tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-334344502024-03-21T17:47:34.128-07:00JUST THISJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-21832627447099548712011-01-02T13:05:00.000-08:002011-01-09T15:29:35.856-08:00Thirty Days of Noticing<a href="http://ariverofstones.blogspot.com/" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC-kaiiKHFUmtO8V__8xkT26a8i4iAwp8EBQb7sx52wXieLiYYuZrZgFrNJGXKDkYca7gy9Dwrv3643jrLCGmwt6MPFJHGVSq13vXlla5CF28cbQiFRTguFjoBVibmULXKdMs6wQ/s250/inbadgeone.jpg" /></a>Joining the River of Small Stones today - writing about small things I notice each day for thirty days<br />
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If you are new to Fiona's <i>Small Stones</i>, click on the graphic at right - then join us if you wish or just read along.<br />
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January 1, 2011<br />
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Isn't it interesting if you write the date in shortened form, it looks like this: 1/1/11<br />
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January 2<br />
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new computer - where the heck is the delete key?<br />
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January 3<br />
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slowly, slowly, the thick frost on the roof across the lane disappears in the afternoon sunlight.<br />
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January 4<br />
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the old grey raccoon makes his morning rounds through the brown stubble and weeds<br />
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January 5<br />
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at the Seniors' Centre this morning, doing my weekly volunteer shift, I saw this message scribbled on the inside of the door of one of the toilet cubicles - "if you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweetie and wipe the seatie"<br />
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January 6<br />
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they keep trying to convince me that my morning star is not a star, but the planet Venus - but they won't succeed<br />
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January 7<br />
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oh no, in this morning's mail - a reminder to make an appointment for my next mammogram - ouch!<br />
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January 8<br />
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after just two days of sunshine, the daffodil bulbs have popped out of the ground<br />
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January 9<br />
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David picked all the raisins out of his morning oatmeal porridge - he said they were tormented grapes - I think he saw that on an old movieJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-39375342566581121302009-07-12T15:22:00.001-07:002009-07-12T16:02:38.298-07:00Haida Gwaii<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9we6f9069l1kOo_Fbf6a0GaBgEu07o-bxgUkSkTa77ZQnjxkMYr7TuhfHzi3Sn_tUIpW0FG70b5Wk2V6rQsTmv9imIEdyKqAncSUk4kxKEu1sIGdHIRIBgNVukPUJCMu76GWBQ/s1600-h/totem.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9we6f9069l1kOo_Fbf6a0GaBgEu07o-bxgUkSkTa77ZQnjxkMYr7TuhfHzi3Sn_tUIpW0FG70b5Wk2V6rQsTmv9imIEdyKqAncSUk4kxKEu1sIGdHIRIBgNVukPUJCMu76GWBQ/s400/totem.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357703032397413490" /></a><br />Just back from the Queen Charlottes with a sketch of this magnificent totem. <i>Haida Gwaii</i> means "Islands of the People".<br /><br />I recently read a book by China Galland called <i>Longing for Darkness</i>, subtitled <i>Tara and the Black Madonna</i> in which she described her ten-year journey to discover the meaning of darkness in the mysterious black images of divinity. She conducted a deeply personal investigation taking her from New Mexico through Nepal, India, Switzerland, France, Yugoslavia, and Poland - places where gods like Tara, the female Buddha of the Tibetan tradition, and the Black Madonna are venerated today.<br /><br />I hope she is able soon to visit the totems at Masset where she might find another Black Madonna.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-k0RDXbjK5dI5ovXG8vE9-HBzB0341x1R2Q5kwLnEgd3DiBiZ_P91Z7jyl7_xIoGaF3gd_FXWnhW9YxRfFngotEbGXOWtN8ND-YAUqy6-QRLQEB3IAKJv8iw-nzlkK-e2EfhfBw/s1600-h/queen+charlotte+map.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-k0RDXbjK5dI5ovXG8vE9-HBzB0341x1R2Q5kwLnEgd3DiBiZ_P91Z7jyl7_xIoGaF3gd_FXWnhW9YxRfFngotEbGXOWtN8ND-YAUqy6-QRLQEB3IAKJv8iw-nzlkK-e2EfhfBw/s400/queen+charlotte+map.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357711338364048290" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-34171426826125874132009-07-08T10:35:00.000-07:002009-07-08T10:37:32.779-07:00Picasso said<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gA2sZpSMKe6J2MWWGafyTwfmAt8hb7_fV3A2n_cWgoiH132wFopjz25MdsWioiQ2h30h7kYlrlNwgBmObTt2rTn767ElyedN7LXjcEw9iKbg1s88e5sYCdE3U5b_mm6Sz85Xqg/s1600-h/trees.