Another successful photo hunt

John getting a camera is a wonderful thing. Now it’s definitely not so much a case of us going somewhere and him watching Katherine while I shoot photos. We both get a chance to have fun. Today we went to the Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in St. John’s (Newfoundland, Canada). We snuck…

Photo hunting again….

One of the things that John and I loved doing in the Days Before Katherine was photo taking together. We’d drag our equipment around from place to place, shooting whatever caught our fancy. Film and developing got to be expensive and time became a highly-desireable, yet rarely-present, commodity after Katherine’s birth, so we fell out…

Quick sketch – playing with pastels

Pastel dye sticks on cotton, 30″ x 20″. Thought I’d post this because a) it’s the first time I’ve used pastels since Junior High School (that’s grade seven, when I was 13 years old, or nigh on twenty years ago, take your pick) b) It’s something interesting I’m working on c) Kathy Molatch gave me…

Sometimes they give me a day pass…

… and sometimes I escape and run away, screaming. Today was somewhere inbetween, as I had moderate cabin fever and was having an allergic reaction to motherhood. John booted me for an hour or so and I meandered over snow-infested roads, in search of something visually stimulating. My daughter is cute, the dogs are wonderful…

Symbiotic collections…

Throughout the house I have assorted pottery bowls. I love pottery bowls, but really, one family can only use so many. So I’ve started putting my rock collection (yes, adults can have them too) in the bowls. The rocks are from various outings and adventures and the bowls are usually suited in some way to…