Love You Dad.

Miss you today & every day.

Expo '67

Wherever You Go, my love will find you

This is a poem by Nancy Tillman that a friend

gave to her daughter when she moved to France

with her fiance. She is getting married soon

& my friend asked me to do an illustrated

version of the poem for her that she could

frame & give them as a wedding present. She is

going to read the poem at the wedding.

She gave me a month to do it. Did the rough copy

yesterday, finished the good copy today. She leaves

this weekend. Ahhh, nothing gets you moving like a deadline!  : )

Quick Study

This little guy is studying for his MBA.

He is a hand carved gnome that I had made just for Doug by

my friend John in Pennsylvania.

He's looks very intent doesn't he?  : )

Hawaii Swag

Went to Hawaii for 2 weeks with Doug's family

for his parents 50th Wedding Anniversary.

What an awesome trip!!!

We did a one week cruise with his parents & his brother & wife.

We saw Oahu, Maui, Hawaii & Kauai.

Each island has it's own unique attractions.

We did 4 different excursions from the ship & each one was fun

& interesting with AWESOME guides!

Everything I bought there was made in Hawaii, either by

local artists or manufacturers with the exception of a few little tourist items.

I bet you can guess where they were made.

The turquoise mug was hand made & painted in Hawaii.

The Tiki was carved by a woman selling them on the

street in La Haina, Maui. The Raku jar with the turtle on top 

was hand made by a local Maui artist.

This turtle was hand carved just for me by a local carver

in La Haina, Maui. He had just roughed out the shape & he finished it

for me & then signed it. It is one of my favourite pieces!

The tea towels are printed with island motifs & locally made.

The box was hand made in Fiji.

Bought lots of Kona coffee!

This little turtle is sterling silver & opal.

This turtle was hand carved from cow bone by local artists in Oahu.

I will be posting pictures from the trip when I edit them. There are a lot!  : )

Daffodils

The Daffodils were late coming but, worth the wait!

This vase was just one clump of them. I left the rest in the garden for 

a nice spot of bright sunshine.   : )

Vic Reunion 2014

Went to a University reunion on Saturday.

It was nice to see people that I haven't seen in 31 years!

Some I keep in touch with, others I have

seen at recent reunions.

It really was a wonderful time of life, & I have

lots of fond memories of that time.

Lots of catching up, lots of wine. 

Good times.  : )

Queen's MBA Grad!

Doug just had the official Graduation ceremony in Kingston,

at Queen's University on Friday May 23, 2014.

He is now entitled to MBA after his name!

It was a hard slog doing a full time course & full time job at the same time.

All that hard work was worth the big smile &

a real sense of accomplishment.

SO PROUD OF HIM!!!  : )