"catchy title"

I didn't know this was Mental Health Awareness Week when I posted my "List" (the last post). I've been slightly uncomfortable about leaving it up these past few days, like I committed a major over-share... but now I'm considering it my small contribution to raising awareness about Depression. I'm not going any further into the topic right now though - except to say that the sun has been shining the past few days (literally) and this has helped brighten my mood. Talking, going outside, getting exercise, taking small steps...

Sidenote, Clara Hughes is awesome. 

Anyway, here is an "alchemical" painting I had started a few days ago and is as "done" as it's going to get. It's about Putrefication but isn't (personally or metaphorically) as ominous as it sounds or looks. It's another in the "In-Betweener" series.

Next, a little framing project I just did yesterday. Some nice signage/type and a trip down memory lane... 

These are all old pictures (6-8 years old from when I still used my non-digital-point-n-click). I found them in an old tin. 

Except for the "State Theater" marquee (which was in Michigan, taken on my honeymoon) they are all from Nova Scotia (mostly Truro) and we (my husband and me) actually stayed in 3 of the 4 motels. The 4th was on the way to a friend's hunt camp - where the old stove with "Merit" was found. 

I think I will let the Husbo take it to work to hang in his rather bare-walled office... since Nova Scotia is where all his higher-higher-education happened... which is why he is now in the bare-walled office...

A nice touch that you probably can't see in these photos of photos is that the State marquee was featuring "Spellbound" and "Together" while the Acadia was showing something called "Wilby Wonderful". This made for a serendipitous, romantic statement: 

"Spellbound, together we'll be wonderful." 

(awwww...)

Lastly, since I had the framing stuff out anyway, I matted this little poem-thing that came out of a cool, old frame that I wanted for another use. Something to hang up when guests come by.

I'm getting pretty handy with the mat-cutter and sprucing up old frames. Maybe I should hire myself out as a discount framer...

Thanks for checking this out!

autumnal equinox

A photo ode to the autumnal equinox...

It happens at 9:04am Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on September 23rd. Then we're across the line and officially falling into le froid d'hiver.

It's time to change our stripes. I'm not complaining because I love this time of year.

Sleeves appear where once there were none.

Goodbye beach blankets. Hello wool blankets.

Swapping swimsuits for snowsuits.

Toes go into hiding. Modesty returns.

Fashionable neckwear becomes relevant/necessary again.

Aloha Endless Summer. Aloha New Seasons!

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water related

I just felt compelled to post one of my favourite pictures I've taken. This is my husband on his aunt's dock in BC last November. The sun was starting to set and it was in a perfect line with the dock.

This one I took out my window on the weekend. It was the first time I'd seen sailboats on the little lake across the road. I think they were Sea Cadets just learning to sail. One of them (on the left) was good at sinking and had to get towed.

Daniel Romano

Now that I'm settled into the new place I'm trying to sort through a bunch of older pictures.

Here's a few unintentionally hipstamatic/instagrammy shots (taken with my regular point-n-clicker) of Daniel Romano playing at the Raw Sugar Cafe. And let's not forget to mention his lovely "Trilliums" - although we could hardly see them due to the strange stage situation. It's a lovely place but not really suitable for a 6-person band.

(I have nothing against those cool camera apps by the way. I think they make everything look special. But... they can be a bit overdone... or maybe somehow "inauthentic"? ... I don't always know how I feel about high-fi things being intentionally low-fied... Sometimes I like it. Sometimes it bugs me. But in reality, I have no strong opinions on this so I don't know why I'm belabouring it.)

Anyway, I like it when my little digi camera accidentally does weird things in low light...

Daniel Romano and Misha Bower's voices sound great together. Incidentally, I think they are married...

This video of them singing together is uber-sweet starting at exactly the 2:24 minute mark:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-Ujf6ZvR_g

I should really learn how to embed a video...

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