Every day for 100 days, I take a photo of something that makes me happy.   From the top left: 17. A well deserved glass of wine after a massive bead making session. Filling the kiln with glass goodness thrills me….

Every day for 100 days, I take a photo of something that makes me happy.   From the top left: 13. Spending an evening playing with hot glass and chasing an idea I have makes me very happy. 14. Rainbow bikes make…

Every day for 100 days, I take a photo of something that makes me happy. From the top left: 9. A lovely end to a great day always makes me happy. 10. An evening bike ride along the waterfront makes me happy….

Every day for 100 days, I take a photo of something that makes me happy. From the top left: 5. Racing with this crew makes me happy 6. Happiness is a clean bill of health from the dentist even though…

  From the top left: 1. A quiet moment listening to the wind in the rushes and the babbling of a stream. 2. Bare feet in sand makes me happy. 3. Gorging on delicious fresh cherries. 4. Listening to the…

I like doing things with a timeframe on them. You can do anything for a short period of time. Maybe then it even becomes a habit. So I’ve been looking around for the next thing that I’ll take on now…

Oh boy oh boy oh boy! After a creative hiatus (vacation) I’ll be back in the studio soon! And after a lovely relaxing break I’m ready to hit the ground running! As I wander along seashores, float on the ocean…

  the sun is setting on this years sailing trip. And what a sunset it is! I’m thinking of sunset beads and when I start thinking of beads all the time I know it’s time to go back to the…

I’m playing with an idea that I’ve been thinking about for a while. Since I have a bit of time right now, I’m taking photo walks. Each walk has a theme, my favourite theme right now is colour. I’m walking…

there i was, strolling along with the sun on my face when i spotted a pair of bright beady eyes looking at my ankles. yes! it was a burrowing owl! these little guys aren’t shy, he was just sitting on…

Rarely have I emerged from my creative lair lately. It’s been a making binge of epic scale and so much fun. This exhibit required that I put down my tools and take a trip to the Textile Museum because I…

Oh boy! I made friends yesterday! Feathery friends! Yesterday I went to the Bloedel Conservatory here in Vancouver. For a city that is relentlessly grey walking into this tropical paradise is, well… it’s paradise. There are flowers, and trees, and birdies!…

full steam ahead Captain Nemo! How awesome! a metro station designed like a submarine. Based on Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues under the Sea. Only in Paris. and in the brass portholes are little vignettes from under the sea. LOVE this! …

387 stairs up. 387 stairs down. and they are tiny, worn spirals stairs.  on a grey, misty damp day we trekked the stairs to see the gargoyles of Notre Dame.  grey mist was perfect for setting the scene.  i think…

je pense… i think, therefore i am. loved the Rodin museum, not only because of the sculpture but because of the setting. the building, the hotel brinon was a small scale, beautiful building where rodin created the work and is…

Aren’t the clouds pretty?  I made it!!! Je suis en Paris!!!  We have a fantastic apartment in Montmartre. Third floor, that means the fourth floor and no elevator. That’s fine, every trip up cancels out a glass of wine. Tomorrow…

These just speak to me. Actually it’s more like they scream at me, “make me into a bead”. I think I will listen. I am experimenting with impressionist beads. Stay tuned. 

I am melting in front of my kiln. Hot glass during a heat wave is a killer even with my super duper air conditioner. So I am making a big stash of ocean beads, dreaming of cool breezes and crystal…

Did you notice how fabulous the roses were in June this year? It was the perfect combination of temperature and rain, the roses are spectacular this year. It made for some slow bike rides around town, when you have to…

I get asked a lot, “where do you get your inspiration?” You’d be surprised where inspiration can strike. I think the trick is to always have your eyes open. One of my favourite places for inspiration is the veggie section of…

Last night I biked down to Indigo, the large bookstore downtown for one of my favourite events, an author evening. I love hearing authors speak on book tours! I’m admire those who can write a book, it’s such a massive…

You know the best thing about this view? We’re ahead of the fleet!!!! Second place!!!! That deserves a glass of wine. 

keep your fingers crossed people, there’s a trip in the works! I’m going to Paris this fall! I have never been to Paris, how is this possible? coming up this fall is a big birthday and I think I should…

Oh she is SO beautiful!!!!! I love my new steed. My beloved Kona Fire Mountain has retired after 17 years of faithful service. Replacing the Kona was such a hard thing, when you have that many kilometres together you really…

oh the greens of spring!!! much as i adore flowers it is the bright fresh greens of the gardens that really make me swoon. crisp little shoots, soft curly leaves and the vibrant branches of the trees. it is all…

according to the magazines at the supermarket check out line, yellow is one of the “in” colours this summer. that makes this ibis one fashionable birdy. love his yellow boots. like wellingtons.

this flower makes me feel like i’m 7 years old. when i was a kid in australia this flower was everywhere. it smells absolutely heavenly. we’d gather huge piles of the flowers and float them in a shallow bowl of…

on a full moon the light is all around. it’s a bit like the old star trek shows where the alien is a living twinkling cloud of light.

on a full moon the tides are extreme, a low tide brings out a veritable treasure on rarely exposed sea grass flats. new coral. one day far off in the future, once the seas have risen, someone will snorkel on…

hot pink. my current favourite colour. because it goes so nicely with all shades of blue.