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-gA2sZpSMKe6J2MWWGafyTwfmAt8hb7_fV3A2n_cWgoiH132wFopjz25MdsWioiQ2h30h7kYlrlNwgBmObTt2rTn767ElyedN7LXjcEw9iKbg1s88e5sYCdE3U5b_mm6Sz85Xqg/s400/trees.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356144381986961010" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-87284439764397574922009-07-02T10:29:00.000-07:002009-07-08T10:34:52.984-07:00Lunch at San Remo<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuNKq7GY_C_HctRr_Ydqoh7iPm43L3ngg5prKW3tgQjS8hcyoiaIn0gUM7KZ-wRu4MRrVBcrwLsEoL8_TOjrhG9YN-vz5O1PTExl_ITwXPDEuKmtipTLXnffPAXtRYchcqpJvRQ/s1600-h/san+remo+shed.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIuNKq7GY_C_HctRr_Ydqoh7iPm43L3ngg5prKW3tgQjS8hcyoiaIn0gUM7KZ-wRu4MRrVBcrwLsEoL8_TOjrhG9YN-vz5O1PTExl_ITwXPDEuKmtipTLXnffPAXtRYchcqpJvRQ/s400/san+remo+shed.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356142894073444498" /></a><br /><br />To our favorite Greek restaurant for souvlakis and ouzo. Dino came to Canada from a small village near Olympia 25 years ago.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUe6fKecbHHXAm0VZe7fLrNmMZlia-CgE1p8OJbAAljiL0RX8IV-ukfQNYWXXQNRr5tdVoaEt4WsKEkw9X6AAiT3OHwXQSPI-fGXQgaNJMjps46K0OIfmF0AAkmv0cv9oyRN7PoQ/s1600-h/san+remo+dino.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUe6fKecbHHXAm0VZe7fLrNmMZlia-CgE1p8OJbAAljiL0RX8IV-ukfQNYWXXQNRr5tdVoaEt4WsKEkw9X6AAiT3OHwXQSPI-fGXQgaNJMjps46K0OIfmF0AAkmv0cv9oyRN7PoQ/s400/san+remo+dino.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356142889893031298" /></a><br /><br />Here he is with friends back in GreeceJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-9126063770147439062009-07-01T10:32:00.001-07:002009-07-01T10:45:30.082-07:00Canada Day<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTrGnn5GbbaX-MjXIg8HgNWqvfiIM5jWatBIM3zgMG7xtkkTwMvPCPu1HyHyngAsrajR54o14kC1_ke-CpLd1_VMfGJ5Gqp5AV0G5QDRgAx2pp3NNk4FiZzCByna3VPxlHPL9hA/s1600-h/Journey+Title.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguTrGnn5GbbaX-MjXIg8HgNWqvfiIM5jWatBIM3zgMG7xtkkTwMvPCPu1HyHyngAsrajR54o14kC1_ke-CpLd1_VMfGJ5Gqp5AV0G5QDRgAx2pp3NNk4FiZzCByna3VPxlHPL9hA/s400/Journey+Title.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353547891768239650" /></a><br /><br />We traveled across the country by train. In Halifax, there is a wonderful Immigration Museum at Pier 1 ... stories and old pictures of folks coming into the country by boat. I guess people arrive here at an airport now.<br /><br />There was a very old woman sitting on a bench nearby, and she was sobbing and sobbing. They spoke a language I didn't understand, but I think it was Polish. Apparently she'd arrived here in the 40's during WWIIJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-45115303139007023702009-06-18T09:07:00.001-07:002009-06-18T09:32:30.582-07:00Sketches in an Old Book<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8BpG9BGGe9RLXJnjzByDZZjbDHwhgtF4j9EZ1xBfWP_EFdgF3XKUKvekFRUvKQl8p-YQBdC1ebDu5gAW8o8AvUeOfJi9Yh4J7GyOlNisIszBDI2Bg1NamShuX81SN1d5xbVLbg/s1600-h/first+sketch.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK8BpG9BGGe9RLXJnjzByDZZjbDHwhgtF4j9EZ1xBfWP_EFdgF3XKUKvekFRUvKQl8p-YQBdC1ebDu5gAW8o8AvUeOfJi9Yh4J7GyOlNisIszBDI2Bg1NamShuX81SN1d5xbVLbg/s320/first+sketch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348700114536467650" /></a><br />I found a set of four old books from my childhood hidden at the bottom of a box is the store room. I was going to give them to the neighborhood thrift store, but now I'm so glad I didn't.<br /><br />The pages are thick and creamy - taking pen and ink and light watercolor.<br /><br />The first one I've starting using for doodling and sketches is <i>Old Swedish Fairy Tales</i> by Anna Wahlenberg, translated by Antoinette DeCoursey Patterson. Published in 1925 (I think) - my memory of Roman Numerals is a bit shaky<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QjwA7sLAph9iPdOXzrw2vFy4OhtQKpHHITIRuX7EPjK2JpxhOTTWTTXkGNp9wcc9xGSnUN1ZfYURzSsoAhzEmKR9vkhriWpo6ePmhKdVnQRbSI9XgMG5xkpRrxWhJ6LbmGn3sg/s1600-h/old+swedish+fairy+tales.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0QjwA7sLAph9iPdOXzrw2vFy4OhtQKpHHITIRuX7EPjK2JpxhOTTWTTXkGNp9wcc9xGSnUN1ZfYURzSsoAhzEmKR9vkhriWpo6ePmhKdVnQRbSI9XgMG5xkpRrxWhJ6LbmGn3sg/s320/old+swedish+fairy+tales.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348701756717395074" /></a><br /><br />There are three more - all with wonderful watercolor illustrations<br /><br /><i>Tanglewood Tales</i> by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1921<br /><br /><i>Old French Fairy Tales</i> by Comtesse DeSegur 1920<br /><br /><i>The Book of Fables</i> edited by Frederic Taber Cooper 1921<br /><br /><br />I suspect this is a project that will keep me going for a long long timeJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-3850368052956166042009-06-15T17:22:00.001-07:002009-06-15T20:24:17.528-07:00Poppies<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFldTgz_sS3HKYJBExYCO_el6smZ9M26KadO4y9VB4_mejRbCX3gpsbnYpxIN2OFoKH89QKIWchk0qXN38ROFuzNBuTg_GaS4PsHRG1QK0dxnZOk05l2T9Zm33-Pcb9Aa8lNL9g/s1600-h/poppies.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 228px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAFldTgz_sS3HKYJBExYCO_el6smZ9M26KadO4y9VB4_mejRbCX3gpsbnYpxIN2OFoKH89QKIWchk0qXN38ROFuzNBuTg_GaS4PsHRG1QK0dxnZOk05l2T9Zm33-Pcb9Aa8lNL9g/s320/poppies.