Playing with brown and grey paper and lettering

Strathmore has these really lovely books. I wish they were coptic bound instead so the page spread would lay flat, but that's my only complaint so far.

Bee Paper has a 9x9 spiral bound brown paper book that I've been really inspired by lately.

My grandfather... Papa, as I always called him, passed away very peacefully last Sunday. He was the first person to show me calligraphy and used to let me doodle on his graph paper. I have his old desk in my art room. After his funeral yesterday I went to the desk, did some lettering, listened to some piano concertos on CBC and drank tea.

This and that

I've been arting a lot, but it's all rather personal and I'm not sharing. Have a random photo dump instead.

Twilight lantern in the art room

Bean and kiddo on the Ridge Top Trail

Rhodo, of a variety I've never seen before. It's outside my art room and  is easily 8ft tall.

East Sooke

Also East Sooke

Again with the East Sooke.

2 Years Old

My Bean boy turns 2 today. :-)

Happy Birthday Bean!

It doesn't seem possible that he used to look like a small, black potato with Dorito ears, but I have evidence...

The first photo I saw of him, when we thought we'd call him Chilibean

He had hardly any legs!

His first night home which is when we figured out he was a Bean.

That's changed a fair bit. Now he sometimes resembles a deer.

How can legs that skinny climb so much faster than I can??

To celebrate the momentous occasion Bean and I shared breakfast on a mountain. He is the best trail companion anyone could hope for and has exceeded all the hopes I had when I adopted him. He's kept me company, entertained and sane, turned me into a dog-person and reminded me what unconditional love is like.

Sure do love that dawg.

The Noble Bean

Green Thanksgiving

I'm calling it done...

... both the weekend and the landscape.
I think this is a partial success. I had wanted to try it as a "pure" watercolour, but I just didn't like it that way and before I knew it the pen was in my hand. Oh, and I know I'm supposed to leave a border... oops. Not that I was likely to frame this one anyway.

Inlet - mixed media

And a very happy birthday to my "little" brother... one of the only people who reads this. Hi Andrew. ;)

"Little" sister Kate came too, but she doesn't read this as far as I know, so I'll show her modeling the funny socks on her enormous feet. Hi Kate. :)

It's so unfair that they got the tall genes.