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Seasonal Kaleidoscopes or Why I Like Winter

Each Winter I seem to migrate no hibernate into my dreams, put paint brush to hand and begin painting floral and embellished little artworks. Stroke after stroke I load the paintbrush and simply paint. I think it dawned on me that much of my recent angst was due to not letting my mind flow freely [...]

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Goals for 2010 and Happy HAPPY New Year Meme!

Last year I wrote my 2009 goals list and recently updated that list to reflect upon what I did and didn’t do in 2009. I hope to continue this annual tradition and invite others to do the same.

Pay for and apply to get my Canadian Passport (I haven’t been outside of Canada in 16 years)
Offer [...]

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Revisiting the 2009 goals list or what I did and didn’t do this year

On January 2nd of this year I wrote a 2009 Goals List. I am revisiting that list now seeing as 2009 is quickly coming to a close. In blockquotes is the goal and just below is the update…
1. Get my site off of Wordpress.com and back to self-hosting
I accomplished this goal. I self host a [...]

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A New Brunswick Diary

Dear Diary,
Aug 12 – Moved to our new home in New Brunswick. It is so beautiful here. The northern woods are so majestic. Can hardly wait to see snow. I love it here.
Oct 14 – New Brunswick is the most beautiful place on earth. The leaves have turned colors – shades of red and orange. [...]

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The intelligence of machines during a recession

On Boxing Day evening I headed uptown with Karen to share a drink at Happinez before going dancing at one of the local clubs where we were to meet up with Lisa and Jilian.
We began walking down King Street so that I could stop at my branch’s bank machine to avoid banking fees to [...]

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The shoveling of Snow and housekeeping of home

On Sunday, Saint John received it’s first snowfall. And with that comes the task of clearing of said snow from walkways, stairs, driveways and decks. I was pooped after shoveling, only to have to clean up the house afterwords.
Each Sunday, I strip the tenants beds, wash linens and towels, vacuum, clean the bathrooms and basically [...]

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Thoughts on that Christmas Art Show at Harbour Station

Well, now that a few days have passed, my mind seems to be calming from the experience of prepping, setting up, selling, tearing down and unpacking from the Art’s and Craft’s Sale held at Harbour Station this past weekend.
I’m not sure if my mind has calmed much if at all. It seems to be on [...]

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I am selling my art at Rhodas Christmas Festival at Harbour Station this weekend!

Wow, what an insane couple of week’s it has been getting ready for this giant upcoming sale. I will be selling my originals, prints, limited edition prints, ACEO (wallet size) mini prints, matted prints, calendars, greeting cards and miniature greeting cards. Also on hand will be a nice selection of framed and ready to hang [...]

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Happy Holiday Ordering Deadlines

Unlike, in the world of offline shopping one can literally shop inside warm stores until December 24th and still have time to package and deliver that gift to it’s special recipient in time for holiday gift giving. Well, this scenario does not hold true for online shopping… however you do get to shop from the [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving

Today I am thankful to be alive albeit sick with the flu.
Today I am thankful to have you in my life.
Today I am thankful to be earning a living with my art.
Today I am thankful to own my own home.
Today I am thankful Missy is better and blinking that eye again.
Today I am humbled.
And there [...]

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Welcome to the Kitchen and Bathroom

In the kitchen we cut both the upper and lower cupboards to fit the new fridge in place. Doing this decreased my counter space considerably as the opposite side of the kitchen houses a vintage Youngstown Kitchen by Mullino double sink.

Underneath the sink and inside the bottom cupboards there was a piece of vinyl [...]

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Happy Canada Day and Art Giveaway Life Update!

Happy Canada Day everyone!
My art is featured on the fabulous Design Milk Blog. You can enter the giveaway and win!
From Jaime the owner of Design Milk:
Jessica Doyle is a fantastic artist who has generously offered items for giveaway to a lucky Design Milk reader. I have Day Dreams (pictured above) and Spring Tree along with [...]

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Yes, that’s me wearing the industrial strength breathing mask sanding hardwood floors

The dust doth fly when sanding old varnish off of hardwood floors.
I began writing this post on June 22, 2009…
Now that the wall painting is complete we began sanding the hardwood floors on the second floor of the house. I used the edger at 5 minute intervals. Every muscle in my body was hurting [...]

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And the paper fell to the floor in wet sticky clumps then we painted the walls

After a week of wetting, scraping and peeling wallpaper off the four upstairs bedrooms, bathroom and sitting room the antique plaster walls were revealed. And to our surprise, namely my Dad who is a mason by trade, the plaster underneath was in excellent condition only needing minor touch-ups to fill in cracks and holes.
In two [...]

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Whilst driving home on Saturday night I hit this stillness of noise

Let me elaborate:
The roads in Saint John are not for the faint of heart. They are twisting, potted, patched and pitted with most yellow and white lines missing or faded beyond recognition. Decades of shaded grey tar and layered pavement speckle the streets, avenues and thruways of this industrial seaside city. If you are not [...]

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So I did return home on that jetplane…

A quiet post of pics to ponder from my vacation to Southern Ontario.
You can see the fully titled and commented set on Flickr
It’s good to be home and slowly but surely catching up on work I missed! Hi everyone! I’m back!
xo

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I’m leaving on a jet plane for vacation on Saturday

And as such no postal deliveries will be made from April 24th to May 4th. All orders placed between those dates will be shipped promptly on May 5th, upon my return.
This postal service interruption will effect:

All three shops will remain open. Please do feel free to buy stuff while I’m gone
This is the [...]

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So I do have a hobby and it’s not art

Many people hold a regular job and create art or craft as their hobby. I am quite the opposite in choosing art as my career and conversely, research both vintage and antique items to sell online as my hobby. Well over a year ago I secretly opened a second shop, OLDisNEW. I sell books, paper, [...]

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Where I live you NEED a pair of these!

Waterproof boots

Woolie handknit hat and warm coat

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Fermenting Canadian Ice Wine

I think I miss the point completely on occasion and float away into my own little world forgetting that which exists and already surrounds me. Then I get to thinking about that point and why it has to be tipped and pointy and why is can’t be round, soft and interchangeable with beams of light [...]

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