Materfamilias Writes

Summer Sketch: Of Wisteria and Ladybugs, Cycling and Bread-baking

Summer Sketch: Of Wisteria and Ladybugs, Cycling and Bread-baking

We are a few days into what passes for a heat wave here in Vancouver, and I’m trying not to wax too nostalgic about life on the island where I could walk from my front…

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Riding Bikes . . . and Sketching Them Too, Apparently. . .

Riding Bikes . . . and Sketching Them Too, Apparently. . .

We’re lucky to have our granddaughter with us today, so I’ll keep my Monday post very light. Pleased to say that I finally finished my mini watercolour sketchbook(I should post a few more pages here…

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Postcard from a Staycation. . . Italy in Vancouver. . .

Postcard from a Staycation. . . Italy in Vancouver. . .

First of all, wanting to do my small part (la philosophie du colibri/legend of the hummingbird) to keep the #BlackLivesMatter movement centered, to keep those Black Lives Mattering, I recommend the Netflix series The Eddy.…

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Instead of Sicily. . . .

Instead of Sicily. . . .

This would have been our fourth week in Sicily. We’d just be settling into our AirBnB in Palermo, getting ready to explore the famed markets of that Mediterranean city. We’d be tracking the progress of…

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Sketchy Days, Covid Confinement, Quotidian Comforts. . .

Sketchy Days, Covid Confinement, Quotidian Comforts. . .

 I realized last week that I haven’t done much (hardly any!) of the sketching I thought I’d find time for during this confinement, so I unearthed a mini watercolour sketchbook and decided to try filling…

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