Sometimes I feel like a motherless piece of Playmobile. I was scouting out some interesting picture possibilities and I almost missed this little guy. Someone had left him on the windowsill of one of the shops on Mt Pleasant. Perhaps a child had been looking in the window and left him or he had been […]
Black-Eyed Susans This is day 5 in my photo a day challenge and I just happened to have picked this jug of Black-Eyed Susans. There was something about the jug that reminded me of the sunflower pictures of Van Gogh. Van Gogh “Sunflowers” The picture is actually a cross between a Van Gogh and a
Here is another photo in the photo a day challenge. I took this photo while waiting to pick up my daughter from the bus. Let there be Light!! I have entitled it “Let there be Light”, as though turning on a light were something as easy to execute, as snapping one’s fingers – OK, yes
Here is another photo for the photo-a-day challenge. It was taken outside of the Wild Bird Seed store on Mt. Pleasant. The words “Wild Bird” are barely visible on the window of the store. Wild Bird I love looking at “things” in different mediums. Here is a metal bird – what if it could fly?
Sometimes I take a look at the work of other artists to get a little boost. I really like the work of Georgia O’Keefe – especially her flower portraits. Here is a picture I took yesterday – Lily from a garden on Mt Pleasant Rd. and here is a photo of one of Georgia O’Keefe’s
I have just completed Capricorn in my Zodiac shawl series. Aquarius is being test knit and Scorpio has been released!!! I just have 2 more to knit – Cancer and Aries. So I am looking for inspiration. Cricket Walker, whom I follow on Facebook, is always good at posting new challenges to get people up
I love recycled “things.” My mother was a child of the depression and you never threw anyting away, so when I see some clever way of recycling something, I get really excited. Here is a very cute skirt made from a man’s shirt. Here’s the site with lots of instructions!! Go for it!!! Now if I
Sent to me from a knitter. So I am sending it onto you. Two Choices What would you do?….you make the choice. Don’t look for a punch line, there isn’t one. Read it anyway. My question is: Would you have made the same choice? At a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with
Alpacalicious Vest The 18-year-old does the laundry because he is the “clothes horse” in the family. I gave up trying to keep up with his demands for “clean” clothes – every day! – had he never heard of “seasoned jeans”? – so I gave him the task of doing the laundry. I decided not to
Here’s a clever marketing technique. James Emslie, the designer behind Sheepish Knitworks at Uptown Yarns in Courtney BC has 7 designs for some very fashionable hats. When he told me that he had sold 45 patterns (many with yarn, I’m sure) in 32 days, I felt that this must be some sort of record, so
