new bits

new prints available in my shop! 4x6 & 5x7 (glossy or satin finish). framed prints on their way too. stop by and have a look, let me know what you think.

snow shoes

another stormy day. not the big kind of storm i love but it has left us with new snow! i love it!

* a little video i made last winter * 

~ EDIT: not sure why it's saying this is no longer available but if you want to see it you can click here

perms are awesome!

i just found this photo of me when i was about, hmm, just before grade nine started so i guess i'm 13 or 14.  sometimes you just have to let the bad photos out of hiding.  look at those lanky stick legs... they're still like that!  more importantly though is that i have layered tank tops tucked into my rolled, just above the knees, denim shorts.  ah yes, the early 90's were a hot bed of fashion for a young girl.

here i am standing in what would later become my bedroom.  my parents bought a house in Barrie (Ontario) just as i was entering high school.  You can tell by the expression on my teenage face that i was overjoyed with that fact.  Leaving all my friends in the city to start a new chapter in my life up north.  Barrie, oh how the acid wash and mullets will, without a doubt, withstand a nuclear war (much like cockroaches).  

in this photo i'm pretty sure i was thinking about Johnny Depp and how it had been at least 8 hours since my sister and i had watched Cry Baby.  

that house holds many memories for me though.  skipping school with my best friend and smoking pot out the basement window, crazy carpeting down the stairs, the stray kittens in our garden, playing football in Alan Frew's backyard (that's right, the lead singer of Glass Tiger was our neighbour and my sister went out with his son), running outside in massive puddles during a huge monsoon style downpour to help my friend get over her fear of storms, and a million others.  

still, above all else, my fashion is what kicked ass the most.  flamingo lifeguards are bad ass and when you pair that up with a perm, you have nowhere to go but up baby, world domination is at your fingertips.

party like it's 1594!

just about 5 more hours left of the old tired year of 2008.  poor 2008, i'm sure it wasn't wanting to be remembered as the year that ended in a global financial crisis.  chin up Oh Eight, you did give us Obama and you were the year i got bangs again in which i never thought i'd do (and i like them).  see, it wasn't ALL bad.

i'm fully expecting 2009 to be far more exciting though, jam packed with: 

* adventures

* new finds

* travel

* paint

* magic

* success

* more hugs

* spills 

* laughter

* dreams

* open fields

* bare feet

* bliss

(to name a few).  no parties for me tonight, just a cozy quiet night in with my love, our friend Rob, and a sexy little green bottle of bubbles named Perrier.

Until next year my darling.

out with the old...

having a "Happy Old Year" sale in my shop to get ready for Oh Nine.  come on over and check it out!

a little r&r

well, christmas is over and here i sit on a sunday... relaxed.  no work tomorrow, i have all week to be me and i hope to get a lot of painting in.  it was a very nice christmas that went by very fast.  i cooked a turkey dinner for Damian's family (a vegetarian cooking a turkey dinner is always interesting) which i was told turned out delish!  

right now my bum is cozily snuggled into the couch while i enjoy a little plate of crackers & cheese, a glass of red wine, and the 1952 version of 'Moulin Rouge'.  i'm thinking i should light a fire to go with the rest of the ambience, plus, my toes are chilly.  

le sigh

i've been a 9-5 prisoner for 2 weeks now, busy, slowly going insane.  a real post coming shortly.  after next week i'm off for 2 full weeks over christmas and i need it baby, i need it!