Christmas, 2019, back when we could gather with more than one household for the holidays. 23 from the Wilbo clan gathered together to celebrate. A Spanish serrano ham was ordered, complete with ham stand and knife. We dreamed of a glut of prosciutto style meat, to no avail. Here is the link to the caper…

One last painting of fall. I know the leaves are long gone, but I didn't want to wait until next year to post this. Watercolour 11×14, matted to 16×20.

The world seems to be tightening up again. It's the impending doom feeling of March of 2020. Travel quarantines are being reinstated and I read this morning that Pfizer is considering recommending a fourth vaccine dose in order to fight the Omicron invasion. Our Canadian news included a recommendation from the public health authority in…

After 20 months our world widened again. Grateful to return to Kauai, reuniting with good friends, it was the proverbial feast for the eyes and soul. So accustomed to the comforting greys and forest greens of home, the scenery and colours of Hawaii were startlingly beautiful.  Prior to the days of digital photography where it’s too…

It’s pet portrait time of year. There’s a lot of interest in the colourful variety. Here’s the famous Petey, who shares an Instagram account with doggy sibling, Donny. Petey loves his blankie.  A colourful scene, asking to be painted, is the Canadian/US border at Blaine.   That was taken last week prior to the nonstop…

At this never ending pandemic? At the state of the world, be it political or environmental? Nope, something for more simple and pleasurable. As the song goes: I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.    We recently made the 35th variety of mostly sugar free ice cream, some lactose free, in our…

Recently, Opus Art hosted a challenge, “Your Creative Life,” where artists were invited  to submit a work in progress with an explanation of their approach. It was so nice to receive a message today that my sunflower painting was one of the projects selected. This is a portion of it in progress: Seeing my name…

  Judging from the pictures can you guess where we were? Hint: we got brave and took our first flight since the pandemic started.    There were badlands, cactus, sage brush and hoodoos, enough to make you believe we were thousands of kilometres south, when in fact we were a bit northeast of Calgary, in…

Now what was I going to write about? Who's knows? It was one of those questions about where you fall on a specific topic. Those kinds of things half of those questioned answer one way and half the other, but it's slipped my mind. It must have something to do with how I've been spending…

It took me three months to realize I had been paying for Apple TV, something I had never used. Ninety days came free with one of our phones and Apple "generously" extended the deadline during the pandemic.  Such an oxymoron when it comes to its customers – Apple and generous. Apparently I failed to extend…