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How the time does fly! I absolutely love this time of year, which is why I spend the alternating 6 month period where it's summer in Australia! The long evenings, the warmth, the summer flowers, living and eating outdoors...what more could a person want? It's really hard to get to work (not that I am exceedingly diligent or obsessed as an artist at the best of times!)

I spent last weekend on Vancouver Island, trying to catch fish. At least I got some great photos, I think I'll be able to paint some so I'll upload them onto here so you can see what I'm intending to work on. There were no fish to photograph so my career as a biological artist isn't going to happen soon! And the orcas that put on a great show for us near Active Pass, Gabriola Island, on the way back, were just a bit too far away to get good photos of. The performance, however, was spectacular, for a full deck of ferrywatchers ooh-ing and ahhing for almost 30 minutes as they spy-hopped, jumped out of the water & crashed down, sending water flying everywhere. You could see them for a mile, I swear! And then I caught the full moon rising over Mount Baker at the end of a long summer evening--the sky full of purple and pinks with a big golden moon catching the edge of the snow-covered volcano. I got a couple of reasonable photos, although the light was fading quickly, so I might see what I can do with them. The camera doesn't see as well as the eye, I've noticed, but it's a good "aide memoire" if I can get the image imprinted onto my brain.

I'm going to have a busy couple of weeks leading up to my next show at MInnekhada Park in Port Coquitlam, August 21 and 22. I'm expecting some email invitations and maps shortly so I'll try to put them up as soon as possible. That said, there's company coming and I have some Okanagan travel to do. We're going to double up by having fun with my brother's family who are coming out from Ontario, in Vancouver and in Penticton, and we're going to start looking for retirement property to include some studio/gallery space for me. The 2-3 year plan is starting to appear! Stay tuned, and put your name on my mailing list if you want to be emailed with details, or if you want to be notified when I put a new blog posting out so you don't have to remember to look.

And speaking of the Okanagan, I put a new painting up under "What's new"--have a look at my inukshuk! A summer version of a winter image. I don't think I'd be taking a photo of one in the snow--well, maybe at Whistler this winter if I get skiing before heading south. That's it for now, stay tuned!