K.A. Laity’s Unikirja: Dream Book
I want to take a short break from the subject of our recent trip to tell you about a special book that I’m very excited to learn is now published and available: Unikirja: Dream Book. Author Kate A....
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Lucia and lights
How lovely, on Lucia’s Day to have our first real snowfall, light flakes slowly dancing down, the frozen ground now white and an icing-sugar-like dusting on evergreen branches. It set the right mood...
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‘Tis the shortest day
and the longest night for us in the northern hemisphere. It’s a very dark and rainy day here in Vancouver starting strangely at an unseasonal high of 10C (50 F) and to drop down to 5C (41F) this...
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old Finnish jewelry
Somewhat related to my ‘textures of home’ series, but much more personal, featured here are some very old Finnish pendants and a brooch that have been passed on to me. These styles were and still are...
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lunar eclipse at winter solstice
Photograph by Heribert Proepper, AP Tonight or actually in the wee hours of tomorrow morning, if you are lucky with the weather and live in the northern hemisphere, you can celebrate the Winter...
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trickster?
That day in the woods when I was looking up at the otherworldly looking fungi on a tree, I nearly stepped on this feathery mask on the ground not far from it. A child may have dropped it… was it part...
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Hallowe’en time
BOO!! Too busy in the studio and too tired and sore after some heavy gardening this past week, I’m taking the lazy route and reposting my spookiest image from two years ago. To put you and me in the...
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artists in conversation
Yesterday afternoon we went to see an exhibition at the Seymour Art Gallery called Odd Occurrences: Narrative in the Art of Kristin Bjornerud, Tamara Bond, Tomoyo Ihaya, and Carrie Walker. Here is the...
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Eyes as Big as Plates
– Eyes as Big as Plates # Agnes II © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen – Eyes as Big as Plates # Velkkari © Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen The first time I saw Eyes as Big as Plates and its...
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spooky halloween
Whether you call it Hallowe’en, All Hallow’s Eve, Samhain, Day of the Dead or Kekri, may it be a spine-tingling, fun and safe one. Our heavy heavy rains have finally stopped just now and it might be a...
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Season’s Greetings
Jack Frost’s art on the skylights December 6th, 2016 Sunrise through the wreath, December 6th the back garden on Snow Day, December 18th, 2016 O Christmas Tree…. December 2016 After a very wet October...
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