Canadian Cottaging, the 'County' & Montreal

If your heart and soul cries out for forests and lakes and GREEN as mine does then I hope you’ll enjoy these pix from my recent Ontario, Canada trip with a side trip by train to Montréal. We also spent time near Belleville, Ontario (where i grew up) in Prince Edward County on my 54th birthday to take in the galleries and wineries that sprouted up after I left Canada for California.

Birthday Swim

Birthday Bliss

Paradise indeed

Happy

I’m 54 today!

kitchen (new cottage)

Cottage-ing

Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada (Birthday Weekend)

Waupous Winery (the ‘County’) - Birthday Lunch

County Cider (Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada)

County Cider (Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada) mmmmm…..luv a good cider!

Birthday Kiss

Lake on the Mountains Birthday Tea

Hardie Winery in the 'County'

Ameliasburgh Pioneer Town

Visit to Drawn and Quarterly bookstore, Montreal

Montreal Mural

birdcages, Montreal

Old friends, Montreal, Quebec

My favorite! St-Viateur Bagel! Café des Arts, Montréal

Caffè Americano

More Pix Here

Canada Trip 1
Canada Trip 2

Love Happens

Grimlet says: "Love Happens"

Welcome to my newest offering: Kill the Darlings! (kicking against the pricks) - a comic-surreal about love, floating marshmallows, souls-in-the-machine, knees and healing. More coming soon!

Grimlet was inspired by my recent visit to Los Angeles to take in the Giant Robot Biennale at the Japanese American Museum, the Giotto exhibit at the Getty, an art opening in Chinatown at L2Kontemporary featuring the work of Simone Gad called Facades and Exploding Fu-Dogs plus I purchased some pens and paper at Kinokuniya Bookstore  in Little Tokyo (I like drawing in public - see photo to the right) and last but not least it was a weekend to celebrate twenty years of wedded bliss - yes indeed.

To learn more about my ART please click  here.

Sketching at Mohawk Bend, Echo Park >

Ontario & Quebec Visit 2012

These are photos from a recent trip to Ontario, Canada (1000 Islands cottage country) and Montreal, Quebec.

View more nature sketches here.

Visiting Portland

Yesterday I sat at a cafe sipping a Café au lait, eating purple and yellow macarones and sketching a fire hydrant. Chloe the cat was not overly impressed although my dog back home would have approved.