows and highlights need to be added, maybe some Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-81825384585031592512010-01-29T19:05:00.000-05:002010-01-29T19:05:16.306-05:00Sinking
I want to live in this room
I want to make tea in this kitchen
And I want to sleep in this bed until spring.
Sinking. I am sinking and February, the curelest month, has not yet begun. T. S. Eliott was wrong.* Thank you February for being the shortest month.
*T. L. Eliot "The Waste Landphotos from Indian Summer...lovely...never cease to excite me with the coloursLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-58705189333042504632010-01-26T16:24:00.002-05:002010-01-26T16:33:31.733-05:00
PEACE
My lovely niece, Sarah. I look at this photo whenever I feel myself slipping away. This is a particularly S.A.D. day, coupled with sleep deprivation and I'm in trouble! Her tranquility helps me hold on.
Thank you Sarah
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-29479385359158334662010-01-20T08:48:00.004-05:002010-01-28T19:07:19.002-05:00
Watercolours and Windchimes
A day painting, in a workshop led by Marlene Bulas, with an old friend. Time spent in the country with snow softly falling. Life is good.
This was my first time ever trying watercolours. Previously I would get out my paints, make a mark on the paper and pack everything up mumbling something about this medium being too difficult. My masterpiece is unfinished, but Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-10420994504585764402010-01-13T22:18:00.001-05:002010-01-14T14:12:11.008-05:00Deflated
That is how I am feeling today
One by one the chips started to fall
Crumb by crumb
Tumbling down
Sucking the air right out of me
One disappointment after another today
It won't last, this feeling
A minute
An hour
A day or two at the most
Glorious sleep may be the medicine for the cure.
http://anindiansummer-design.blogspot.com/
And so I went to visit a favourite blog, Indian Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-50955165467751720432010-01-10T19:53:00.005-05:002010-01-10T20:05:49.752-05:00Kiva...I just love Kiva! http://www.kiva.org/ Microloans
This is how it works. You 'invest' $25 in a group of your choice - your choice of gender, country, business, horticulture, jewelry makers, shopkeepers, farmers, taxi drivers, and the list goes on - they pay you back with a bit of interest. You take your interest and your original $25 paid back to you, and 'invest' more, and more. I Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-28560666079460837412010-01-10T11:33:00.004-05:002010-01-10T19:57:26.003-05:00The WORD.
I have noticed on several of my favourite blog sites, that people are choosing a word for 2010 instead of setting a resolution in place. I never make New Year's resolutions; in fact I have difficulty with any resolution that means I must change something negative about myself into something positive. I don't like the idea of starting off a new year, or a new day or new minute with aLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-80449602903077119342010-01-08T21:46:00.003-05:002010-01-08T22:03:07.668-05:00I'm playing with the webcam....me and 'B'
The 'mirror' ears!! too funny...must pay more attention to background next time.
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-23550694546059508312010-01-07T17:02:00.005-05:002010-01-10T12:24:33.349-05:00Eat less and move more. Really see what is around me. Take it all in. Create something each day.
Pictures from a winter walk today in the brilliant afternoon sun, clear blue sky, fresh white snow, cold air and just me.
Let's go
Ready?
That blue, can't stop looking at it
Come along "Pantoufle" *http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0241303/
Over the little bridge
past the pond rink
to Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-84676040330640740782010-01-06T10:02:00.009-05:002010-01-26T16:31:42.534-05:00The new year
A new beginning
I have plans for this year
Plans for me
2010 is going to be
All about me
(and my friends and loved ones too)
I have my new calender
Insight from the Dalai Lama
To be my daily guide
I will surround myself with colour
And beautiful things
Wednesday January 6, 2010 ..the lesson for today... "According to basic Buddhist insight, the mind is essentially luminous and Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-51743323083418737422009-12-23T12:06:00.001-05:002009-12-23T12:17:26.716-05:00Sab's Christmas gift..finally finished
A little Christmas around the house
A few of my Santas
Baby's First Christmas Balls, now 24 & 26 years old!
The family party is over and now I can relax and enjoy a quiet Christmas with my family. Christmas Eve is always fun; an open house at friend's. Christmas Day starts with coffee, this year son #2 is making a special breakfast that will cook while weLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-85042266519466588972009-12-08T10:23:00.002-05:002009-12-08T10:28:33.597-05:00'Dreamscapes' it is...because I am not always (and sometimes not often) in a 'Tranquil Place'. I live with one foot in reality and the other foot in my dreams. My most current dream, is planning, gathering information and saving for my trip-of-a-lifetime to India. So many places to see...Paris again, Spain, Greece, oh, and who could forget Morocco?Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-36282790063059114672009-12-07T16:26:00.001-05:002009-12-07T16:27:44.600-05:00I need to re-name this blog...but what shall I call it now? This name no longer seems to work.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-87535403030624584512009-12-01T19:42:00.009-05:002009-12-08T16:14:52.756-05:00
It's coming on Christmas
They're cutting down trees
They're putting up reindeer
And singing songs of joy and peace
Oh I wish I had a river
I could skate away on...........
......I wish I had a river so long
......I would teach my feet to fly
from Joni Mitchell, of course...."River"
I am in my usual pre-Christmas bah humbug phase...it will pass...it always does and then I enjoy the magicLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-14565173241533995912009-11-29T20:07:00.000-05:002009-11-29T20:08:04.676-05:00my thingsLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-30012266006671295802009-11-29T20:06:00.000-05:002009-11-29T20:06:10.960-05:00Finding the balance............Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-35526212225925466362009-11-29T20:04:00.002-05:002009-12-08T16:18:15.607-05:00
discovery...
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-9583385839855982892009-11-09T10:10:00.001-05:002009-11-09T10:12:23.178-05:00Just when I thought Moroccan wedding blankets could not get any more gorgeous...look what Maryam, at "My Marrakesh" found!!Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-87975094080150196042009-11-08T12:29:00.002-05:002009-12-08T16:19:31.024-05:00Sienna, wearing the sweater I made her...she's grown so fast...a bigger size next time.
Sienna and her dad...our nephew Jamie.
Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-20587391470030846742009-11-07T19:18:00.002-05:002009-11-07T19:20:09.830-05:00I'm ok....I'm going to be ok...oh yay.Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-6791290024497606212009-11-05T17:47:00.001-05:002009-11-07T19:22:04.979-05:00 I bought a book...from a little shop in Mendocino....a colouring book...a journal...prompts to write...a book I needed....working on self........ Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-24811964170705801612009-11-03T21:33:00.000-05:002009-11-03T21:33:22.702-05:00Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-55461276620057659522009-11-03T21:28:00.000-05:002009-11-03T21:28:45.029-05:00Cities and towns Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-55277695356814587842009-11-03T21:20:00.000-05:002009-11-03T21:20:45.679-05:00Beaches Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-87526644004883438862009-11-03T21:14:00.001-05:002009-11-03T21:23:36.870-05:00 Ocean Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5046676.post-16062678428143128472009-11-03T21:11:00.000-05:002009-11-03T21:11:28.443-05:00Ocean Lesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02262381807426213726noreply@blogger.com0