Venice Biennale 2017 - Canada
Only one lucky artist is chosen to represent their country at this famous international art exposition and of course we had to find ours.
His name was Geoffrey Farmer, who
Venice Biennale 2017
This famous art exposition overflowing along the canals of the most beautiful city of Venice, is often called "the Olympics of the art world." Countries have built permanent
Swimmers in Venice
I love these swimming girls. They were posing quietly in a park in Venice, Italy, the work of Carole Feuerman, one of the most famous hyper-realist sculptors in the world.
Delicious Sourdough Crackers
I don’t make sourdough bread but it seems like much of the world has been experimenting with it during their pandemic time at home. And they have something called
Vernon's Car Museum
I wouldn’t normally go to a car museum; I’d be more likely to wait in the parking lot with a book. But in 2018 when we were driving
Brooches, Baubles & Weldbond
During my childhood in the '50s and '60s women were crazy about sparkly pins, strands of necklaces and matching earrings. Stylish ladies collected an over-flowing pirate's
Kayville, Saskatchewan
We were country-cruising last summer in a sparsely-populated area of south-central Saskatchewan and made a spontaneous turn into Kayville, population 17, according to the only person we saw there.
This
Jewelled Mirror Frames
I did a lot of cutting and gluing with old catalogues when I was a kid and I’m still doing it. These ladies are from a 1951 Eatons catalogue
Lovely Hibiscus Two Ways
This miraculous houseplant never stops. Just when it’s getting tired and straggly and I think about throwing it out, another gorgeous yellow or sometimes pinky-red blossom bursts open. It’
She Shed Sanctuary
Islay Jean says the structure in our backyard was originally a slant-roofed shelter for her mom’s Morris Minor convertible. When we bought the house in 1998 it had evolved