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347761009032135202" /></a><br /><br />in my neighbor's gardenJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-12529821408456539042009-06-14T08:47:00.001-07:002009-06-14T09:14:06.859-07:00Papermaking with Native Grasses<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm_c7ngORG1WsH6HeOLy85-LR_eAW5EM8Wf0gAAc035TZxEQ5OFq4Dqq6GCrWrIxJc8W3ltmz_QLu1UCBDTb6xM3T7t4UB2AKAieNcAlt0uO9o1TbOnflI5ixJDQET_b8q23acw/s1600-h/handmade+paper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjm_c7ngORG1WsH6HeOLy85-LR_eAW5EM8Wf0gAAc035TZxEQ5OFq4Dqq6GCrWrIxJc8W3ltmz_QLu1UCBDTb6xM3T7t4UB2AKAieNcAlt0uO9o1TbOnflI5ixJDQET_b8q23acw/s400/handmade+paper.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347213440442579154" /></a>At Sitka Center in Oregon, we used many different plant fibers for papermaking<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCBr_UjTNGfU-vtlxC-Wt5n0tUUAjuPS9sD6A5I0rGBzq13LFwnEEdTb4lzjNxp85IxTWB12Wf9-hiO5ZNgCaZH1LMfkHeRYrhvihzV38vHpBtlv7wgBvO39OeZGuMHVwuzWMDQ/s1600-h/title.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHCBr_UjTNGfU-vtlxC-Wt5n0tUUAjuPS9sD6A5I0rGBzq13LFwnEEdTb4lzjNxp85IxTWB12Wf9-hiO5ZNgCaZH1LMfkHeRYrhvihzV38vHpBtlv7wgBvO39OeZGuMHVwuzWMDQ/s400/title.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347212591309156194" /></a><br />I bound up several samples in a Japanese Stab Binding book<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrG5yAbhJZdjEPe9mmv-5mTohxC0FrYpF_VL8ObgtoFTgUrV-EkBSTGmU_HM5uW942_38_cZRve7ytiowOBNzyyv0vUMCP9Ks5TRi9JxIGiCXtY4lAd-wfop02RmkP7KZOt_U73Q/s1600-h/map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrG5yAbhJZdjEPe9mmv-5mTohxC0FrYpF_VL8ObgtoFTgUrV-EkBSTGmU_HM5uW942_38_cZRve7ytiowOBNzyyv0vUMCP9Ks5TRi9JxIGiCXtY4lAd-wfop02RmkP7KZOt_U73Q/s400/map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347212587836745154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBALPYDwD94_Erb-Q9WyItQM9mehINdAc_Qz8GBPRmdUn8z1zoG8xcvTIoSgSDM3Ft-JD_GH-dkXuEd58acn7-4q6XxDMvcJcdWhU6bjjDQKbl2p1aQ5ms_bPoPNtAsAZ9T_zng/s1600-h/formation+techniques.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 336px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPpRaH1EdfWZs5jcV6YZ_RlkczGaFxVDiDFxW2cs3RqpvW8jAWP7QpaMdt4QYzqUAYODAlggKprNTsxBD0HFyvZhIEJCaplIrhs7FeARp6Ct2u5RAtW3bczGmNj1ySjcrHDI0bxg/s400/red+onion+garlic+spartina+corn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347211641651914786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYVlwbGcniBtgXSfj_xA8Kx4AdnEJLiLpM36dhBKjxtdHcYFTyr-P4_aoqzGd205Iff0Nbg1gLtkzUBCdzcxQDTBrQfWCA0cnOgyN7U5D0OBgJwLXoi8ZQczhCW2Sje6mf4KBkw/s1600-h/winter+spartina.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCYVlwbGcniBtgXSfj_xA8Kx4AdnEJLiLpM36dhBKjxtdHcYFTyr-P4_aoqzGd205Iff0Nbg1gLtkzUBCdzcxQDTBrQfWCA0cnOgyN7U5D0OBgJwLXoi8ZQczhCW2Sje6mf4KBkw/s400/winter+spartina.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347211638651083954" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGlBvmpGh8BDHZrErlIIg3RnXLBl2k_qd6BC0ggHQY83VLBccQ7AdUWTvNhxdkQ8yo8JGfUQqiZIFqXuhSs2OVo8tgirUene1dI90fHpaedqrA_4qyzrEDKZiJwmEINXC9mUAag/s1600-h/cover.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJGlBvmpGh8BDHZrErlIIg3RnXLBl2k_qd6BC0ggHQY83VLBccQ7AdUWTvNhxdkQ8yo8JGfUQqiZIFqXuhSs2OVo8tgirUene1dI90fHpaedqrA_4qyzrEDKZiJwmEINXC9mUAag/s400/cover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347216202209463922" /></a><br />Since that time, I've continued at home, using bamboo leaves from the garden by my patio. Here you can see some of the sheets drying in the sun.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8dGaFXopdtegRij4g2ALhlu0gjePnJI1cpoMSrRijdlo9lnC3jlKiVjzqX0guwz6vGchwRUD7FcAyPLkLWd8zhw-3mGtVVJb4lEssT8oFwRgYMv3u1LnRbRD2xOHd79p6AWA2w/s1600-h/drying.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU8dGaFXopdtegRij4g2ALhlu0gjePnJI1cpoMSrRijdlo9lnC3jlKiVjzqX0guwz6vGchwRUD7FcAyPLkLWd8zhw-3mGtVVJb4lEssT8oFwRgYMv3u1LnRbRD2xOHd79p6AWA2w/s400/drying.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347216201201808642" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPPu3EqAWiz9wIpuoXXtD_EJcXsT9hLLynyQ4cPiFHqUgDmniNGLqr_NpRNEU4pjP8EVAH3aJhveFPdnPT5UF4CES0mW09dhDgzl24I4q5M7Fp01_dPplxgTi6blARlZX5bppQQ/s1600-h/bamboo+leaves.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 271px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAPPu3EqAWiz9wIpuoXXtD_EJcXsT9hLLynyQ4cPiFHqUgDmniNGLqr_NpRNEU4pjP8EVAH3aJhveFPdnPT5UF4CES0mW09dhDgzl24I4q5M7Fp01_dPplxgTi6blARlZX5bppQQ/s400/bamboo+leaves.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347215979285519346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWaK0IX0oAOaRy3xvT4Gv6lwDvjkzgRX2YYMCgjSx34hlo6kIiajIQ528xrZU0XSKE7-l_lYzS44aqg6GCt2R7yLpdavlxbVOqz26dyxvKaQca1-IMmhSNAedhPANvOEqpzdAOQ/s1600-h/merwin+poem.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYWaK0IX0oAOaRy3xvT4Gv6lwDvjkzgRX2YYMCgjSx34hlo6kIiajIQ528xrZU0XSKE7-l_lYzS44aqg6GCt2R7yLpdavlxbVOqz26dyxvKaQca1-IMmhSNAedhPANvOEqpzdAOQ/s400/merwin+poem.