Wildfire smoke - evening sun over Victoria, PEI.
No filter!

I’ve been dunking this year but first time I could stay in for a long swim. Summer is well and truly on the way!

I’m working my way through The Dream podcast which is about the history of MLMs…and that is a whole other thread to follow on American love affair with grift and consequently Trump politics.

Weirdly I made this little painting a couple of years ago while healing a relationship with a narcissist. Collective unconscious?

An oil painting of a PEI coast with fields overlooking the Northumberland Strait. It is a pre-dawn sky with a full moon.

Needle felted dog.

Needle felted dog

A rudimentary lino print of a full moon and two oysters

And being forced inside this cold holiday weekend provided me with some studio time to play and putter! Finished a painting, started needle felting a wee version of my dog, and tried my hand at a Linoprint.

Multi coloured entrance to a Victorian era home. It is in the process of being painted with 6 different colours

Decorative woodwork on the entrance of a Victorian house that is being painted

Crap weather for this long weekend preventing me from exterior painting. Got a bit more on front entrance done but so, so very far from finished…
#heritagehouse
#gothicrevival
#victorian
#PEI

No, but Aussie settlers sure did do a genocide on the Indigenous population. Canadian here - we did the same. (We also had slavery but pretend we didn’t)

Hate to brag but my home brewed blueberry kombucha spritzer with pineapple/coconut sparking water slaps. Wild Friday night watching #thestudio

A child’s canoe paddle painted with a moon, sunrise over water and some seashells/seaweed. Very folk arty.

A gel monoprint of a small dog under a full moon. A field of wildflowers surround the dog. Colours are mostly yellow, blues and black.

The outdoor porch of a beige Victorian house that is being painted orange, green, peach and raspberry.

Weekend wrap up of projects: started painting the house, rain sidelined me inside to some play in studio.

Charlie Oscar November Golf Romeo Alpha Tango Sierra

Painting of a clearing in the woods at night. A small white figure vaguely animal shaped stands in a pool of light.

Beltaine blessings. Light a fire. Make a leap. Run toward the danger. The world needs you.

Haha - nope…it was a young NDP supporter.

I was told last week that I am not allowed to identify as “progressive” if I intended to vote Lib. It’s a fraught thing to grapple with but I decided I can live with harm reduction.

This is a once in a lifetime capture. Well done! 💜

I tend to hiss at anything that interrupts my alone time when I’m working on a project. So that’s no fun for other people. Lol! BUT….I do believe that people getting together to work on creative projects is awesome. Remember when folks had regular stitch and bitch nights? 💜

A colourful monoprint called Le joie de vivre. It is abstract with several marks and shapes made with ink, paint, chalk and alcohol marker.

A gel print plate in its packaging. The plate is used to make monoprints but applying various inks and paints, stencils etc.

I treated myself to a gel printing plate to play with making monoprints and started arsing around with it tonight. So fun! I think this could be addictive.

#speedball
#printmaking

Hahah - that was what got me. Show me a group of primary school boys who voluntarily wash their hands…

Some recent work. It’s been a tough winter creatively
#PEI
#landscape
#art

I think I saw a mom saying she is heartbroken that her son can’t go to the bathroom with his friend group to pee, wash their hands and have a little chat. Gender neutral is against her morals even. So much to unpack!

Hahaha! Yeah I stepped over it…not risking a fall

My knees are still paying for it with all those hard drops on concrete! I could feel it today going down the stairs at the Centre.

I did but then I wondered if you recognized me! We are such silly gooses!

Oh it is utter evil - the scammers are often victims of human trafficking.

When your daughter is flying home from Colombia and you aren’t worried about her travelling there but a little worried about her getting out of USA safely.

Romance fraud: the cost of loving

I get sooo many romance scam followers on here. It is intense. Blocking at least a half dozen daily. I’m sure a few talented ones have slipped through. Listen to this please if you are a middle aged woman who loves dogs…

open.spotify.com/episode/3Qpo...

An appropriately funded public broadcaster as a little treat?

The damned book! Haha! I can’t pretend to understand but I also just don’t believe in any of it. But I do think Catholic mass is an experience that can be very fun, mysterious and a little scary!

I think his focus on poverty and genocide was not usual for the papacy? Also, I see a lot of folks on here saying they are lapsed Catholics. Does that generally mean still C but not practicing? Still culturally C maybe?

Can you also explain to me that the wind won’t hurt me? Bringing up Fiona trauma. Ugh