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Finding the joy in every day. 4/23/24 “So what will you write today in your blog?” my partner asks. Good question. I just let the keyboard and my fingers tell the story. Sounds weird, but true. In the 80’s I did a Journalling course that relied on Morning Pages. Writing stream of consciousness for three…

Finding the joy in every day. 4/22/24 The advantage to reorganizing an art room is that you get to review previous work from a a different perspective. I am liking this piece; it speaks to me of my fear and the profound mystery of the Salish Sea. I painted this piece before I started my…

Finding the joy in every day. 4/21/24 Today is my partner’s birthday. In 1990 I gave her a surprise birthday when she turned 50. Invited all the people in her address book; turned out she hadn’t seen most of them in ten years. It was a surprise for everyone. We have been together for 34…

Finding the joy in every day. 4/20/24 The joy that comes from serendipity; chance meetings, turned into friendships. I’m admitting that I love looking at real estate and open houses. That’s how we met these two amazing women…at an open house. They are real estate stars. Brilliant at their craft. Yesterday, they visited with a…

Finding the joy in every day. 4/19/24 Yesterday’s dip was incredible. 16 degrees Celsius outside temperature. Water temp 9.5 degrees Celsius. Sun. Blue sky with amazing low cloud structures. Water trilling with a slight wind. Sun warmed the body as dressing into dry clothes. Excellent. Tea time, anyone? Last night a Fairfield photographer took these…

Finding the joy every day. 4/17/24 Knitting for fun on pieces of driftwood. I really enjoyed doing this as a project. I tried changing tension from tight to loose. I can imagine the machines that make big fish nets or the looms that might have been used at one time. I could also use it…

Finding the joy in everyday. 4/16/24 I am still searching for my passport but have had lots of fun discovering little joys in my paper bins. My partner and I, and Rupert Manning and Simon Gunnanoot. And look at our big smiles. I am not sure who is taking the picture or what the occasion…

Finding the joy every day. 4/15/24 Wind. OBODO. Land of the wind; Rivers, Manitoba. When I was a kid I loved to watch the wind whip through the wheat fields beside our house. We lived on an army base and our house overlooked a wheat field. We use to play in the field, build forts,…

Finding the joy in every day. 4/13/24 Today I went down to Ross Bay and dipped for 10 minutes. It was warm today, about 10 degrees Celsius; light wind 12 kilometres. The sun was warm, heating the stones underfoot. There were many people on the beach soaking up the rays and several dipping; dogs aplenty…

Finding the joy in every day. 4/12/24 Today I went for a bike ride. We took our normal route but went down the back of St. Charles by the cemetery where Emily Carr is buried. What a beautiful little lane-way, and at the end, a hill-top view of the ocean and Little Ross Bay. The…