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347215977215973474" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSKf6m5JOsjktRyyx-Yf_863QCxVF5ogXtnDkvYJpFCPwephu1EotrCE3EXPnwoU-9e9fyAAorMZC7UyKtQ3AoMV8YKhmxk4j9TZPdeuVkhTEn19DGpj-pWVAHzpBoJwg9KjuxQ/s1600-h/tao.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaSKf6m5JOsjktRyyx-Yf_863QCxVF5ogXtnDkvYJpFCPwephu1EotrCE3EXPnwoU-9e9fyAAorMZC7UyKtQ3AoMV8YKhmxk4j9TZPdeuVkhTEn19DGpj-pWVAHzpBoJwg9KjuxQ/s400/tao.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5347215974329237938" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-25591136740357921522009-06-12T09:32:00.000-07:002009-06-12T09:37:02.653-07:00Time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRrA4IfC3YJKHDKd64DnhmVY_chi5FGtiQY1U8-bqpEU8r89MOD6WP4Ng5Euhyphenhyphen-HMrqnDYw8ecWhR8ytzqKL92nCCdVjI9hMtPlTCXVyabVfWLT631i840CifObdfQ7Ekt1rTyw/s1600-h/kermit.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 326px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkRrA4IfC3YJKHDKd64DnhmVY_chi5FGtiQY1U8-bqpEU8r89MOD6WP4Ng5Euhyphenhyphen-HMrqnDYw8ecWhR8ytzqKL92nCCdVjI9hMtPlTCXVyabVfWLT631i840CifObdfQ7Ekt1rTyw/s400/kermit.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346480081033706818" /></a><br />Dip pen and ink and brush pen on suminagashi. I did a lot of suminagash marbling a few years ago for use as end papers in my casebound books. Found this scrap tucked into another book.Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-38575654257030398552009-06-11T18:19:00.000-07:002009-06-12T07:22:02.516-07:00Saving Private Ryan<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50VLNnC0jhF05xNI9zggy20LCRTc4nOGAo3gX5JohbzHjJIZwbA38jnyI5BnvQ6saM8UdsO1lWyuy9uN4XsaGC92NpbmttegnOhCP-iId1HcIKn_actJeI8CD8xw55cblO_uXGQ/s1600-h/private+ryan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 316px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50VLNnC0jhF05xNI9zggy20LCRTc4nOGAo3gX5JohbzHjJIZwbA38jnyI5BnvQ6saM8UdsO1lWyuy9uN4XsaGC92NpbmttegnOhCP-iId1HcIKn_actJeI8CD8xw55cblO_uXGQ/s400/private+ryan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346245200648983714" /></a><br />We watched this movie last week when the anniversary of D Day came around. We watch it every year, and cry every yearJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-85049049294750324722009-06-11T09:28:00.000-07:002009-06-11T09:40:00.695-07:00Spider Trap<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlInBcVs12B1EK3DDXoUlolRVzbn3gOQNMxIXH3U-AaX8COE8ZFgYQ6l0klAPXurSV6iMbHhWjQ73EqoPerjvO83mQk_DZLu13KjJb2VziuxyfQZerIBNrpJvBL3LttBm1nUsCnw/s1600-h/spider+trap.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346107967767837618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlInBcVs12B1EK3DDXoUlolRVzbn3gOQNMxIXH3U-AaX8COE8ZFgYQ6l0klAPXurSV6iMbHhWjQ73EqoPerjvO83mQk_DZLu13KjJb2VziuxyfQZerIBNrpJvBL3LttBm1nUsCnw/s400/spider+trap.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />There's been an unusually large number of spiders this year ... and coming inside. I don't like to kill them, so I take them outside. Glass on top, a piece of cardboard underneath, and off we go to the patio.<br /><br />The building manager said, "eeeyew, I can think of a lot better use for a shot glass."Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-32496651865317370422009-06-10T08:33:00.001-07:002009-06-10T09:08:39.373-07:00an Island Weekend<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUaLxcdglBur006IIfHilE-r3nEsx5FH1PiS7jDVfTYtAPWjHfK0PYjO7jPlUQGFTvTDtgOUB7QZXylQf6LQRIG4TtFXWRaClv0_2yGnGdQkebVe_kkhT1Q3RWOsjnuoKUw35SA/s1600-h/cortes+map.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 399px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUaLxcdglBur006IIfHilE-r3nEsx5FH1PiS7jDVfTYtAPWjHfK0PYjO7jPlUQGFTvTDtgOUB7QZXylQf6LQRIG4TtFXWRaClv0_2yGnGdQkebVe_kkhT1Q3RWOsjnuoKUw35SA/s400/cortes+map.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345724117815984674" /></a><br />We live on an island, but it's so big I never think of it as an island. There are dozens of small islands surrounding us ... the Gulf Islands, the Discovery Islands, Queen Charlotte Islands. To Cortes for a weekend of fun in the sun, good friends and good food<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJ8SdJe9sZT9ffp-Azv-SGZhXHGbv-2U2dZudN43iR6S-PsDQdeyFofbWiqSZqwrZnUUvYFU9a5ToCTFGPPrSMZmGkCScyZkYpd-s6GhYuPhFC_H99UurUJnjVu8RBKzf33rFYQ/s1600-h/hollyhock+breakfast+clip.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcJ8SdJe9sZT9ffp-Azv-SGZhXHGbv-2U2dZudN43iR6S-PsDQdeyFofbWiqSZqwrZnUUvYFU9a5ToCTFGPPrSMZmGkCScyZkYpd-s6GhYuPhFC_H99UurUJnjVu8RBKzf33rFYQ/s400/hollyhock+breakfast+clip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345728259847112146" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-81752451267231994212009-06-08T09:00:00.000-07:002009-06-08T10:49:44.286-07:00Colcannon for supper tonight<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFQvx9fOPQv1PYq0clwY3Cjm-Th89Fh5XkMQRk3FpHO_IIe-1CYew3zvnd0RoRhr7pANSldQe1Tb1ZX66hyphenhyphenxJqH-tC0-jCi_n2nTDl6U-wLZBj_RI4Jy0VA7QtvIJAqvYCzJS1w/s1600-h/colcannon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVFQvx9fOPQv1PYq0clwY3Cjm-Th89Fh5XkMQRk3FpHO_IIe-1CYew3zvnd0RoRhr7pANSldQe1Tb1ZX66hyphenhyphenxJqH-tC0-jCi_n2nTDl6U-wLZBj_RI4Jy0VA7QtvIJAqvYCzJS1w/s400/colcannon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345014633750900706" /></a><br />Colcannon, a potato and cabbage dish - variations of which are legion - is traditionally served on Lugnasa. In Celtic Britain it was taboo to harvest any potatoes before the festival, and so the event was met with great anticipation. All members of the family must share the dish or risk offending the agricultural spirit that protects the crop. After the first bite everyone shouts, "Death to the Red Hag!" thus driving away the specter of starvation.