We're in week 3 of a heatwave. I eat a lot of this, cut up in chunks and ice-cold. Watermelon is mostly seedless these days, but a few s...

What I've been doing. Sorting and assembling pretty little packages. Find them in my Etsy shop . SOLD   Simplicity...

 I'm very happy to have contributed to the new issue of Art Quilting Studio .  My article Simplicity is...

We are making memories. Every day at 7:30 p.m., the hospitals' shift changes, and every day at that hour all over the city people come...

 I hope you're all doing well. I don't have much to say, as I spend most of my time at home. I make two trips out for necessities,...

 Long after this Covid is over, I will remember "Wash your hands" as being the slogan for 2020. If you're reading this, I ho...

 I was invited to contribute to the Summer 2020 issue of Art Quilting Studio , and today I finished writing the article, a week before the d...

I love the concept of furoshiki, the traditional Japanese wrapping cloth used to transport clothes, gifts, or other goods. So I decided ...

New painting. Ginger  The photos don't do it justice. The colours are warmer in reality. Anyway, I'm just happy that ...

The new year began with spring flowers... a lovely bouquet from a friend brightened up a grey day.   New work, getting off the...

Merry Christmas Happy New Year Simplicity is the removal of the useless and the unnecessary --source unknown

 Triaging my collection of rubber stamps, I came across this one. It was probably the first one I ever purchased, and I'm still very fon...

Hello! Snows came early this year and caught me unwares. My old winter boots are a disgrace, so I had to hunt for a new pair. The dog I oc...

It's Thanksgiving Day in Canada.  Happy Thanksgiving!  May light penetrate the darkness. Simplicity is the removal of...

Enjoying the cooler fall temperatures. This time of year always energizes me, so I've been more active. I celebrated another birthday a ...

 My last post was titled Summer Discomfort. Because of that discomfort, I haven't blogged in ages. But you hold on, do what you must, an...

Life has been a little difficult lately.... a lot of construction noise going on around my home, added to a back injury that's forced me...

 And just like that it's July. Revisions on my manuscript are very nearly done. Meanwhile, I followed my mentor's advice and s...

New in my shop . Little collections of little quilties. Two sets of 3 On sale with free shipping to Canada and the U.S. ...

My trusty computer breathed its last and for about a week everything came to a standstill. The unfortunate thing about getting a new one up ...

Listed today in my Etsy shop, two collages on antique papers. Alternative methods of travel series Peculiar people S...

Way back when, I wanted to design book covers. Many years later, I was given the opportunity to design a cover by a friend who is publishing...

I just listed another art bundle/instant art collection in my Etsy shop. Six original pieces. You can view them here .  Meanwhile, I...

 For the past two weeks, my friend's dog, Gustav the dachshund, has been staying with me while she and her family are on vacation. ...

Writing.... and drawing. I don't know where she came from, but she means something to me and maybe one of these days I'll figure i...

Writing fiction activates the imagination, so when I took a break, I got the idea to combine my quilties into a fabric book. They are in a...

I have a book project to work on this year. It's already written, and now it needs to be amplified from a novella to a full-length novel...