Bad Hair Day

Just had to post this video of my daughter:) It was so funny to see. Double click on the video to go to YOUTUBE for bigger image.

Bountiful

These were taken in the Annapolis Valley. I love the country stalls this time of year, bursting with produce and the bounty of summer:) I want to buy armloads of food and make jam and preserves and fill my larder for the coming winter. The only catch is that I am not a jam or preserve maker:)



Pickled nails anyone?

Garlic...yum!

Dulse! Local seaweed:) Small snack bags. An unusual but healthy treat. I have to say I've never been partial to it but lots of people are.

Ok, so I took a break from the Rap Ditty contest, decided it was ridiculous and unfair to so many of the participants. I even wrote a letter to the minister of Tourism (did not get an answer). I thought why bother with such a poorly run contest and then........and then.......... my silly work ethic/ competitive drive/ angry kid/ not a quitter/don't stop what you start/ miracles might happen/ you're in it now!/ influences kicked in and I could not just give up after all. Sheesh. Ack. No matter what happens at least I know I gave it my best shot.
They've rewritten the voting page now and are encouraging people to vote more than once for their video. Close browser and vote again. The video doesn't matter. The votes do. I could have put up a picture of an old boot! Sigh. The person with the most time on their hands to vote over and over again wins!
RAP DITTY NOVA SCOTIA scroll down to find it, it is about 20 down... Thanks.:)

EDITED: I have decided to let it go. My time is worth more and it was making me crazy trying to swim upstream.

books and sunflowers

Books and Sunflowers, original now available on eBay

I painted yesterday. No day off for me:) Actually it felt great. I've been busy and distracted and to sit down and get to it was wonderful. When I was on the Northumberland shore, I managed to get some sketches done in my book. Always a good feeling. I like to have several so I am always ready with something to create when I sit down in my studio (ahem, dining room table)

The weather is still beautiful. September here is always a magical month. I am meeting a new friend for tea today. I wonder if they they serve crumpets:) Does anyone serve crumpets anymore? Do you even know what a crumpet is?

Have a great week.

diary of a sky, sept 6

These were taken on the Northumberland shore near Merigomish, looking towards Pictou Island. Beautiful....

Labour Day Weekend

Hooray for long weekends. Nice to have that extra day to catch up:)This is the Northumberland shore. Headed that way on Saturday.
Have I mentioned how much I love this month of September. The golden month. Cool nights, warm days. Veggie gardens bursting with produce. Blackberries thick on the vines. Really blue skies........
My talk went well last night. (at least I think it did) I was not sure what to expect. It is not something I've done before but people had lots of questions and were most interested in how to get their art "out there" I also talked about all the opportunities that have come my way as a result of having a presence on the internet. I hope some of the artists try:)

As always until the end of Sept. here is the link for RAP DITTY NOVA SCOTIA. Please vote if you can. I need a miracle:) Every person who reads this and votes would be a good start:) lol. Thanks to all of you who have been voting.I REALLY appreciate it. It is about the 20th video down.

Thursday

When in doubt, match everything! This was a hotel in Drumnadrochit, Loch Ness! Wondering if the designer had a few too many whiskeys. Hard place to sit for more than a few minutes:)

Tonight is my talk and I've been thinking about it all day. Eek. It's not that I'm not comfortable about what to talk about, it's just all those faces focused on me, makes one a bit self concious. I guess I'm suppose to picture them all in their underwear :D

Remember J, my Ironman pal... read her tale ,what a story.

