My 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.

Fluff 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

An 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't close...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Breathe and transport myself here...a beach in Nantucket...where I would dream of spending the entire summer in a little cottage...take art classes....read...knit...become a beachcomber...watch the tide...visit the little towns..spend days on the beach...bliss.

Open 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 Lupines and beautiful European inspired gardens, front and side view of the mansion and the greenhouse. We didn't venture in the maze, however.

Mr. Moore, owner of the mansion and grounds,, the gardener, designer, and concrete artisan.

My cup is filled again...an inspiring week away with my best friend...in her territory.

"Stairs" on the Bruce TrailInspiring view

Lady's Slippers

The blue of Georgian Bay

My feet on Balmy Beach

Balmy Beach...stone skipping capital of Ontario

Some 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.

Today's 'play'

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!

Need to paint again...

so many beautiful images from the coast

and now the challenge is to paint water..waves...and how do I

make the water sparkle? I haven't any idea but I will try

Around beautiful Boston Common, Cheers, of course, and creative window boxes on Beacon hill.

 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

Spring 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

My 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 it will tell me?

WALK MORE is what it will say. A few games to keep me busy on the bus ride to the subway. Oh..and it plays my music too :>). I love this little shiny green piece of electronics.

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.