<br /><br />There are about a zillion known varieties of colcannon. I like the one called <strong>Rumpledetbumps</strong> - it includes leeks and broccoli and cheese, and the name is so great.<br /><br />This information and the recipe come from Mollie Katzen's great book <em>Sundays at Moosewood Restaurant</em>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-8016864019452534732009-06-07T08:29:00.000-07:002009-06-07T08:58:54.458-07:00Fairburn Farm<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8SsuV6o42s_Cf4AEnh7X_b-ZbWzWozfOnFjMtRBpUOUzcl4V3HdfMczHeCW7LEPvr9arPSNYt489PhqXWI0Hhaey4lg6rkVps-vR5yghUDWcG_pX-q12AKKymRMjmJ5YltBKxg/s1600-h/fairburn+farm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8SsuV6o42s_Cf4AEnh7X_b-ZbWzWozfOnFjMtRBpUOUzcl4V3HdfMczHeCW7LEPvr9arPSNYt489PhqXWI0Hhaey4lg6rkVps-vR5yghUDWcG_pX-q12AKKymRMjmJ5YltBKxg/s400/fairburn+farm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343139393212047314" /></a><br /><br />on a hot, hot day, we sat in the garden and sketched stuff ... then into the cool kitchen for lemonade and cookiesJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-85822577763010006962009-06-06T08:30:00.000-07:002009-06-06T08:40:13.197-07:00Honey Pot and Moon Shell<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2SCbM51AKcCZUU-85wbA53GpcumlwErJT_ZF7XMp0_HnM1pN0jPlN00NaV8cC-Zv6ohh1oIqwW2V6TzTRDAqvtdKqGkfktyXP_SV_f7OoTRLHhuwmZsaXABnnOsFCxImasyAGQ/s1600-h/honeypot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 334px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2SCbM51AKcCZUU-85wbA53GpcumlwErJT_ZF7XMp0_HnM1pN0jPlN00NaV8cC-Zv6ohh1oIqwW2V6TzTRDAqvtdKqGkfktyXP_SV_f7OoTRLHhuwmZsaXABnnOsFCxImasyAGQ/s400/honeypot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344238169240862706" /></a><br />We watched this movie on DVD last night - not great, but had fun drawing the honeypot. Another movie made from a book by Sue Monk Kidd we liked very much because it was filmed just a few miles up the road from here. I liked the young monk who was very nice to look at<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgwxuac09VfY_V5HvYCI2S0v9C-qgF7sGRXSHdx48OeXBuDPWZyNCztWegY2ISBheApz4itAQ08uO3HUkg5D9zwwRnhSZOFPaBXDCMQEq3Wqfd-art6P1wN6scpShs9jrsf5IWg/s1600-h/22+mermaid+chair.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 316px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIgwxuac09VfY_V5HvYCI2S0v9C-qgF7sGRXSHdx48OeXBuDPWZyNCztWegY2ISBheApz4itAQ08uO3HUkg5D9zwwRnhSZOFPaBXDCMQEq3Wqfd-art6P1wN6scpShs9jrsf5IWg/s400/22+mermaid+chair.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5344238166137590786" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-14047921964264078232009-06-04T08:37:00.000-07:002009-06-04T08:42:05.114-07:00Grandma's House<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMQfqv8L9DZswZjrlKeWkGigoxEoPytfhKikFWDvB43BJGoOY3pt2400aKqPhX3nZ6ehYAOa_UXNNLXZL5LwCjPMam_sYSIki5CBV0kmKNml11DWnrgFiJlPQZ89gNvgZDue7ig/s1600-h/cahoon+house+wip.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPMQfqv8L9DZswZjrlKeWkGigoxEoPytfhKikFWDvB43BJGoOY3pt2400aKqPhX3nZ6ehYAOa_UXNNLXZL5LwCjPMam_sYSIki5CBV0kmKNml11DWnrgFiJlPQZ89gNvgZDue7ig/s400/cahoon+house+wip.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343497407821251362" /></a><br /><br />A work in progress - from a photograph of Grandma's house in southern Alberta. Many happy summer vacations spent here. The old house has now been designated an historical site<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPQgYh1GDe04nssK5i86HRXLZqPPblxawl28IKPXredAXPinf3GgKJOj41lxZ0uJ9jLchBU79fmAztkjp9lt3XutPU0PmqhiKW1njMHBfPksUyE-GpgZQfrjY-J1sQqHel6XYtA/s1600-h/cahoon+house+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 279px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOPQgYh1GDe04nssK5i86HRXLZqPPblxawl28IKPXredAXPinf3GgKJOj41lxZ0uJ9jLchBU79fmAztkjp9lt3XutPU0PmqhiKW1njMHBfPksUyE-GpgZQfrjY-J1sQqHel6XYtA/s400/cahoon+house+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343497404550218514" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-73367490391770025642009-06-03T19:15:00.000-07:002009-06-03T19:18:13.614-07:00More Stones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGEYJ5gLY8A2HyupB8MbUJMt9ukd1F8IQpIX7X0th-nnNF3yQ5xdhvB7xELOq5zPXGXYqKfv-xl1pO_QaT5nnGkczAe2r7twRQzUoPLx_uHrDsyYZQ_cZYzy77UN7KqKBkjMN7g/s1600-h/stone+soup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinGEYJ5gLY8A2HyupB8MbUJMt9ukd1F8IQpIX7X0th-nnNF3yQ5xdhvB7xELOq5zPXGXYqKfv-xl1pO_QaT5nnGkczAe2r7twRQzUoPLx_uHrDsyYZQ_cZYzy77UN7KqKBkjMN7g/s400/stone+soup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343290643268295010" /></a><br />from our workshop with Connie in DuncanJanicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-24826976694393494262009-06-03T08:33:00.000-07:002009-06-03T08:38:56.017-07:00Pots and Rocks and Stones<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOy58UHZKCNSTI2_DM78kqT1OJVSfROqfcWM2p23MCPwYyBRrnC0VFz31sfiiZrYz67kHc2p8m7-KZla5I3SGWG7H19P8rOmHBfFQmItoD0WPj9tUDrV5G5ZP5DsuuL73XkcKM9Q/s1600-h/pots+and+rocks.