Here is a picture of our new baby boy, Salem. He is two months old and the kitty Joann and Sandy brought me along with raspberry jam for Lorne...hahaha. It softened the blow of another family member...Ahh but who could resist this guy?

Here is a picture of little Salem's Sister. Joann McLean is teaching this project at C2C here in Mississauga Ontario Canada next April 27 - May lst.  This is coloured pencil can you believe it?
This is so awesome and I bet Joann will have a line up clammering to get in to this class.

Joann is an amazing artist and teaches in different mediums one being Traditions...Joann took some time off from teaching but is coming back to the place she should never have left "teaching"!! 

Joann and her wonderful hubby Sandy seem to collect all the unwanted fur babies that are left homeless...how anyone can possibly leave a cat homeless is beyond me...
 If you want to contact Joann email me and I will give you her email addy.

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Happy Friday Everyone.  Yesterday I got my new kitty.  He is two months old and all black. His name Salem of course!! While we all love him darling Cali Cat doesnot and is not speaking to her Dad or me since yesterday and she is quite a vocal cat.  I do hope she comes around.  My granddaughter Nicole sat with Cali yesterday and Cali talked and talked to her apparently telling her the whole story of how I brought in another "thing" and she is not happy.  Dear old Echo (20 year old papillion dog) just grumbles and goes to sleep. I will be putting pictures of Salem up today. 

His little sister needs a home too. She has beautiful tabby markings on her.  My friend Joann and her hubby Sandy rescued these fur babies and they seem to rescue lots of cats and kitties that people just don't care for any longer (how sad is that). I figure you abandon a pet you'd abandon a kid...but that's me!!!
Joann McLean is a beautiful artist and her work is so amazing!! Her coloured pencil is just beautiful and you would think it was acrylics..I sure hope she starts teaching again. 

Have a wonderful Friday. The sun is shining and I am off to do some art.

I have been busy doing my Art Journal Love Workshop. My Journal 365 Workshop. My Chaos and Calm Workshop.  I hopefully will be putting up some art work this week.  I am also finishing up a couple of canvases and working in my journal(s).  I am also playing with the Golden Mediums and I have to tell you...I am loving them.

The weather is wonderfully hot and my flowers are finally doing okay in the garden.  The herbs are growing nicely and I have enough Lavendar to bring in the house.

Life is good as I hope it is for you too.

I have finished a couple of ATCs for the Art For The Creative Mind yahoo group I belong to.

I did have these finished last week but one of them took two days to dry and then I hated it so booted it to the garbage and did another... The swap is Circles and Dots. The lace added to the top one makes it slightly wider than the bottom.

I am not sure if I like this Facebook badge on here...it keeps putting up pictures that I was going to add..
hmmm nervy...

I am taking Pam Carriker's workshop Journaling 365 and this is my first lesson completed...we are further along but it took me this long to get the nerve up to start my lessons.  This is done with conte crayons and I must say I am liking them very much..I will be doing more with them as they are fun to use (like charcoal only don't smudge as much)...this was all done just with the black crayon and then used my white uniball pen to embellish afterwards. 

I took the drawing from a picture of my beautiful daughter (doesn't look anything like her as I am still learning to draw portraits)...hehehe but our feelings are so similar that my muse took over and combined us and so the My Daughter Myself.

I had such a happy time last week watching my grandson Jacob graduate from Grade 8 to High School.  The times goes so fast it is scary.  He was little and we played on the floor with building blocks and overnight he is so much taller than me and broad shouldered and grown up...how does that happen overnight?  He won an award and graduated with honours!! Of course that doesn't surprise me but it is nice to boast about.  His award was given to him because he helps others, is kind, gives respect to his peers and is respected by all at school...he is always there when needed.  Yup that's my Jacob...so Grandma couldn't be prouder....Jacob is my heart.

Now I am off to fnish up some art pieces. I am going to not do so many swaps as I am not getting my own art done. There are not enough hours in my day even though I am up at 4:30 but in bed before 10...hehehehe. I think I will make the hours from 5:30 (when my hubby leaves for work) until 11 just my art time and maybe I will get some things accomplished...housework will have to wait...

It is warm and humid here today and the sun is fighting the beautiful gray/blue sky which is my favourite colour.

So here I sit with a very big bruise on my leg from the pulled groin muscle last week...silly me, I turned too quickly while making Lorne’s lunch for the day and soon as I was turning I heard myself saying “oops I shouldn’t be turning like this” apparently my muscle heard it too...hehehe I was in such pain that day I laid on the bed most of the day with the heating pad...after my ginger bath that night I felt much better and the pain was pretty well gone, but I can still feel that darn sore muscle and when I sit the wrong way (on the muscle I guess) yikes it hurts..and the bruise has gone around half my leg as I stretched it the other night in bed...too funny. I am thinking I should get up on my scanner and scan it and use it for a background because it is a pretty molted purple/blue and red colour...hehehehe


Today is Jacob’s graduation from grade 8 so tonight we will be going to the school to watch him...I am weepy...yesterday I was sitting on the floor playing with him. What happened overnight? 
The time goes so fast it is scary.  I am so proud of my grandson!! So far in his young life he is showing a potential for becoming a caring and wonderful person; the kind of man we need in today's world.

I think today is Journal Page day called Bitter/Sweet..

Off now to grab another coffee...have a wonderful day and see you all later.

Here are the last two I did...Note that the bottom one has a piece of paper coving the middle; that is because I have done
my partner's name on it and don't want her to see it before she gets it in the mail...

I am doing a group zentangle swap.  Here are the first two I did. I have to tell you that doodling is something I did/do all the time; but when you sit down to purposely do it that's a whole other story!!  I had to stop trying and let my muse "Tlazotoetl" take over and then it came together...I actually enjoyed it once I got started and stopped thinking!!  I hope you enjoy them. Any feedback on how to make them better is always appreciated when I put my art pieces up....

Sunday Morning, warm and overcast and that's okay!!
I have to start my post this morning saying how proud I am of our Police Force in Toronto!! They are doing an amazing job with professionalism and patience keeping the "black bloc" protesters at bay. These thugs are being detained and held and that is a good thing.  The police have had bottles, sticks, rocks and other things thrown at them.  Some police cars burned and store windows smashed.. Protesting the G8 and G20 is fine if done with diginity!! These kids should have their Mothers take them home by the ear!!!!