Today is Canada Day. The weather is doing what it does
best here, having trouble deciding. It rains like crazy,
then apologizes (Canadians are noted for being apologetic),
says it's sorry, and bright sunlight fills the day with
sparkling beauty, then more rain, and more sunshine.
In that way the day itself is like a love affair -- one minute
all is well, and the next you get a bit wet. But I feel
filled with pride at this crazy country, populated with so
many kind, talented funny people. So I'm including
some of the paintings I've done in the past year of this
great land. The left and right are Nova Scotia, and the center
picture is our own street, looking over the schoolyard.
Whether it will keep raining and prevent the fireworks
we traditionally go and see, where people all gather on
the beach, and then clap when the fireworks are over, or
not is anyone's guess. But fireworks or not. I love
this place.
Have a happy, peaceful, joyous Canada Day wherever you are.
Me too. Fellow Canadian, eh.
ReplyDeleteThank you Steven, it's a good time to be Canadian isn't it.
ReplyDeleteXOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara
Your work is so beautiful - it's nice to know amazing Canadian artists like you!
ReplyDeletexoxoxo
:)
V
You have a lovely blog and I admire and appreciate your talent. Warm greetings from Montreal, Canada. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Verna,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much. Your work gets inside my head. Today stopped in traffic beside a TTC bus I was looking at the patterns, and the wonderful way the red of the stripe interacted with the huge black circle of the wheel. It was a slow day, I got to contemplate the pattern on the grid over a vent no doubt. And my mantra was, "pleasure everywhere", which for an artist can be true.
XOXOXOXOXOXOXO Barbara
Hi Linda,
ReplyDeleteI went to your blog and watched the kitten climb into the puppy's
cage. So cute! Thank you for your kind comment. Warm greetings from
Toronto, Canada. :-)
XOXOXOXOXO Barbara