A picnic on the way to fossil hunting. Could there be a more beautiful view? Good ideas are born from frustration. Case in point: IQuest–my gym. Again a sign on the door–open at 8:30. Again I had to drive home, … Read More
Spent an amazing Saturday with Pip, Tabs, Peter and my mom near Cache Creek at a major fossil bed find. The pics include one of John, our guide. The hood-doos above are on sacred Bonaparte First Nation land. They used the … Read More
This is me today. Whoopie. I just don’t have any new exciting photos to share with you so forgive me.My gym sucks. IQuest is in the stone age. I drive down this morning, bright and early, before Peter leaves for … Read More
Fernando and Pip. Stop the press. I am rewriting the entire Queen. Looked at it yesterday and I was hooked. I love writing it. All I want to do is lock myself in my office from dawn to dusk. If … Read More
Pics are from a photo shoot of the Maplelea dolls for their upcoming catalogue. No word yet if the top pic made it in. Tonight I’m aloneAlone in the darkAway from the familiar toneStowaway on an Arc –lines from a … Read More
Here is my finished rumpus room–that is the name we called the basement room at my grandparent’s house. Mistaya and I decided we love the name “rumpus room” and will call this room that forever more. My maternal grandparent’s rumpus … Read More
Gruntartus: used to describe something that is dangerous and unbelievable yet also fitting and practical. The newest word to join the English language. I invented it in the middle of the night last night. I was thinking about the video … Read More
Peter secretly took this pic of me the other day on his iphone and mailed it to me. I was only in bed to be comfy–as you can see I was fully dressed in a brown dress. I think I … Read More
I am busy applying to switch from an MA to an MFA. I am very excited about this as my end career goal is to paint and teach post-secondary art. Of course I will continue making time to write throughout … Read More
Above: Building a sand village on Harrison Lake BC. And Tabs looking for treasure in the shallows. Below: A gorgeous moss covered tree stump in the forest that looked like a diplodocus ready to spring to life at dusk. Parasitic flowers … Read More
We had a wonderful canoe to a private beach. We went in circles for awhile because Kyran was a much stronger paddler than I. But I got stronger and he calmed his strokes and I steered the canoe back to … Read More
Park entrance–adventure awaits us! Suspicious foot print we found on the shore of Hicks Lake–Kyran’s foot in comparison. Pip and Atremis telling Sasquatch stories to each other. Tabs, Artemis and Nemi Mist and Kyran Chef Miranda with her specialty a … Read More
We had a picnic in the park behind my house for my Birthday Supper and were serenaded by many coyotes. We ate Indian food and a double chocolate and raspberry-mousse-cheesecake made for me by Miranda.