Walk This Way
A couple of intriguing walks, from my archives, for Cee’s Which Way Challenge
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Permission to write, paint, and imagine are the gifts I gave myself when chronic illness hit - a fair exchange: being for doing. Relevance is an attitude. Humour essential.
Drama without all the colour
For Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: black and white or monochrome.
Read MoreCreative Expression
Acrylic Interlude
Between hosting Ukrainians, and meeting with community members to ensure supports are in place, I take the odd pause to hide away in my art room. My son graciously converted our downstairs guest room into an art studio for me and gave me all his paints and canvases. It marked a new chapter in my […]
Read MoreWhich Way? Laneway
Cee is now offering the Which Way challenge! These two laneways from last Fall caught my eye.
Read MoreThey Never Saw Me Coming
A few candid shots from a recent community picnic for Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Faces in the crowd
Read MoreFinding Calm
A former meditation teacher said that as long as there is a tree within sight, you have the inspiration you need to stay centred in the moment. Hard to argue with that. (Words and image my own)
Read MoreFramed by Trees
A few favourite walks, framed by trees, for Lens-Artist Photo Challenge: framing
Read MoreGreat Blue Heron
While I stalk the Great Blue Heron, he stalks lunch… and rejects it… Not quite what he had a hankering for, I guess. For Bird of the Week challenge.
Read MoreFamilial Snags
Days before she turned 65, Mom confessed that she suspected she had cancer. “I’m thinking about just letting it take me,” she said. There were many things I wanted to say in that moment, such as: You should be discussing this with a therapist and not your daughter, but; this was the nature of our […]
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One Woman's Quest II 