Oh gosh, does this happen to you? The change in the weather creates havoc with your temperatures at home so that the heat blasts in the morning but you freeze during the day, the upstairs is a sauna but the downstairs is a chilly arctic zone. Getting the heating just right in the winter in [...]
Recently a guy I would never have considered an introvert posted a link to an article about, well, what it’s really like to be an introvert. Him? Mr. Self-Confidence-Personified? Mr. Larger-than-Life-o’-the-Party? Mr. Fabulously-Witty-n-Smart? He’s also a celebrity so I could name drop if I felt like it but won’t because it’s cooler not to and [...]
Tags: artist·introvert vs extrovert·personality·Taboo·type A·type B
I have a particular thing for stained glass windows. Anything that is practical and functional, inspirational and beautiful gets my attention. I don’t often step into churches (my bad) but when I do, I love to study the images in the stained glass windows and wonder at the stories they depict. This video is from [...]
Tags: Art·creativity·inspirational
The painting above, called ‘What a Hike’,is by Ann Worth, and if you had come to the show on Saturday you would’ve been able to score this baby for only $200 at the 1st Annual South Surrey White Rock $200 or Less Show! Beautifully framed and at about 24″ x 36″, this was the steal [...]
Tags: $200 or Less·Art·art show·SSWRAS
Good Monday morning. I know I said I’d have some progress to show on my refinishing projects today, but the sad truth is we ran into a bit of blustery weather last week and I simply refuse to strip furniture indoors. Nothing’s finished and ready to reveal yet. I do have another announcement to make, [...]
Tags: $200 or Less·Art·Daylilies·Oil paintings·original art.
I love poking into other people’s creative spaces and seeing how they live. Considering all the home decorating shows and blogs and magazines out there, I know I’m not alone. Women are snoops by nature, I think. Now, I’ve never gone to an open house just to check out my neighbour’s decor, but I’ve heard [...]
On Thanksgiving my Dad showed me a video of Jake Shimabukuro rocking the Uke. The very next day another handsome friend of mine showed me him playing Bohemiam Rhapsody by Queen. I had to share… Jake Shimabukuro thinks of the Ukulele as the Instrument of Peace and an underdog in the instrument world. That is changing as the [...]
Tags: Bohemian Rhapsody·enlighten·George Harrison·Instrument of Peace·intrument·Jake Shimabukuro·Langley Ukulele Ensemble·Mighty Uke·music·Queen·Ukulele·While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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