Something cobwebby and autumnal in time for this weekend’s semi-annual Fall Art Show and Sale. 8”x10” watercolour on 140lb cold press paper. 

It was Canadian Thanksgiving and off we went to Washington’s Bayview State Park, less than 90 minutes from home,  pulling the trailer, plus the border line-up. Of course we stop for groceries on the US side to avoid questioning and searching re food. What you can and can’t bring over the border is a moving…

I found a list of goals for retirement, written over ten years ago. I am grateful we’ve exceeded the ten year mark, happy and healthy. It’s the luck of the draw I suppose, so many sad stories. Back to the report card, I’ve only reached maybe half of the ten goals, but have achieved many…

The tunnel being a long day of travel home, the light being the magnificent sunset as we were landing.

We are so fortunate to have had the opportunity to attend the wedding of Kirsten (Chuck’s nephew’s daughter) and Ben in Galesburg, Illinois.  Four days of celebrating started with a family dinner where we reminisced with the bride’s dad about his wedding over 40 years ago, where we were the young’uns listing to the old…

The South Rock Art Tour was a success for these two artists of Beachview.art. The weather was perfect and a constant stream of art lovers came through the house and sales were steady. It was also an opportunity to exchange ideas and helpful info with other visiting artists. And we made new connections with people…

Chuck and I are participating in this year’s art tour. We are number 14 on the official map available on their website. https://www.southrockarttour.com There will be a selection of my original watercolour paintings, prints and art cards. Hope to see you next weekend.

We’ve made it to our new home, but it will take some time to fine tune it. In the meantime we’ll continue to post and you can look forward to changes in format and style.

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