Wednesday 26 June 2013

Last Week in Stitch


I didn't forget....just late


Monday was a day of snipping and stitching
Tuesday was our first wonderful visit to the beach
The tourists have started to gather there


I suppose they've come to see the lupins


My goodness me the coyotes were loud last night


14 of us SAQA girls gathered in Truro for a meeting


A weekend of gentle scratchings.

Friday 21 June 2013

Donna's Tree Piece


So now I can show you the wedding gift piece.
I was thinking Georgian Bay rocks
and fall grasses


Button loops from my wedding dress
oh so many years ago form the horizon


 and the tree is of course one of Donna's jewellery designs.
Do you see the tiny heart floating above?


If you wander around Collingwood
you will see one of the town banners
shows another piece of her jewellery.

Thursday 20 June 2013

From Mark's Studio


Think he's going through his orange phase!


Currently hanging at Brights Gallery
in Blue Mountain Village


If you live nearby they are having a reception for Mark
on July 6th from 4 to 7 p.m.
Go and tell him you know his mother!


Work in progress


Don't you love how he has placed that background barn going off the picture


My favourites are always the Georgian Bay watery ones


Cool rocks at sunset


Leaning against the wall


Piled up against a wall!

Wednesday 19 June 2013

The Beach


Breathe


Dance with swirling mists


Run
The tides here are so big
all this sand will be covered at high tide


Family to some
pack to others


Some things make the beach their home


But we have to go now


Rusty Pup Kayla contemplating her day

Tuesday 18 June 2013

Just a Few Memories


All set up for a wedding ceremony


A very old barn at the foot of their garden
provided one witness a perfect view.


 Where we gathered to celebrate


When the sun went down candles glowed
from lace covered jars


 The bride painted clothes-pins as delicious cake toppers


Midnight escaped the noisy house to watch the world go by



So many young artists at this wedding
no surprise I suppose that as we relaxed the next day
someone couldn't resist sketching.





Monday 17 June 2013

A Special Trip Scratched


Fourteen days scratched


Merlin youngsters and their parents swoop through the garden


and we pack for a wedding trip.


Two surprised rusty pups delivered to doggy hotel.


Flying to Toronto and driving to Collingwood.
On the wedding eve I'm thinking that 'til now there has been me and my four guys.


A special day of ceremony and celebration
A day for vows and romance and tears and joy.
On Sunday and Monday
rings were on my mind and the joining of two families.


Then it came time to leave the Blue Mountain ski hills
to visit a special place of memory 
and reconnect with friends.


Gee whiz we nearly missed our plane!


Picked up two happy RP's


Days of rest
A day for Dads
A day for Golf.

Thursday 6 June 2013

Flying Away Again


We're flying away again


Making tracks across country


To witness and celebrate the union of these two.

Wednesday 5 June 2013

A Week With Dorothy Caldwell


We worked with human marks
and
made books with our marked papers


Such a great week


I've come home with so many ideas


and affirmations that I am on the right track


A workshop with Dorothy is a gift to be treasured.
You can see her work at The Canadian Collection.