In the summertime...

I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

- Frida Kahlo

It's been over a month since I've posted anything
and I've painted very little in this time too.
I almost wrote "I've had little time to paint"
but that's not true.
I have all the time in the world.
Or at least more time than many people have.

Other things (or people) just take priority sometimes.
This is my brother Ricky, my dad, and my nephew, Cody.
They were here on vacation from the US for a week,
so they were my reason for not painting for a while.

And it was Canada Day, so yeah.
This (above) is City Hall, in Moncton, NB.

Even the brick walls get balloons. :)

Yes indeed. :)

A statue of Northrup Frye sits in front of the library.

Drinks on Main Street Moncton!
The woman standing on the far left is my sister-in-law, Nicole,
my nephew (in the white shirt), my brother (with the hat)
and the cute one with the beard is my son Alex. :)

A beautiful day at the beach, so yeah,
still no painting.

My son Alex and nephew Cody,

enjoying a cold one on l'Aboiteau beach,

about 20 minutes from my home.

Another beach (Parlee beach) with the sun slowly setting...

I thought it would rain (and thunder!) for a while

but it never did.

This is a not-so-perfect beach near my home,
but one I prefer because it's much quieter.
When the company was all gone,
I came here with pen & paper, as I often do,
and wrote, read for a while, and watched the seagulls.

Our little backyard garden.
I took this over a week ago, so it's grown a lot since then.
The carrots aren't growing - for whatever reason.
We're never too serious about the garden.
We get what we get, and usually, it's more than enough.
We've had so little rain lately...
the grass everywhere is yellow and dry.
We could use a few good days of downpour.

The best part of having a garden

in the backyard. :)

And speaking of gardens,

a quick little illustration of Thomas,

a serious gardener who lives where my dad lives.

He's always so happy to see

his tomatoes growing. :)

A Harry Potter painting, acrylic on paper.

I think I'll scan this one and put it in my ETSY shop soon.

A quick pen sketch from an image i found on Pinterest.

There are lots of things (and people) I'll never understand.

Slavery, in all its forms, is one of them.

I can't remember if I posted these or not...

quick little Sharpie sketches on post-it notes & added acrylic.

When my time is limited, or

when I'm not in the mood.

A few little notes from the one of the sections
of the e-course I'm working on.
(I may have posted these already too!?)
It feels like I've neglected so many things
over the past few months,
but I'm slowly getting my groove back.
Once in a while, I need to sit myself down
and remind myself why I wanted to do this e-course
in the first place.

To inspire you to follow your own heart

towards a more meaningful life

by using art and writing and nature

as your guide. 

Art and writing and nature have helped me through
some of the darkest days.
And I know they can help others (like you!) too.

Happy Wednesday to all!

Thanks for being here.

xo