Poor mourning Dove

Just after 10 this morning I received an alert on my phone announcing the new STAY AT HOME order by the Premier of Ontario for the next 28 days.  Ontario is Canada’s largest province with 14.5 mil people and we have the highest COVID-19 cases in the country.  Of course we also have the largest city in Canada and many other highly populated cities.  We are literally on fire!  For my husband and I, nothing much will change, it is just more of the same.  

I am happy that we have wildlife to watch over and I also have art to occupy my hands and mind.  Yesterday when I went out to feed my birds, I saw many more tiny down feathers and two tail feathers.  This is the second mourning dove to loose their life in the cycle of life and survival of the fittest!

Carla’s Yearlong class

Thanks Carla for posting the videos of the zoom calls.  I worked on my “family portrait” while I watched.  I wanted to put my time to good use since I couldn’t attend.

I like my family and I laughed when I realized my baby looks like he is swaddling up like a sausage or maybe like a burrito baby! I also learned that I enjoyed creating clothing for my family and giving my grand-dad a bow tie! 

Beautiful Female Cardinal

This morning Mrs Cardinal flew close by and rested on the snow outside my window.  Only for a second mind you but it reminded me how pretty she is.  Okay, so she doesn’t have the lovely brilliant red colour of her husband but no matter, I love colouring and their crown plumage that they share. 

I decided to document this moment today based on a line in the book I’m currently reading. “Snaps” capture a fleeting moment!  And “snaps” are something that I have taken since I got my first Instamatic camera when I was 12.  I still take “snaps” but I think I often commit those fleeting moments to paintings as much as photographs. 

Meeting over the internet

Today I had my first on line meeting with my “bank lady”, last year we did it over the phone.  So this is my first time meeting her “face-to-face” so to speak. Thank goodness I didn’t have to drive in to town today to conduct this important business.  A new public health stay at home order was announced today that starts on Thursday. 

She was surprised when I showed her my drawing, I painted my page after our “meeting”!! 

Bread and drippings

I hadn’t realized that “bread and drippings” really was a “thing” in Britain.  My mother was quite British in her nature and we sometimes had “bread and drippings”.  I always loved it as a little girl.  But then it just seemed to disappear from her repertoire.

So it was interesting to read this in my current novel!

#3 Pantry Art Project

My final entry for the project by Patrice over on IG.  Craft paint in my Moleskine planner 

#1 Pantry Art Project

We went grocery shopping in town today and then I had a well deserved drink. 

Pen and pencil crayons