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOy58UHZKCNSTI2_DM78kqT1OJVSfROqfcWM2p23MCPwYyBRrnC0VFz31sfiiZrYz67kHc2p8m7-KZla5I3SGWG7H19P8rOmHBfFQmItoD0WPj9tUDrV5G5ZP5DsuuL73XkcKM9Q/s400/pots+and+rocks.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343125114132149026" /></a><br /><br />At a workshop with Connie Furgason in Duncan we practiced sketching simple objects and geometric shapes with 1/2" flat brush and watery watercolours. The lesson was not to create exact detailed images, but rather an image that is the essence of the object.<br /><br />We were inspired with Sara Midda and James Christensen.Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-64499899962534709532009-06-02T11:51:00.001-07:002009-06-02T11:54:37.990-07:00Shoes and Boots<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8YfgRUqUokNtlucbIE5P3ZGwAaXFRjxygk2szKZ-FPEPEJvfKciBE1dVkCraK-6jKJ6wuRrU8rpCQbSciR2T8GMs-dlabOSZVbqV3g17raC3xxpi_0k8Ez1nqFepTMlIMLHTqQ/s1600-h/billy+bob.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_8YfgRUqUokNtlucbIE5P3ZGwAaXFRjxygk2szKZ-FPEPEJvfKciBE1dVkCraK-6jKJ6wuRrU8rpCQbSciR2T8GMs-dlabOSZVbqV3g17raC3xxpi_0k8Ez1nqFepTMlIMLHTqQ/s400/billy+bob.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342805535614835266" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DxLbBx_WOgPDTPm18khdVVRRcgLTNTtHll9ilQ8UuDF55F430ctpxk8BpeAsn2PfZNvpWZF3JZbrUaLBHxlEDkRaDdOpp2j1J9_C7dUIM7JFtiLsxYnYPlVEZxjivYg8Fe7SLw/s1600-h/lollipop+shoes.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DxLbBx_WOgPDTPm18khdVVRRcgLTNTtHll9ilQ8UuDF55F430ctpxk8BpeAsn2PfZNvpWZF3JZbrUaLBHxlEDkRaDdOpp2j1J9_C7dUIM7JFtiLsxYnYPlVEZxjivYg8Fe7SLw/s400/lollipop+shoes.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342805534960757346" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-9070123778224982532007-10-02T11:29:00.000-07:002009-06-02T11:51:00.645-07:00Oregon - Portland and Sitka Centerwalking lots and the public transportation is amazing<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCHrYpTX27CatyX8GxD10m0o56O26fuSiY3DR9fhHYV-dbMFo2Rx24kD0fqUU6iPqPAOK3_kSy0fXIt3M_BIMoalwSzasfCfjV4_1ijDmWodU_NsBvA3Lf4AmxkXlvuKox1kSvQ/s1600-h/Chinese+Gardens.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 257px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUCHrYpTX27CatyX8GxD10m0o56O26fuSiY3DR9fhHYV-dbMFo2Rx24kD0fqUU6iPqPAOK3_kSy0fXIt3M_BIMoalwSzasfCfjV4_1ijDmWodU_NsBvA3Lf4AmxkXlvuKox1kSvQ/s400/Chinese+Gardens.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342800768525475506" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF65O10KagSXVskU8lFFqeQOXr9HhM4AfnJrmICai7WpMOe6ANfnXcd_ZWsuAEMF-EfdpoQj1ww-WjC_ZoRq08Y1lIdsRXjLdpk8NeW30DW54u2z3_I-pLVfNy4ycXjs0_b5uWXw/s1600-h/ears+and+towels.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF65O10KagSXVskU8lFFqeQOXr9HhM4AfnJrmICai7WpMOe6ANfnXcd_ZWsuAEMF-EfdpoQj1ww-WjC_ZoRq08Y1lIdsRXjLdpk8NeW30DW54u2z3_I-pLVfNy4ycXjs0_b5uWXw/s400/ears+and+towels.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342800767396856130" /></a><br />><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigME2KgQrWmQjfp2uApLkZAr4Jh-ZlwSl1irZtXxN0da0PVaLj_1Haf92A7Pnr2OC9BplC3fphT3tNfXBSCUA9Qc171ixHtN5vtHRvJVHP7MCdoc3cOUi89uTVa_4FetRDZiV9Q/s1600-h/Trimet+and+MAX.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhigME2KgQrWmQjfp2uApLkZAr4Jh-ZlwSl1irZtXxN0da0PVaLj_1Haf92A7Pnr2OC9BplC3fphT3tNfXBSCUA9Qc171ixHtN5vtHRvJVHP7MCdoc3cOUi89uTVa_4FetRDZiV9Q/s400/Trimet+and+MAX.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342800026333121522" /></a><br /><br />at Sitka Center for the Arts - workshops in Travel Journals, Memory Books and Designing with Nature<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSIKkQczlHabuUzEpmj3w2iijmAOsNTh4aU7nqketg1Pa3nwUXjUG162JtRYaCgCjAAQpHzu9Rxqmnu0Vo7AGzfJQEQxFRhyphenhyphenIb1KlnPI0v5iDNTuwMmptyjptsQuNAhVFy25X7A/s1600-h/Sitka+sketch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSIKkQczlHabuUzEpmj3w2iijmAOsNTh4aU7nqketg1Pa3nwUXjUG162JtRYaCgCjAAQpHzu9Rxqmnu0Vo7AGzfJQEQxFRhyphenhyphenIb1KlnPI0v5iDNTuwMmptyjptsQuNAhVFy25X7A/s400/Sitka+sketch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342800015936500514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7gZHpD59zBixaJ3UAlbrIZnIawBvOuEK7hAUwXa4JMB4lrssM5GstjW8SuCwoHwflU24gKt3h6rc8LKmp5wQrz2lQVb3RwpCWUdSREb9tLZphgBZ1P58MDbKmO-LB9zIKZYTdg/s1600-h/Workshops.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7gZHpD59zBixaJ3UAlbrIZnIawBvOuEK7hAUwXa4JMB4lrssM5GstjW8SuCwoHwflU24gKt3h6rc8LKmp5wQrz2lQVb3RwpCWUdSREb9tLZphgBZ1P58MDbKmO-LB9zIKZYTdg/s400/Workshops.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342800025563299794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLGjY7__KHtrelbtHC2XX3C05BbJdXGnEvnhzDxGETyo4kdYhFOT3v7E5mEiC542dX5GGVDVqB9hfDia9ThCc_LQQiq1w0Dows_dh34CnGsXiocutkaLAjOl-MGW2rB7JXUbWQQ/s1600-h/Otis+Cafe.