Ok, on my last blog post I mentioned the story of the Wishing Stone. As a former Mosaic student told me, if you see a rock with a complete circle, you can touch the circle and make a wish.
So I thought, since I’m sure we are not the only ones with some pretty strong wishes [...]
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After all the fuss and rush of getting ready for Christmas what with the shopping for and wrapping of presents, baking and cooking all the goodies, putting up and decorating the tree, sending out the cards, making cards to email, it was nice to coast into Boxing Day. So we slept in, dawdled [...]
Now that Garage Sale season is over, we’ve taken to having strolls instead. And we always take our little camera, since we never know what we might see on our travels. Last week had it’s share of interesting sights.
First off, the usual, but still lovely, sites like this backlit sunflower on the Gorge [...]
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Just a couple of new items in my little Magpie shop on Used Victoria. There is something very handy about a tin tray. You can pile up your dinner or supper on it and head out to watch a movie on the couch. We enjoyed this matching set of two LaVada trays for just that [...]
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It’s been rather hectic around here and I’ve gotten a bit behind with my posts. But I just had to share a rather perfect day we spent just a short while ago. We’d decided at the outset to have a whole day of it. A Holiday in our little Tourist Town so [...]
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Before I start out today, I must say that the header is one of the best garage sale signs I’ve ever seen. The colors, the printing, everything. Ok maybe you have to be an artist to appreciate it…. So now, on to the post of the day, about, you guessed [...]
We live on the West coast, on Vancouver Island. That said, as we watched the horrific video coming back from Japan last week, watched that black tsunami wave churning up buildings, cars and people in it’s path, we couldn’t help but see ourselves in that wave. As our hearts went out to those [...]
Happy Valentines Day!
May you receive an excess of chocolate!
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Just in time, barely, we’ve had some of my rather romantic designs on our Cafe Press store and I thought maybe I’d share them today.
I’ve always like the look of bright, neon colors on a black background and the first design is definitely that. And if you look closely, you’ll see it is two portraits [...]
Our little house faces east, and in the morning, when there is sun on the wet coast, the light streams in. It was streaming in when I opened the studio door, lighting up the paints and brushes on the table.
The paints and brushes are waiting. The brushes, waiting to be used and the [...]
