To mark November, Osteoporosis month, the Ottawa Chapter of Osteoporosis Canada launched a calendar that featured my illustrations. My job w...

I'm crazy about all my kitty cats but somehow Nutmeg, with her calico coloured spots, is so graphically pleasing, I seem to draw her all...

Trying to get inspired to take out my colour pencils and get drawing again, I looked back at what has inspired me in the past. This old hous...

This mini-sheep was only 3" square. Cool barn board frame that went with it, eh? I loved these chickadees on a line. I did a series of ...

My friend Peggi's husband Bill has this fabulous old Buick parked in their yard. Now I know nothing about cars... ...but I know that thi...

My favourite place in the world is the wooded place behind my house. This colour pencil drawing is called April Woods. This drawing entitled...

I did this drawing a few years ago. Now if I could just get inspired to get drawing again. It's funny how it's so easy to fall off t...

The last few days have been very pleasant temperature-wise at about -2C. It's snowed about 4 cm on each of those days and today and tomo...

Happy New Year to all my friends from here in snowy Dunvegan. Here's hoping that 2010 is a healthy and happy one. Cheers.

I did this colour pencil drawing and gave it to my sister Marcia for her October 12th birthday. The leaves have nearly all fallen around her...

I love this time of year. Little nests being made on barn ledges and bushes and trees. The American Goldfinches have lost their winter pluma...

I guess it's pretty obvious that I am crazy about most little critters. And cats especially. Since I have five of the little darlings ha...

I did this orange tabby pen and ink drawing for a show a while back and a friend thought it looked very much like her cat George, so she bou...

Every day the snow recedes and more and more of the earthy, damp ground appears. Pretty soon the trilliums will be blooming in the woods. Bu...

My friend Marlana posted a comment on my blog about how my nightly visit from a raccoon might inspire me to draw him. That reminded me of t...

I love this time of year because the days are getting longer and the shadows are intense on the snow and in this case, the white, tin siding...

I read quite a few blogs and I found this interesting little thing. A wonderful artist I met thru an article she wrote for ATC Quarterly , S...

The lanes are still snowy but the sun is getting stronger and everyone is talking about the first little indications of spring. The chickade...

I was inspired to do this colour pencil drawing while turning out of Richard's lane. His road was snow covered and the sun was low in th...

Here's hoping that you find time to enjoy the sun, snow, fresh air and whatever weather surrounds you. And to wish my blog readers all g...