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 312px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbLGjY7__KHtrelbtHC2XX3C05BbJdXGnEvnhzDxGETyo4kdYhFOT3v7E5mEiC542dX5GGVDVqB9hfDia9ThCc_LQQiq1w0Dows_dh34CnGsXiocutkaLAjOl-MGW2rB7JXUbWQQ/s400/Otis+Cafe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342800024044785298" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg2EJfWgz5d-QMWKr4f2Ft3vvKy08VKjfVzhe-uQVZDtsuRH0suRm1hob2Lxy2cahLWcT4uQdxFjrQPeIjkgtG5FufOakvkn-VYJWgrw0GdfuYuSuulV1_HwtTA5r61hxXYi9FA/s1600-h/practice+sketch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHg2EJfWgz5d-QMWKr4f2Ft3vvKy08VKjfVzhe-uQVZDtsuRH0suRm1hob2Lxy2cahLWcT4uQdxFjrQPeIjkgtG5FufOakvkn-VYJWgrw0GdfuYuSuulV1_HwtTA5r61hxXYi9FA/s400/practice+sketch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342800017988471858" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-23888844954955880622007-06-01T20:40:00.000-07:002009-06-01T21:21:05.422-07:00Memories from Newfoundland<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEY1yhCKp-Ak7fzXgTNSkX3ZpZYhxkw7Jv3-j4Y0v4TYNCWYDVdkWhx4Ej6-uslyc3KRJpB_d40q1LAcTpWzIRHsVsq2HPF1Ek2aomtqyS8dlMTQ8vuEiU1eAZ1Av3D0TfbpNjUw/s1600-h/nfld+title+page.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEY1yhCKp-Ak7fzXgTNSkX3ZpZYhxkw7Jv3-j4Y0v4TYNCWYDVdkWhx4Ej6-uslyc3KRJpB_d40q1LAcTpWzIRHsVsq2HPF1Ek2aomtqyS8dlMTQ8vuEiU1eAZ1Av3D0TfbpNjUw/s400/nfld+title+page.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342571472723206978" /></a><br /><br />Mary Alice lived in Cow Head all her life. She said "I hates the wind, but I loves the people". Me too. Huge bodies of water are landlocked fresh water, called 'ponds'. Gerry said, "there are no lakes in Newfoundland - a lake is what you get in your rubber boots." Sharon said, "I drops me haitches and they turn up where they're not supposed to be."<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj52HORdT8n4X55_Y4IwnHtYJsqRyreISIglI6I7ALTfw-qGJigstrp6zpgsTyW0MJ62g1H9MdN6adb2bcjEI1G3I-wAGG9vYC__8DR2RzX5gksG8YwSltop8NF_HhnoaTLUWDw/s1600-h/reading+on+the+plane.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRj52HORdT8n4X55_Y4IwnHtYJsqRyreISIglI6I7ALTfw-qGJigstrp6zpgsTyW0MJ62g1H9MdN6adb2bcjEI1G3I-wAGG9vYC__8DR2RzX5gksG8YwSltop8NF_HhnoaTLUWDw/s400/reading+on+the+plane.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342571186158367202" /></a><br /><br />Bought this book at the airport and didn't like it much, so I spent the time sketching the cover. I liked it that it was set in Greece.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjl5Y_eaFrJumfb4plvfaeGIowBpFPKcNxPxnr0je9MJsL9MNQNTNTvtw9VjOTbsTq2J0zTc3g1guPqzX2awNewLyFaPuzFxKemS3zYqMHa3HAhUTmO4tJJgtKDVnml-VhVayCw/s1600-h/map+page.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjl5Y_eaFrJumfb4plvfaeGIowBpFPKcNxPxnr0je9MJsL9MNQNTNTvtw9VjOTbsTq2J0zTc3g1guPqzX2awNewLyFaPuzFxKemS3zYqMHa3HAhUTmO4tJJgtKDVnml-VhVayCw/s400/map+page.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342571182159502914" /></a><br /><br />A day trip to Labrador ... a huge car ferry between St.Barbe and Blanc Sablon, Quebec. A marvelous museum of the great whaling ships at Red Bay.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5DxHN4CPZTzbb60o2b9kwMuwpVEsm6u4cj3sXoDlmdbDIAiTIEMcsawOof933d1EcikJ756HMoagaTDqdsRBqlKcXxeBrlfGm5aU_HVSbbLWE1bh9ibKcTaz6ubCVo_6btN0Hg/s1600-h/cow+head.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE5DxHN4CPZTzbb60o2b9kwMuwpVEsm6u4cj3sXoDlmdbDIAiTIEMcsawOof933d1EcikJ756HMoagaTDqdsRBqlKcXxeBrlfGm5aU_HVSbbLWE1bh9ibKcTaz6ubCVo_6btN0Hg/s400/cow+head.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342571185359164114" /></a><br /><br />The local theatre was holding a performance of <i>Elle</i> in French. I bought the book while we were there - wrote about it in my book blog <a href="http://blogdelivre.blogspot.com">My Reading Diary</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdcUhZDbpYVYYevlSDbfxb0BlhdvOw2qQeAkcrwyf7BSxb0G2XuDnk6v2in-JOHMtCaIIDx1ryn3PkOiWrmOlcZZOxco_Um4VTlyfkAKXj5Z0OAY65CSUIgUwMAeWp2LYYgjnlQ/s1600-h/newfie+best+meal.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIdcUhZDbpYVYYevlSDbfxb0BlhdvOw2qQeAkcrwyf7BSxb0G2XuDnk6v2in-JOHMtCaIIDx1ryn3PkOiWrmOlcZZOxco_Um4VTlyfkAKXj5Z0OAY65CSUIgUwMAeWp2LYYgjnlQ/s400/newfie+best+meal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342570620475572146" /></a><br /><br />A <i>Hot Newfy Iceberg</i> is made with coffee, Screech and ice cream<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MLE6slF5ijGPUnLnB3Ydc5WRmfmOSHR3_-uWYr3xGUXghG3RptEUHfv83lKuHYgGQaO4sLuwtHNczeS0fIGlUOqJ3q1JeCbf2DLmKUKLmP6HhvhLtwsDtTyePW3z-XvkB-_gUA/s1600-h/tim+hortons+page.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MLE6slF5ijGPUnLnB3Ydc5WRmfmOSHR3_-uWYr3xGUXghG3RptEUHfv83lKuHYgGQaO4sLuwtHNczeS0fIGlUOqJ3q1JeCbf2DLmKUKLmP6HhvhLtwsDtTyePW3z-XvkB-_gUA/s400/tim+hortons+page.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342570620114948066" /></a><br /><br />A new Tim Horton's had opened just two weeks ago in St. Anthony.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNRq1byhF_sF2o3SbSfgd6j5KSSL-mbaNVwD6RSUiy3ztwMcDw4Ta5CZT9erw3GVCQDqa7xDp0JbIWutwDgZOBTXOJLisqSrTCnpiDUFIL1cqTQwlAap9MkAPUX1o3waZTuH7AA/s1600-h/scarf+page.