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4 1/2″ x 6 “, pencil, watercolour and pen & ink

A while ago one of the project managers at work purchases a full carton of about 24 packets of candy cigarettes from the recently opened Dollar Store in our building.  There were about 6  or-so different designs.  At first we were all delighted with the throw-back treats until we actually ate a few.  They tasted like slightly chalky mints.  The idea of them was better than the actual candies.

8″ x 5″, water colour and pen & ink

My shiny, red, portable USB turntable.  I purchased it for listening to my vinyl albums and for digitally converting them so that I could listen to them on my MP3 player.

I actually purchased it last fall, and have yet to use it very much at all.  It’s funny how fast weekends go by when you spend your weekdays working like mad.

8.5″ x 11 “, pen & ink

I recently rediscovered a preliminary sketch of David Suzuki I had done from a few years ago when I was still working at the CBC.  The line drawing was for the development of one of the ideas I had for new Suzuki T-shirts.  This particular idea was never developed further.

It just happens to be David Suzuki’s 75th birthday on March 24, 2011.  So, I thought I would post this in his honour.

I may go back in to add washes of colour at some point, but for now I like the look of just the lines.

8.5″ x 12″, pencil, watercolour and pen & ink

In November my husband and I were with a couple of friends at, Smokeless Joe, one of my favourite bars.  I had my second ever Hatachino Nest Beer there.  As with the first bottle, the bartender kindly rinsed out my empty beer bottle and put it in a bag for me to take home.

November was the last time I had the chance to go out for a few drinks after work on a Friday night.  Since then it’s been a mad rush to just finish and make home.

4″ x 6″, watercolour, gouache and pen & ink

I was really ill during the week I had off following Christmas with a mysterious throat infection that also affected my sinuses.  So, I never felt like I ever had a break following the crazy work schedule leading up to the holidays.

My doctor couldn’t see anything in my throat to indicate that I had Strep again.  But, I had other signs that confirmed I was suffering from a bacterial infection.  Instead of the more common ten-day course of antibiotics I was prescribed a “Z Pack,” or a five-day course of Azithromycin antibiotics.  It took me five days to deal with the side affects while I was on them.  And, then another ten days after that to finally feel normal and healthy again.