Excited

I know ...get a life...words being repeated by many as you read this. The truth is, my daily choices have dwindled to one this summer....the beach, only the beach.as the sun burned on for over 2 months. This morning, I woke to rain and my day had a hundred possibilities......all of them related to work. So today Dear Reader I must bite the proverbial bullet and do all that I set aside the last 2 months to swim in the warm crystal waters of my beloved lake. Butter out to replenish the freezer cookie dough, Crisco out to restock the pie crust, iron, clean, dig potatoes, pick grapes, pull dead flowers, and start fall clean up and pruning, file bills, clean garbage bins, cook a roast and bake a batch of bread......Ahhh.....is that the SUN?????

Yes...I still do Art

I have been asked numerous times this last week (OK 6 times) if I am still an Artist.  How forward of you, my friend. I was born and will transition an Artist, it's just some weeks I am more of a Beach Slug than an Artist. Last week, I finished my new and improved Light Box for taking photos of my art and at the same time, because I am amazing made a few Polymer bracelets. Yes, today I am at the beach....exhausted from my spurt of creativity , I voted on an Rand R day.....Where are you?

A moment of silence

Today the greatnortherners flew over and the wind felt like fall.....OH NO.......

Project...Record,Remind,Revere

Earlier this year, I had this thought??? Where are the favorite recipes of our family and do the younguns (now not so young) know the recipes and the origin of said recipes to continue our family culinary legacy? Well the answer is No and NO! Enter the Green Binder. The Green Binder missing a front cover, torn and stained became the vault of all our favorite family recipes when we were a beginning family. What was missing however was the hand written boxes of cards and scribblers of recipes from our moms, aunts and grandparents. Recipes recovered sadly after our loved ones transitioned into a better kitchen. My mission this summer has been to go through these recipes and rebuild the Green Binder for the new generation of family cooks, and yes they are all hand written because that is part of the experience. Original owner of the recipe and a bit of a family story is included. This winter, I plan to cook each recipe and include adjustments as needed and a picture. Another addition to the Binder Solution......

My love affair

 Painting it.....or swimming in it. I cannot resist it and openly profess my unending love for it.

I can't remember a time when I wouldn't drop everything to go to a beach....any beach...anywhere. Starting with Alberta Beach when a kid to an Ocean...any ocean and my beloved Okanagan Lake. It's the water...watching it, smelling it, feeling it. I am drawn to it. This morning it happened again.....

Lola! Heads up....you have a sister

Lola is the only other puppy I know who plays with ice.

Day after

Holy mother of Mary Sunburn.........NO Really...SUNBURN!