Monday, 27 February 2017

PEI, here we come!

We're headed to PEI in July (yah-hoo). In anticipation of our journey, Heather is working on a difficult, 1000 piece, puzzle of Green Gables. Here is a picture of the puzzle. Notice anything odd?

Sunday, 19 February 2017

Royal Canadian Mint


I am not a coin collector, but I certainly admire many of the “original designs crafted by Canadian artists, that the Royal Canadian Mint produces as some of the world's most stunning collectible coins.”  I also like to slightly modify coin designs by such things as: removing predatory animals, colouring, adding content, removing content, and stylizing.  Also interesting is the Haunted Canada Brakeman (2015) shown below, which features spectacular lenticular technology that masterfully tells the chilling tale of Vancouver's headless brakeman.







Tuesday, 14 February 2017

"Two Points Lighthouse" Art Show Calendar - 2017

Support the Medway Head Society in its efforts to maintain the Medway Head Lighthouse by purchasing a fundraising 2017 Lighthouse Art Show Calendar

Monday, 13 February 2017

The Cardinal

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, The definition of Cardinal is:

-a high ecclesiastical official of the Roman Catholic Church who ranks next below the pope and is appointed by him to assist him as a member of the college of cardinals, or

-a crested finch (Cardinalis cardinalis) of the eastern U.S. and adjacent Canada (including Nova Scotia), which has a black face and heavy red bill in both sexes and is nearly completely red in the male.

Although Ulgedook Cottage is a retired church, the first definition is irrelevant given its previous Wesley United religion.  The second definition is more relevant to me, not because I'm a bird-watcher, but because it was the image on my drinking glass in my parents cottage over forty years ago.  I used the cardinal glass, and my cousin Laurie used the blue-jay glass.  Since then, I have adopted the cardinal as a bird that I relate to.

Learn more about the Northern Cardinal at CanadianGeographic and/or the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Sunday, 12 February 2017

Danny's Deuce

Dan Baltzer fabricates his dream.


Monday, 6 February 2017

Start with Your Heart

Regardless of what you do, start with your heart.

Friday, 3 February 2017

The Optometrist

Who needs glasses: Joe, Joel, or Heather?