The past 7 days have brought about some breakthroughs. Where, you ask? we (Larry) finished painting the downstairs it has rained twice, ending the almost-scary drought conditions the ticks seemed to have gone into deep hibernation (replaced by mosquitos) I sold another large painting at the Flight of Fancy we started working in the studio We also had some lovely visitors from Halifax. We’ve been busy and this makes it tough to keep on top of the blog postings as often as I would like to. I want to s

Yesterday we stepped away from our current obsessive-compulsive-behaviour that is otherwise known as gardening and kitchen painting and we went swimming! We’ve asked lots of people around her where they go swimming and we’ve had answers like “Oh, at Fred’s Hole (unmarked), down the Parker Road (unmarked). Or, at Big Lake (unmarked), which is legally named something else that the locals stubbornly refuse to call it. But more on that later. The directions were all rather vague. It’s been hot and dr

We woke up to rain on Saturday, which was a relief for the garden. We were saved from an afternoon of painting the kitchen because we remembered that today was the GRAND OPENING of the Bare Canvas Gallery and Studio in Bear River and so we dressed in our favorite Frenchy’s finds and drove the 4k to the event. While we were there, I talked to another recent-arrival and she commented about what a magical place Bear River is. She was trying to put her finger on exactly what it is that is the ’secret ingre

Larry continued the painting and finished the living room today. Here are the wonderful results! We both worked on the kitchen, and when that’s done, we can head to the Studio and start creating. (After making curtains there.) As I write, Larry is finishing up priming the walls. Fluffy has been rather agitated about all the action. She must wonder whether this is a prelude to moving or something! The US news website “Democracy Now” that I mention in the video is actually at http://www.democracynow.o

Linda Mae’s garden buddha. People in Nova Scotia are pretty laid back and I think this is even more true in Bear River. So our landlady Linda Mae only slightly surprised us when she said: “While you are housesitting this year, paint the inside of my house whatever color you want that will make you feel comfortable living here.” And then to top it off she said: “Plant whatever you want in the garden that will make you feel happy to live here for the next year. You say you want to dig a big piece o