It Was A Good Summer

It was a good summer...

Everyday I felt glad that we had a yard for us & the buns.

Amazing-ness

So last year we splurged and we bought this huge incredible painting from local artist David Carlin...

whom some of you may also know was my high-school art teacher turned mentor turned dear friend.

Every time I pass it I feel humbled to have it in my home and I see something new & beautiful.

We had wanted one of Dave's large-scale originals for awhile

(we have quite a collection of his lino cuts prints going already) 

But we were waiting until one of them spoke loud & clear to BOTH of us...and this was the one.

If I have even an iota of his talent & artistic drive & spirit in me when I am in my 70's I'll be lucky!

& now if the house catches on fire I'll gather the bunnies, my honey, my hard-drives & this painting! 

Prepping Pretties & Feeling Grateful

I've been spending a lot of time preparing/finishing up linears and transferring them to paper.

I like to do this in piles so that I have a huge stack of work all ready to go for when my desires

switch from working with lines and pencil to needing to work colour and shapes.

(as you can see from my studio bulletin boards, I always have a lot of drawings & linears on the go)

This week as school begins again, I am reminded of how amazing it is that I get to make art full-time.

I've come a loonnnggg wwaaayyyy, I've worked my ass off, I've paid my 'dues'

but knowing all that I am still so aware every single day of how lucky

I am to spend my day with art & bunnies and my working-from-home honey.

Honey & Home Honor

Owning a house is exhausting...there is always soooo much to do...

none of it feels easy lately, especially with both of us having lots of head pain & with my back pain.

 

 

but as I lay back after a busy day inside and outside of the house under a tree turning golden...

 

as I watch the autumn sun sets from the comfort of a warm blanket in my beloved hammock...

 

as we wait for the last leaves to fall so we can get our one final rake & city compost run done...

 

 

I can't complain about any of it because to do it all, every bit, alongside this guy of mine is an honor.

Time To Tuck Them Away

We are always so reluctant to pull the racks off the truck & to tuck our kayaks away...
 

 

 

 

because it means a long 7 month wait before we can use them again! Sigh!! Tis life in the North!

Gravitating To Gratitude

We don't venture from home and our sick Jaky for too long these days

but we've been finding ourselves zeroing in on certain things...

 

 

Like we've been gravitating towards the water and especially to the sunsets...

 

We've been basking in relaxing lunches in the sun at our favorite café...

 

We've been geting outside even just for short spells with the sweet sweet buns...

 

We've been enjoying food and time in the kitchen together...

 

What are you enjoying most these days???