August 13, 2017

Shannon
A lot of the weekend I continued to enjoy participating in the Viewathon, including enjoying a Saturday Morning Cartoon Party! I chose to watch Jem and the Holograms, She-Ra and also took a crack at the animated Star Trek series. One of the great joys I've had during this was realizing I can watch an episode of something without overly planning and committing. I can just.... try stuff out! See if I like it! Enjoy it, or move on. It was really great to shake up my perspective. And of course watch a lot of awesome TV.

August 11, 2017

Shannon
I have been trying to figure out if I want to work in watercolours, and if so...which of my watercolours. As I was trying out one set I remembered I actually had tubes of paint somewhere..and even a palette! Today I put the two together to see if that is a way that will work for me. I did a test sheet and am not I'm not sure about it...I felt like the colours might not be as saturated as I'd like. I don't know if it was my technique, the paint, or maybe that they hadn't yet completely dried from the tube. I'm excited to make it work though, so I'm going to keep on working it.

Suzie

A very long and extremely hot day. Doctor's and then groceries. Oi. Too much! I think the secret syrup High Priestess agrees. That was too much Suzie. Oh and I did a photoshoot for Reg AND made dinner. Tomorrow's going to hurt.

August 10, 2017

Jamie

I am really enjoying have some time off. My heart and soul need it. Clearly they need a lot of journal time in coffee shops too, LOL! Today I had errands to do downtown so I made sure to stop and hang out at an old favourite haunt, Futures, and do a little writing too.

Shannon
Tiring day, but once I got the dones done it was nice to kick back and re-watch a favourite film for the Viewathon. I absolutely love The Losers and I've not watched it for quite a while, so it was great to enjoy it's awesomeness.

Suzie

Bit of a weird day. Had to rush out to get food before the guy came to fix the refrigerator. Rested off and on, like I did yesterday. The heat and smoke is really bad. Was on my own for the whole day. Feeling kind of rough. Supposed to cool down and maybe even rain in a few days. Can't come soon enough. Art studio is closed too and it really impacts my emotional health to not have a place to go to connect with people.

August 8, 2017

Shannon
It was so great to spend Art and Netflix time all together! I really enjoyed the movie and of course getting to hang out all together! And thank you both for helping me to do my Buddy Watching challenge for the Viewathon I'm participating in. I am SO excited to watch so much TV. Couch time for the win!

Suzie

Our long weekend was incredibly social and long, it actually started on Friday when I finally got to a diner I have been wanting to visit for forever and see some friends from Nova Scotia who where in Langley for a visit with family. Been going non-stop which is awesome but also means I had to cancel plans for tomorrow because I need a day in bed to recover. So awesome to hang out with you two on Monday as well!

August 7, 2017

Jamie

It was a very arty day yesterday! I love spending Sunday mornings reading, watching inspiring art videos and catching up on my classes. I am thoroughly enjoying Between Speech and Silence by Diane Culhane offered through Carla Sonheim. Shannon and I also got back to Art Day - yay!!! And worked on creating fun little books that will be full of animals! It was great to hang out, have fun and be inspired.

Shannon
I can't believe I didn't take any pictures of actual Art Day-ing save this image of the paint trying to become a blobimal all on it's own!

August 6, 2017

Jamie

I am so glad to have a bit of relaxed time on my schedule. I'm getting a bit of sleep and yesterday I took a bit of time to paint. This is a lesson from a class I am taking. I feel like it gave me a vehicle that works beautifully with my loves and imagination. I could make a million of these - and I just might.

Shannon
I did a spontaneous live stream of drawing out an Aesop's Fable. I still don't know how I feel about the video, or the result...but I did it!

August 4, 2017

Jamie

Well, it was Escher's turn to go to the vet and it was really challenging. He hid under the bed. He bolted under the mirror. He dashed behind the curtains. He was so scared. There was hissing. There was even growling and peeing. But nobody got hurt and we all made it to the vet. The good news is that he's doing very well in terms of his health and body condition. Yay! And when we came back we were amazed that after he ran out of the carrier and hid in the basement for about a minute, he went to the kitchen and lay down! He was totally fine the rest of the night! Thank goodness.

Shannon
Just a random what-I'm-reading pic. Not sure how Jason would feel about his company there...

Suzie

Leaving the hospital after the stress test. DONE!!! You know Mom was right, she did not want to do the stress test and it was hard, she would have suffered like the lady next to me did. It would have been too much for her. All this time I thought she should have done it but no, she was right.