This is where I have come to love the Red Japanese Maple tree so much. They have several for sale and growing in pots in the yard.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Coombs Market, Coombs, B.C.
Just off of the Alberni Hwy 4, a short drive from Parksville is the "Old Country Market at Coombs." For several years the market has been known for the family of goats up on top of the grass sod roof top. It is a place that I have loved to visit whenever we are on the main island. What started as a roadside stand selling fresh local produce has now expanded to offer delicious local foods, imports, souvenirs and crafts.
This is where I have come to love the Red Japanese Maple tree so much. They have several for sale and growing in pots in the yard.
This is where I have come to love the Red Japanese Maple tree so much. They have several for sale and growing in pots in the yard.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Change
They say "change is good".
From where I sit up in my studio I can see the sold sign out on our driveway. This is huge for us. I have never lived anywhere but in Alberta. We have lived in the Calgary area for the last 20 years and in this home for the last 13 years. Now we are moving to Gabriola Island, BC.
I have spend many hours up in this studio, painting and writing. This has been my retreat and I will miss it.
It is time for change. To leap. To explore. We are going to make a new home and so now we are in the process of moving. What to keep and what to toss. What treasures can we get rid of and not miss. I have made some difficult decisions. In one corner of my studio is a stack of canvases. Work from the last 13 years. Some finished, some not. But not all will fit into the last load and so I take a sharp knife and slit a cross in each one. Good-bye. I should have painted over or tossed some of these years ago! There free at last!
From where I sit up in my studio I can see the sold sign out on our driveway. This is huge for us. I have never lived anywhere but in Alberta. We have lived in the Calgary area for the last 20 years and in this home for the last 13 years. Now we are moving to Gabriola Island, BC.
I have spend many hours up in this studio, painting and writing. This has been my retreat and I will miss it.
It is time for change. To leap. To explore. We are going to make a new home and so now we are in the process of moving. What to keep and what to toss. What treasures can we get rid of and not miss. I have made some difficult decisions. In one corner of my studio is a stack of canvases. Work from the last 13 years. Some finished, some not. But not all will fit into the last load and so I take a sharp knife and slit a cross in each one. Good-bye. I should have painted over or tossed some of these years ago! There free at last!
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