Upside down

Oct 13, 2011 | Photo

The reflection in the little lake is really beautiful at this time of the year…

Cleaning up the vegetable garden

Oct 11, 2011 | Photo

Indian summer in Montreal

Oct 10, 2011 | Inspiration

“An Indian summer is a meteorological phenomenon that occurs in the autumn. It refers to a period of considerably above normal temperatures, accompanied by dry and hazy conditions, usually after there has been a killing frost. Depending on latitude and...

More for the weekend

Oct 7, 2011 | Pebbles

More painted pebbles, very tiny ones. I have a lot to do in Montreal this weekend, but I intend to paint more of these during my breaks. And see this while in town… And Nicolas found a Matsutake, his first one! Have a good...

Autumn is almost here

Sep 21, 2011 | Photo

The next pictures were taken a while ago near the Mauricie national park. We visited this patch of land with one of our friends who was looking for a place to build her house. Some years later, she now lives in a beautiful little eco-house, surrounded by all that...

L’Île aux Basques

Sep 16, 2011 | Drawing & Painting, Photo

A few years back, a few friends and we spent four days on l’Ile aux Basques. Located near Trois-Pistoles in the St-Lawrence estuary, this tiny island has become a heritage site for its natural resources and rich historical assets. It is said that almost 230 species of...

A natural progression

Sep 12, 2011 | Uncategorized

I got sucked into programming this weekend, no time for drawing. Too bad since I had bought some very nice pastel crayons to draw on pebbles. Still, I escaped half an hour here and there. Here are some pictures, hopping from one subject to another in a natural food...

Rain

Sep 5, 2011 | Photo

It’s been pouring all night, it’s still raining… The frogs started singing again. The next photos were taken seven years ago, during fall. It had been a very rainy and windy one. We had a guest from Marseille who visited Quebec for the first time....

Irene

Aug 31, 2011 | Photo

Irene left her mark in our area this weekend. It was really not as bad as elsewhere since the storm had lost a lot of strength before getting here but still: trees were uprooted, there was a bit of a flood and we had no electricity for almost three days. Because of...

Pebbles

Aug 29, 2011 | Arts & Crafts with kids, Pebbles

Every summer in July, my boyfriend’s family gets together in the Eastern Townships. It’s a week of swimming, frog hunting (poor creatures), berry fruits picking, wild mushrooms picking and of course, eating. There are five nephews and nieces to entertain and all of...

Nightmare before Christmas

Aug 26, 2011 | Drawing & Painting, Inspiration, Photo

I’ve been listening to The Nightmare before Christmas for over five years, regularly. This is one of my favourite music to work on. Tim Burton’s world is spooky, crazy, funny and tender at the same time… While trying to find out links related to this, I stumbled...

August

Aug 22, 2011 | Photo

I think August is one of my favourite months.  I feel sad and happy at the same time since it means the end of summer, but it’s also its apotheosis: cicadas and crickets are singing, the air smells like hay and ripe raspberries, the colors seem a bit warmer. I enjoy...