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNRq1byhF_sF2o3SbSfgd6j5KSSL-mbaNVwD6RSUiy3ztwMcDw4Ta5CZT9erw3GVCQDqa7xDp0JbIWutwDgZOBTXOJLisqSrTCnpiDUFIL1cqTQwlAap9MkAPUX1o3waZTuH7AA/s400/scarf+page.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342570617170919746" /></a><br /><br />At the Grenfell Properties Interpretation Centre, I bought this green silk scarf. Sir Wilfred was a medical missionary in the 1890's.Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-10408433214703060062006-10-01T20:33:00.000-07:002009-06-01T21:27:06.341-07:00Sketching in San Antonio<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRC8i84nHIxAD-agpDkt8KxvQprk6xFptgH3eWxSyVMTXT39NEdbhWnDa2Ja0LiK4UfzWYd0OvZL1Me-UcjJruK_S-cdfA2jQJ0FxhRbOpdxF6ZxbbPg5WoaFWr_SDJBCCoX7b_g/s1600-h/day+1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRC8i84nHIxAD-agpDkt8KxvQprk6xFptgH3eWxSyVMTXT39NEdbhWnDa2Ja0LiK4UfzWYd0OvZL1Me-UcjJruK_S-cdfA2jQJ0FxhRbOpdxF6ZxbbPg5WoaFWr_SDJBCCoX7b_g/s400/day+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342568756697332466" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfWg-lyPgHoUOPcYjxbsmXuiPn5BNCnvz-ECR0g8m6eNrj-R_H8xSIa0RpnQ2A4H4nvS2RzCqjPOK6aAbX-dp-h9WZHFqM7qt-Xc36St98Znq214mtgLczyxY5RiL3qh_IQAzXA/s1600-h/bolivar+wc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpfWg-lyPgHoUOPcYjxbsmXuiPn5BNCnvz-ECR0g8m6eNrj-R_H8xSIa0RpnQ2A4H4nvS2RzCqjPOK6aAbX-dp-h9WZHFqM7qt-Xc36St98Znq214mtgLczyxY5RiL3qh_IQAzXA/s400/bolivar+wc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342568751294123602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DH-mH5HcKbgOCRMG0CZuQoW6LhuDhvClPEfeyq4EN74o1LgKtRDCzusNaYrEziIMSmtf2HVVY4STM_H4z1T3eyPo-6plVEOnSd8Wc7V15eQXv_FGMVLT6A5TL_cYOkooqjIM1w/s1600-h/alamo+wc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DH-mH5HcKbgOCRMG0CZuQoW6LhuDhvClPEfeyq4EN74o1LgKtRDCzusNaYrEziIMSmtf2HVVY4STM_H4z1T3eyPo-6plVEOnSd8Wc7V15eQXv_FGMVLT6A5TL_cYOkooqjIM1w/s400/alamo+wc.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342568749469654418" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-55115983259988997462006-09-03T11:54:00.000-07:002009-06-03T12:01:42.345-07:00Toronto Scenes<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJy2GrmV5zgQyNZQIRR3xL_umH1gZiqjTvfBIxKQI0DvbcYvVQUyGyUCn3elk1X-vpr3lEckVayGorfkYIkYNcQrTo0qZlpzyE5xocqis5zvNgllvYyA9fMZWplaU4I-knbwOMg/s1600-h/from+the+19th+floor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 306px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJy2GrmV5zgQyNZQIRR3xL_umH1gZiqjTvfBIxKQI0DvbcYvVQUyGyUCn3elk1X-vpr3lEckVayGorfkYIkYNcQrTo0qZlpzyE5xocqis5zvNgllvYyA9fMZWplaU4I-knbwOMg/s400/from+the+19th+floor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343177206489913042" /></a><br />A couple years ago, we took a train journey across the country from Vancouver to Toronto ... back to the old home town<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XCq49pKNJNv3QEE1clUuVY0yqPGdsVgghMiEeSfKwtoFMqpUjqX6weEglSMoD2dMkW1MLmFDjlrZPDVh584puItONz4KJ0SzQto3LuA3-kIDgCT7sDeIcD7Y26aJPg2n7RY8AQ/s1600-h/casa+loma.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XCq49pKNJNv3QEE1clUuVY0yqPGdsVgghMiEeSfKwtoFMqpUjqX6weEglSMoD2dMkW1MLmFDjlrZPDVh584puItONz4KJ0SzQto3LuA3-kIDgCT7sDeIcD7Y26aJPg2n7RY8AQ/s400/casa+loma.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343177202337737218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWCJVlIeshytx_7NbfSr9ZgLYz2517yZt_s66ZQgA0u9yeT3Q439wDc7QF1YS62NdT-9DbvPjkI-BwCX6OqDWP-ams_S03fCjO8hCFGpKhLJIcGzJJxCfTaQnj8jT5LajifEApQ/s1600-h/royal+york.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 278px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWWCJVlIeshytx_7NbfSr9ZgLYz2517yZt_s66ZQgA0u9yeT3Q439wDc7QF1YS62NdT-9DbvPjkI-BwCX6OqDWP-ams_S03fCjO8hCFGpKhLJIcGzJJxCfTaQnj8jT5LajifEApQ/s400/royal+york.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5343177205476126450" /></a>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-1157558373110590302004-09-06T08:41:00.000-07:002009-06-03T12:06:00.973-07:00in the Garden<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/445/2072/1600/bodywork%20path%20ed.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/445/2072/200/bodywork%20path%20ed.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/445/2072/1600/bodywork%20path.0.jpg"></a><br />"Whether you know it or not,<br />you are the gardener of your own being,<br />the seed of your destiny "Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33434450.post-1157398593362240932004-09-04T12:29:00.000-07:002009-06-03T12:06:40.504-07:00Soen Nakagawa<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/445/2072/1600/Jonathan%20Talbot%20collage.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/445/2072/200/Jonathan%20Talbot%20collage.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />ENDLESS VOW<br />The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;" >A monk living alone</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" >maple leaves</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;font-size:130%;" >cover the entire mountain</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><br /><em><span style="font-size:100%;">So hitori sumu manzan no momiji kana</span></em>Janicehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01863609531256703440noreply@blogger.com0