Changing my toothbrush

Recently I got back from minding the kids while parents were away. They (the parents of course) all deserve a break once in a while and we were glad to contribute. While they were gone, we went to the park and fed some birds. Needless to say, the little one loved that.

Récemment j'ai gardé les enfants de ma fille: un petit congé ça fait du bien (pour les parents bien sûr). Aider un peu, ça fait plaisir. Pendant leur absence, nous avons été nourrir les oiseaux dans le parc. La petite était enchantée.



Are those colours something else or what??
Les couleurs sont merveilleuses, non?



Before our meet in Tremblant I made a conceptual piece using a blend; my intention was to switch the tiles around in an orderly fashion. It didn't work for me so instead I took a random approach and repositioned the tiles in a "chaotic" order. Took a picture this morning: I am getting closer and closer to my worktable.

Avant notre rencontre à Tremblant, j'avais fabriqué une petite pièce conceptuelle en utilisant un dégradé. Le concept étant que je voulais inverser l'ordre des tuiles pour voir. Le résultant ne m'a pas emballé; j'ai donc décidé de tout remettre en place dans un ordre chaotique. J'ai pris la photo ce matin. Je me dirige de plus en plus vers ma table de travail/jeu.

There was a fish in the attic

Il y avait un poisson dans mon grenier



Hope your weather is fine for the holidays. Here we are breaking all records for... well, it is summer here!!

Je vous souhaite du beau temps pour les vacances de Pâques. Ici nous fracassons les records de chaleur!!

The sound of snow

Have you ever listened to the snow? while walking on it (of course)! You can tell the temperature outside by the sound of your footsteps. This morning, the sound was crickle! That means it was very cold outside in the -25C range. When it crackles it is around - 20C and then it goes crunkle and for me, that means it is fairly warm weather...snow wise that is. Good skiing weather for sure.
Recently I began making teeny tiles with polymer clay and I am looking at (yet again) many possibilities; endless ones. Here is an example of what I do: the tiles are fairly small (one inch squares). I start by making a sheet, give it a general design and cut it up in little squares. I then take every little square and treat it like it was a single unit (i.e. a little painting). I then reassemble them and get this result.

This is the first one I made and assembled. If you click on the image you will see it close up. I'll post the other ones another day. I am still looking for ways to assemble the tiles. Hint: I love fiber arts.