Winter Sunrise From My Window in Calgary
Sometime ‘life’ is dominating my thoughts and work. Sometimes these little windows into my world don’t fit neatly anywhere else so they get listed under ‘This and That!’ Sometimes an issue requires a rant. Or I just feel like sharing something that is important or has touched me in someway.
Here’s the view referred to in the last post. I had to share it. Just as I went to upload, it disappeared from the post and I couldn’t find a way to add it after the fact.
read moreIf you are visiting for the first time or monitoring my activity, a short explanation of my absence of almost a year. My husband and I decided to do a less than traditional transition into retirement and are currently on the road travelling, destinations decided on a whim and end date undetermined. As a result this past year has been a scurry of preparations and adjustments that have limited my will and ability to return to my art work. That recently changed but more on that later. I just receive an e-mail from a friend that has...
read moreBack home tonight. What a busy ten days we have had. First a smooth flight with wonderful views of clouds and the fields and forest below as we flew west . . . Then a walk down Stephen Street in Calgary under wonderful blue skies . . . a rodeo in Airdrie . . . a visit to Drumheller on a day when the thermometer registered 40 degrees Celsius and a brisk dry wind was blowing . . . An afternoon in Banff amidst the glorious Canadian Rockies . . . A visit with new friends in Wilderness Village RV Resort just outside Rocky Mountain House, multiple...
read moreToday was one of those glorious summer days – warm without a lot of humidity, a light breeze blowing and bright blue skies above. Don and I joined friends for an early morning walk that developed into a tour of the classic car exhibition in the local park. I think that everyone is eager to be outdoors after a month of rainy days. The participants were busy giving a last minute polish to their vehicles in hopes of catching the judge’s eye later in the day but many took time to stop and chat. Back home by lunch time, I decided I had...
read moreWhen the student is ready, the teacher appears! This seems a very apt description for my life at the moment. Retirement, travel, opportunities – everything is falling into place. And I’ve just launched my first fibre art show – and its a solo show! Read’s Book Shop in Carleton Place, ON is a wonderful venue and between 50 and 60 friends and shop patrons showed up to get me launched! I am blessed! Now I’m turning my attention to learning how to expand my use of the web so that I can communicate more...
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