Here is today's reminder to vote for RAP DITTY! Scroll down it is in the middle. thanks to all who have been voting:)

opportunity

September! The golden month. I have great plans for this month. Somehow the summer escaped from me. Don't know how it happened but it sort of slipped through my fingers. Yes, I have plans. I love making lists and organizing all those thoughts and ideas and inspirations racing around my head. Putting them on paper makes it feel like I am taking the first step towards accomplishing them:)
The problem is that I have too many plans. All for different areas of my life! Do I chip away at them all or throw myself into one area at a time? Ah choices. One of my goals is to tackle my health! Starting today! Time to put away the bagels and beer:) Polish the soup pot and shake the spiders out of my exercise togs!
My daughter and I have embarked on a wee project inspired by the movie Julia and Julie. (LOVED IT) We are both Jamie Oliver fans and have a few of his books. She has decided to cook her way through Jamie's Food Revolution as a way of learning her way around the kitchen. It's a great cookbook full of basic simple and delicious meals. I love the inside layout of that book. Our first meal was the just the other night and it was GREAT! She marked inside the book with the date and rated the recipes made and so it begins. We are (I am) thinking of starting another blog maybe just for that. Maybe over on the Jamie Oliver website. Oh dear, yet another commitment. I can't stop myself! But that would just be some pics and the recipe made and a rating.
Here's to a wonderful month for all of us!


RAP DITTY NOVA SCOTIA here. Thanks for your vote:)

yes

Don't you just immediately feel like sinking into this chair. Aaah....
Yes, relax! One of those things that is of such vital importance to our health and well being, yet so hard to accomplish at times.
I have just been asked to speak for an hour at the Contemporary Art Society's first meeting of this season. Yikes. It is this Thursday night! I am nervous and wondering what on earth I have to say that might be of interest to a room full of artists. I will probably talk about blogging and selling art on the internet. It is only an hour.......right........
In other news, an artist friend of mine, Jen Worden attempted the Louisville Ironman Race yesterday (her son ran too). She wanted to really challenge herself and do something to mark 50 years of age. Wow, what an amazing and strong woman. I have been following her training progress since she started and have been inspired and awed by her! She injured herself prior to the race, a torn meniscus, ouch, serious but she decided look after it carefully and then race as best she could.
Swim 3.8k/2.4miles, Bike 180K/112miles, Run 42K/26.2miles!!!!! Last thing I heard yesterday Jen was halfway through the run but I did not see her name amongst the finishers. I know that will be a hard blow for her after all her hard work and I hope all is well. I just want to say how proud I am of her, she is definitely one of my heroines!!! Jen you rock!!! You really do!

And again...vote for Rap Ditty Nova Scotia if you can:) Thanks for the votes so far:) We are in 4th place (hooray) but need about 35,00 votes to win......It is all about numbers unfortunately, not the videos.

random

I was looking through my pictures from Paris and stopped at this one. I don't know why I love it so much. It is just a snapshot of a subway station. Train departed, platform cleared, no one waiting for the next. Maybe that's why I like it, the moment between moments. That little red chair calls out to me . I wonder who sat in it before this picture was snapped and after and who is sitting in it right now, as sit here thousands of miles away, writing this.

I can hear the strange echo sounds of the subway and feel those odd sudden blasts of air. The sense of anticipation and peculiar boredom that travel together in waiting places everywhere. Destinations, people to see, things to do. Paris, mon amour.

PS Just for fun, imagine you are in Paris at the Mabillion stop right now, and describe the person you see sitting in the red chair :)


Oh and if you are inclined...please stop by and vote for my RAP DITTY NOVA SCOTIA video...thanks...I appreciate it:)

Late August

This is the Tangled Garden in Wolfville. A small magical place I visit every time we go there. I love this wee arbor. Very inviting, just one of a few artfully placed about the place. The building you see at the end is the potting shed.

We really are in those golden days of late summer. The nights are beautifully crisp and make for grand sleeping. The days are warm and lazy. Gardens are wrapping up their summer party. I've got the window open and there is a fine fresh breeze wafting through.

How about this?....watermelon and tomato salad! It was really good. Odd combination but it works. I saw it mentioned somewhere and thought, I must try it. So....I did :)


RAP DITTY, scroll down to find it and vote if it pleases you. It will please me:)