Time Keeps on Slipping...

Another new year is upon us. I can't believe how 2007 just seemed to slip by so quickly. Best wishes to all for a very happy and healthy new year.

Dunvegan ATC Group

Our ATC group had its annual holiday potluck and trade and celebrated our 7th year together. It was a really fun afternoon. Great food. Great conversation. Great trades!

Chocolate MInt Cake

I made this chocolate mint cake for a potluck party last night. There was hardly anything left by the time the party was over!

Big Things

Big bowling pins in Cornwall, Ontario. Unfortunately the bowling alley went broke a few years back and they knocked everything down.

Lost Pets ATCs

Our monthly artist trading card session is coming up on Saturday where we will be celebrating our 7th anniversary with a big trading session and potluck snack. My Lost Pet ATCs (click to enlarge) are what I'm trading this month. The lost donkey was from a classified ad in the Oregonian from Portland, Oregon. The other ads were found in the Ottawa Citizen and the Montreal Gazette.

Boxing Day

After a wonderful Christmas meal in Ottawa, Richard and I headed back home and watched The Sound of Music, kind of a Christmas tradition. Richard does a great imitation of Gayog (Christopher Plummer) singing "Edelweiss." My version of "The Lonely Goatherd" ain't bad either.

Merry Christmas to One and All

I'd like to wish all my friends who celebrate it a very Merry Christmas. I hope that you enjoy your family visits and eat lots of turkey and stuffing. I'm off to Ottawa this afternoon to celebrate with Richard's 90-year-old mum, his 2 sisters and brothers-in-law. Bring on the plum pudding!

A Beautiful Time of Year

What a gorgeous time of year. Embrace it. Afterall, spring is only 3 months away!

Solstice Bonfire

The days are now getting longer! It'll be nice not to have it pitch black at 4:30 p.m.
This photo is one Richard snapped of the solstice bonfire. Pretty dramatic. (I'm the one in the black coat with my hood up.)

Solstice Cake

We went to a Solstice party last night and spent the longest night of the year in front of a massive bonfire. There were about 30 people around the enourmous fire drinking hot glog or Mexican coffee available in the open-log studio, (warming in crockpots on very long extension cords). When we went inside there was tons of food and my solstice cake, which was a red velvet cake with cream cheese frosting.

Small Town LIfe

Leaving $30 in a can? Kind of nice I think. Another odd small town Canada thing...Xmas shopping with Richard last night at Zellers in Hawkesbury, Ontario and we decided to eat at their in-store retro 1950s diner where half of the restaurant had its chairs removed to enable a group of 10-15 seniors to do a line dancing routine. Right in the middle of the restaurant!

Pine Grosbeaks

These gorgeous pink birds (the females are the plain, tawny-coloured ones) were spotted at Richard's place. They've been back to the feeder for sunflower seeds several days in a row. Wonderful to see them.

Snow Fence

It really looks like winter out there. And winter only really starts on December 21st...

What I Did During the Storm

Since I couldn't go anywhere, I loaded the fires with wood and starting painting. And I couldn't stop!