Check it out! Here'a a new website for The Network of Eastern Ontario Artists and Artisans, found at www.artseo.ca . Lots of local artis...

Here is the last book of the round robin art journal project which I was involved with. At the beginning of each month a new journal with a ...

As the snow recedes, you can see things starting to come to life. Especially since last year at this time we had a dump of 30 cm of snow, fo...

There's a lot of wildlife out there this time of year. This is the first time I've seen the male cardinal all winter. The American G...

I did this 8" carrot cake for a shared birthday this week. But since it was for a small crowd, I was asked if I could split the recipe ...

I dropped in on my friend Lis the other day. She has a way of making the most common thing look artful. Like this group of avocados throwing...

Winter gets a bad rap but for us, it's a time to be out in the woods, cutting it and communing with it too. For instance, look at this o...

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...

The other day my friend Peggi and I made a quick trip into Ottawa and landed at a fabulous little spot called Three Bakers and a Bike . With...

My brother-in-law recently started his own blog. Click here to check out Barry Strauss's blog . Those interested in a historical perspec...

Living in the countryside, there's always some sort of critter out there. By day it's colourful birds and red squirrels. By night it...

I've had spring and flowers on my mind lately. Here is a grouping of things I covered in pink coneflowers. Then I moved on to daisies. H...

Some of my sketches of recent visitors out my window. Initially I thought it was a flying squirrel perched near the feeder until I cast my d...

Yesterday, Richard and I were invited to a winter feast in the old, stone house of friends of ours. It was a sit-down, five course meal for ...