first stop

our first stop on our road trip

as my granny would say

"the one thousand islands"

the fall colours were just starting

this time we made sure we included

a tour of boldt castle

on heart island

across from alexandria bay

construction started in the late 1800's

on the summer home built by george boldt

for his wife, louise

and was never completed due to

louise's death and george's broken heart

it was my second visit in 15 years and i was amazed

on the amount of renovations ,which started in 1977

after the home was abandoned in 1904

the entire first floor is now complete and furnished

a view from the boat of the power house

next stop

lake placid

then on to vermont,

new hampshire and massachusetts

no place like home

as much as i love to travel

it's always good to be home!
6 days on the road
27 hours driving time
over 2000 km
and tons of photos to go through
i will post some tomorrow
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me and my new red shoes
on my front porch
attention carmi:
i may have to borrow
your bedazzler machine!

road trip

first stop

lake placid

see you in a week!

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photo taken at

concours d'elegance

westbeth

the worlds largest artist community

westbeth is located in nyc

it's where i attended

lynne perrella's class last month

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at lunch i wondered around the area

taking photo

love the subtle texture

perspective

first evidence of fall

shadow shot sunday

early this morning

i thought "what a great shot"

took a couple of photos for sss

hosted by hey harriet

went to make coffee and brush my teeth

came back to take a few more shots

and it was almost gone

just a faint shadow

so i took a few mores shots

they just looked so faint

but it gave me an idea

so i played a bit in ps

and here you go!

reflections

it's been 3 weeks since my ny weekend

i haven't had much time to sit and play

with my photos until today

my first morning was spend

walking through bryant park

it was so quiet!

which is hard to imagine!

just a few workers, tourists , homeless people

and me, taking shots of the amazing refection's

after the evening rain

one of my favorite blogs to read is

a new york magpie's eye

judy has a wonderful eye for photography

and lives and works in manhattan

she finds so much beauty on her walks to work

and inspired me to take these shots

so next time your out

remember

look up, look down, look back

encaustic class

the next evolution in my quest for

learning about texture

we decided to experiment with food

rice, pasta, sesame seeds, rosemary and loose tea

it was fun adding these elements to the wax

some embedded and some on top

detail of the above work

i painted the the whole surface with a taupe wax

then added in some green, ochre and browns

here is a close up of the black tea

added on top

mostly seeds

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my second canvas was more mono chromatic

you can really see the food

if you look real close you can see some the sesame seeds

rice and small bits of spaghetti
plus some discarded bristles from my brush

Shadow Shot Sunday

i'm always interested in "who's" been

visiting my blog

c.m. jackson has a wonderful photo blog

called

states-of-mine

that's where i noticed

shadow shot sunday

hosted by

hey harriet

another beautiful photo blog

so i decided to play along

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above

a photo from my trip to nyc

a few weeks ago

early morning in bryant park

i also got some great reflection shots

i'll post them later this week

new addition

i can't believe it's been 7 weeks since

baby momma gave birth

she had 3 little kittens

above, our new addition to our family

she's so cute, lovable and funny

i haven't laughed this much in a long time!!

she's full of beans, so that's what i've been calling her

bean, beanie and beanie baby

not sure what will stick

encaustic class

i'm so happy to be back in class

i tried to get some work done over the summer

but time just flew by

my goal this fall

with the help of my teacher, heather

is to take my texture to the next level

and expand my color palette

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above my first project

it still needs a lot of work

but that's what the class is for

to try new things , experiment

and work outside of my comfort zone

some of the detail from todays project

where has the summer gone?

finally, summer arrives

on the closing of the cne

it was a great long weekend

while the masses left the city to

spend time at the cottage

i enjoyed a wonderful time

visiting my town

like a tourist, camera around my neck

visited friends and a few galleries

toured different neighbourhoods

ate way too much junk food

and enjoyed a day at the ex

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above, a shot of the ferris wheel at the cne

or the "ex" as we call it in toronto

too soon

only in canada

the last longweekend of the summer

and we have to find this flyer in the mail

how many more days 'til christmas?!!!!!!!!

reminder

last chance to see the

square foot show

at the awol gallery

today and saturday, 12 to 6 pm

sunday is the last day 1 to 5pm

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above just one small corner of the show

over 150 rows times 8 in each

the show was so successful that

they needed a second venue

to house all the paintings

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opening nite, ludgera

it's like a giant patchwork quilt

every time i went around the room

i saw something new

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a shot o one of my submissions

elvis, second last row

encaustic show part 2

yesterday, i stopped by balzacs

for lunch and coffee with ludgera

it's a wonderful setting

i love the variety of work

displayed on the rustic brick walls

two of mine on the outsides

my friend and class mate

ron bennison

he's a great inspiration to me

and fun to be around

i love to see so many different techniques

and variations of the same medium

i hope i get to meet the
rest of heather's students
they are all so talented



mine on the lower left

encaustic show

my teacher, heather gentleman

is hosting 10 of her students works

at the loft gallery at balzac's

(pump house)

in the distillery

the show starts today and

will be available until october 6th

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i start classes next wednesday

at her studio (the case goods warehouse)

just behind the cafe

so if you are around come by

for a peek at us working