weeds are considered bad. they are something to be dug up, ripped out, eradicated. maybe we should look a bit closer at “weeds”. sometimes they are really quite nice. maybe it’s time to take a minute and reevaluate what we…

 These remind me of Spain. I want a white house with a terracotta roof. And I will grow bouganvillea on all the walls. My favourite is the hot fuschia, all 20 feet of this was stunning. So pink it hurts…

yes, that would be a helicopter on the deck of that “motor yacht”. gee, and all i raised money for was one little sail during my last sale. maybe i should hold a huge sail and buy a helicopter? although…

always look for a new viewpoint in life. too bad you can’t see the waves crashing over the bow. that required 2 hands to hold on and no hand for the camera.

OK, so it’s really a lifeguard station, but I would live here! Is this not be best beach house ever? Who cares if you are battered by wind all the time? It’s just so super cute!

people ask me, “don’t you miss making beads?” well yes. yes i do. however there’s lots and lots of other crafts that i like that i never have time to do at home because i’m so busy making beads and…

Yippeeee!!!!! Sailing gloves, check! New sail ordered, check! (And muchas gracias to everyone who purchased in my sail/sale and contributed to the new genoa!)  A couple of t-shirts, check. And of course, MiniBill, our mascot. What’s a Sailorgirl without a…

It’s hard on a dreary drizzly day to find a bright spot. All around is grey grey grey, January in Canada is definitely not pretty. Thanks to my current fascination with my iPhone camera I am again looking at the…

Pantone has announced that the colour of 2012 is Tangerine Tango. “Reminiscent of the radiant shadings of a sunset, Tangerine Tango marries the vivaciousness and adrenaline rush of red with the friendliness and warmth of yellow, to form a high-visibility, magnetic…

No matter how grey or dreary the day, there’s a bright spot somewhere. The challenge is to find it. What’s your bright spot today?

Hello, my name is Catherine and I am addicted to my iPhone. This thing is SO much fun!!! If only I didn’t have to do anything else (darn book keeping) then I could actually figure out how to use all…

A long time ago in a faraway land I spent some time in a desert. I went in not knowing much about deserts and not expecting a lot. The thing about deserts is that they’re really stinking hot, so you…

Found on a street. I want these all over my yard. Everywhere I look are birdies, is the universe trying to tell me something?

And the fortune cookie speaks. How did it know? I have big plans. Oh just you wait, I have HUGE plans.

The last month has been a colour soaked play day for me. I’ve ignored dumb administrivia tasks, I’ve ignored cleaning up, I’ve ignored any boring grey thing and I played. Daily I walked to the studio taking different routes to…

To celebrate fall I bought a new umbrella. Just because it’s grey and drizzly doesn’t mean it has to be boring. Now I can wander along under the shadow of La Tour Eiffel dreaming of sitting in a cafe, avec…

It was icky and cold and threatening rain this morning so I left my bicycle at home and walked to the studio. When I was halfway there someone in the sky snapped their fingers and “poof”! blue sky appeared. I…

That was SO MUCH FUN!!!Oh boy. My little tiny brain is just buzzing, percolating, zinging, firing on all cylinders, moving at warp speed. I am so fired up with ideas! I just spent 2 days in a room with 6…

And the universe speaks. On a morning when I wake up paralyzed by the huge to-do list, when I can’t even imagine where to begin, when I have so many ideas buzzing in my brain, when I begin to make…

It’s too darn quiet in here!!! OK, so there’s music on, but that’s not the right kind of sound. Sometimes I need to write some stuff, or make lists, or just think and I can’t do that in the hush…

Fortunately not on our island, and more fortunately we were in a motorboat when we spotted this guy. How something this large can live on berries is beyond me. Wild wild rocky wilderness. I love the little rock pools and…

I truly love the giant bushes of these that have exploded everywhere. Sunshine with petals. I am feeling the urge to make flower beads. And flower jewelry. Not sure what yet…

Oh what fun we had! There was a spontaneous road trip last week to see the Caravaggio exhibit at the National Gallery in Ottawa. First there was a side trip to visit Robert and Bill of Henderson Farms jams. Love…

Last weekend there was a major street festival outside my studio front door. It’s called the Taste of the Danforth and it’s one of my FAVOURITE festivals. It’s about food people! Food everywhere! The street is closed to traffic and…

Poison must be ingested, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Venom is injected, in nature usually through a fang. Did you know that? I didn’t, it’s just one of the amazing things I learnt on my field trip out of…

there’s some new colours sneaking into my standard palette of blue and green…

When it’s nice and sunny outside, and you’re strolling along blissfully staring at stuff it’s really easy to find interesting moments. It’s been a bit grey and drizzly this week and I’ve been mentally distracted with work stuff (boss says…