rain or shine

Last night I popped up to Chapters bookstore to see Chris St. Clair of the Weather Network . He was here in Halifax to promote his new book and give a wee talk about the weather. I love my weather:) Cheery and charming, he was a pleasure to meet. It was also the perfect "weather-y" sort of night. This was taken in the parking lot above the bookstore just before the talk. I had to capture the light.


Also.... tonight is my gallery opening! If you are free from 6-8,
here is the info Would love to see you!

calm

Lately I have been wanting to sit down and write a lovely long lyrical post. These days I feel as though I have been popping in here and dashing off a quick note then rushing off again. Even now, I can feel deadlines looming, work is waiting, hurry, hurry, have to get THAT done, don't forget THIS, and what about THOSE? Realistically, there will always be things to be done and it is just a matter of carving out time and making a doable schedule and prioritizing. Right? Right.

This is a beach on the Northumberland Shore of Nova Scotia. If you look closely, those tiny specks of black in the middle of the water under the clouds are people! They are standing on a sand bar. It had been stormy and had rained all that day. I remember the sun popped out just after supper and created a most magical seascape. I want to get out and explore my province this summer. So often I take it for granted living here. It is a gorgeous place.

mystery solved:)

Look what I found on my doorstep this morning! I love daffodils. I plant them every year in memory of my dad.What a lovely surprise, but there was no note or indication of where they came from.... I was worried thinking that maybe they had been delivered by mistake. This is Cancer awareness month and these bunches are sold for fund-raising.

In my email, I found the solution to the mystery. A dear friend had dropped them off to me with instructions to share them. Spread Spring cheer. They were flowers left over from the fundraising campaign and rather than throw them out, they were to be enjoyed as gifts.

Soiree

You are all invited to Love, Me Boutique this Friday, April 30th from 6-8pm! Why not stop by to kick off your Friday night. I am happily showing off my paintings! Several other artists will be on hand to meet and greet also:) Wine and nibblies available. Hope to see you there:)
(1539 Birmingham Street, next to Woozles)

Relaxing

So the plan is to have a relaxing weekend. Although.....so much needs to be done always. We shall see, I'm not going to put any "have to get this done" constraints on myself.( ha ha, do you believe that?)

I have been painting more poppies and really enjoying it! One of the paintings at my show which just went up has been sold already. Yay! A couple from Ontario. I got an email a while ago from them asking if I had a studio or gallery where they could see my work. I often get emails like this and have to say no, because I have neither studio nor gallery but it was lovely to be able to direct them to a place where there was my art on the walls in a big way:)

Next week we are having an "official opening" with wine and everything:)

Hope you have a fun and relaxing weekend planned.

back at em:)

I am feeling almost normal! That cold sure kicked my #@!

Now...... nightdress story......I am lucky I lived to tell this tale. When I get a cold it feels as though my brain becomes full of sludge and I am only operating at half capacity. Staggering around the house like Frankenstein when I wasn't in bed. Well, a day or two into the worst of it, I decided to make a small stir fry to get something more substantial than toast and tea into myself.

I had the stir fry going on the back burner and on the front I had the burner on high for a pot of water for couscous. Needing some spices, I dragged over a chair and stood to rummage in the spice cupboard above the stove. While my head was stuck in the cupboard, I smelled smoke. (Amazing because my nose wasn't working) "That's odd, I thought........" When I looked down I saw were bright flames!!! YIKES! It was me!

I grabbed the material on either side and scrunched it over the flames managing to smother them. The bottom edge of my nightie had been resting on the burner. It was a bit of a wake up call. I couldn't believe I had done something so stupid. I also learned that pajama material burns quickly! Sheesh. Nothing like a hot flash to let you know you are alive:)

high noon or not

Hiya, have you been thinking it's been a while since a good Western has rolled around? Well, I have a treat for you! Gunless is about to hit theatres on April 30th. It looks like fun. Take a peek at the link! I love Westerns.
In brief..... a hardened American gunslinger is repeatedly thwarted in his attempts to mount a showdown in a friendly town in Canada where no one seems to understand or appreciate the brutal code of the American Wild West.

I have a passel of free passes for two I am going to give away - showtime 7 pm April 29th, Halifax Empire8 ParkLane Theatres

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post telling why you love Paul Gross or Westerns or want to see this movie or whatever you feel like saying:) and first three people win a pass:)
*note*To be eligible, you MUST have an email available for me to contact you. Comments here will be open until Thursday April 22.

still here

2.5 boxes of kleenex
4 extra strength tylenol ( I really try to hold off on painkillers)
20+ cups of hot lemon and honey and garlic and variations of...
15 zinc lozenges
Lots of ColdFX
.5 bottle of Thai chili sauce used on everything I ate
1 burnt nightdress ( to be continued)
1 set of very rumpled sheets
Nothing accomplished at all
Occasional net surfing
4 books later.........still sick

I AM getting better but sheesh. This cold has knocked me for a loop. Now I am at the coughing nonstop phase. Any cough drops you highly recommend?

Picture above is JohnWDoull's bookstore in Halifax. Click and read, it is a charming into.

inhale,exhale

Breathe.......battling with my spring cold.
Be gone!

Battle of Culloden

April 16, 1746, the Scots lost their right to wear tartan and almost 2000 men died within 40 minutes. The English wanted the land for sheep, which was more profitable. The Battle of Culloden was fought 271 years ago today. Bonnie Prince Charlie was up against the Duke of Cumberland, known as "the butcher", fighting for the survival of Scotland.

The only other memorial cairn commemorating that battle exists here in Nova Scotia at a tiny community called Knoydart near Antigonish. Many displaced Scots moved to Nova Scotia to start new lives after the fallout and each year a service is still held here to honor their fallen ancestors.

Here is a youtube clip of Makem and Clancey singing Sound the Pibroch