Sketch from a local cafe. I usually don’t draw people, but he was right there at the next table on his own reading, so he didn’t move a lot which was really helpful. 😅 It was also interesting to draw the same thing multiple times and play with abstraction and size on the last two iterations. #sketching

Second round of Mom’s roses. Really glad they came back, as they didn’t get any water while we were away for Mom’s hip replacement trip. #blooming #flowerstr

Let the games begin!!! #scrabblesunday #familytime

GM! #wedontneednostinkinboats

Backyard tomatoes for Mom. 🍅 Local fruit stand cherries for Me (and Mom). 🍒 #foodstr

No wildfires near us, but the smoke from all the ones in BC and Washington are contributing to a Stay Inside Day. 🔥 Photo 1: normal air Photo 2: today’s smoke-filled air #weather #fireseason

New dedicated #artstr #photostr account in the making … View quoted note →

New personal best: reached the top of the mountain road!!! ⛰️🎉😁 10,000 steps/4.4 mi/7.1 km round trip A year ago I could walk 1.3 miles. Gradually, then suddenly. 🧡💜💙 #proofofwalk #fitnessover50

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one that went downhill. 2.3 miles round trip on the mountain road this morning. 🥾🥾 #proofofwalk

It’s truly summer when they add the floating bounce house to the lake. #summer #lakelife

Happy Friday! #proofofwalk #birdstr

Very fun 1000 pc jigsaw puzzle of Agatha Christie with objects reflecting her life and stories. Included a poster that gave her biography and pointed out all the references in the illustration. Did you know she loved surfing? 🏄🏻‍♀️ #puzzle #bookstr

Love the lakeside boardwalk in the next little town. Everyone says GM as you walk by. #vacation #lakeside

1. Raspberries and tomatoes from the garden 2. Farmers’ market cherries, a variety developed locally #foodstr #homegrown

GM!!! Saw a lenticular cloud on the walk to town. So exciting as I’ve only seen photos of these. 😍 #clouds

GA! Little town flower basket Appreciation Note. Back in BC. Mom’s doing well after her hip replacement surgery and relieved to be home. Two more weeks of easy movements then the physio starts. 🦾 #blooming #flowerstr

Sketching the accessible bathroom of our hotel room. 5⭐️ for the shower bench, wall bar, and ability to use a hand-held shower head. 3.5⭐️ for the law-defined 17” toilet (regular is 15”) because it’s not high enough for my mom at 84 years old and definitely not high enough-post hip replacement surgery. 5⭐️ for Amazon Canada for delivering a toilet cushion* riser seat the day Mom was discharged from the surgical center. * use the search term “cushion” if you need a toilet rise that uses straps/suction cups/etc to attach to the toilet seat vs. something that replaces the toilet seat and has to bolt onto the toilet with hardware. #sketching

Mom’s back at the hotel after her hip replacement surgery. Doing very well, and up to a bit of jigsaw puzzling. 🧩 #familytime

Me: where’s my Fourth of July doodle? Google: IP says you’re a Canuck. Support your country in the World Cup, eh? 😮‍💨 Happy 250 American!!! 🇺🇸🗽🎇

GM! Sketching the hotel room while I wait for the call to pick up Mom from the surgical center. Her hip replacement surgery went well - had a call from the surgeon and the nurse yesterday. Mom’s got a morning physio session, a set of X-rays, and then I’ll get a call. #artstr #somewhatpatientlywaiting