Creative Adventurez and Findz

Ever since living in Mexico, I have fallen in love with Frida Kahlo.She is such an interesting looking person and so complex.I went to where she live in Mexico and bought many of her paintings, well prints.  She is an amazing strong woman. She over came many obstacles from her pain and surgeries after her accident, to her inability to have a child. She is an inspiration. As well, her artistic style is unique and I like that. She has many colours and symbols that relate to the politics of Mexico.  I would recommed seeing that movie about her life with Salma Hayek . It gives a great over view of her life.The acting is great too. To learn more about her life you can read her biography on the website http://www.fridakahlo.com/ Next month our book club is going to read ( my choice) the 2009 novel The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver which features Kahlo, her life with Rivera, and her affair with Trotsky. I want to show this button art someone did of Frida Kahlo. I hop...

                                                    Here is a photo of the finished product...                                                                                     It is basically a one bowl mix of yummy ingredients.....               ...

There is someting very rewarding about growing your own food. I never was much into gardening when I was younger but now I find it fascinating and fun. Yes, at times it is tendious and never ending but in the end if there are even small successes then I feel some reward. I also enjoy taking photos of my fruits...hee hee. I guess documenting what has occurred helps because soon I know things will change.    Here is the pumkin growing. It may even be orange by Halloween. Last time we grew one it didn't get orange but this one looks promising.  I like the process of how the plant grows. Here is the flower growing and then the Zuchini just appears. Voila!  This year we have had alot of Zuchini. So much that I am going to freeze some and oh course make some bread. Yummy!  The raspberries have really been sucessful too. I am hoping I can keep moving and propagating them so we have a great patch every year.  I planted a varity of tomatoes. Right now the c...

Having  fun listening  to some great music from the past. Boy there are some great female artists: Annie Lennox, Kate Bush, Sarah Harmmer, Adele, Sarah Mc, Stevie Nicks, Cindy Lauper, Tina Turner, Joan Armatrading,...on and on ...so much talent and creativity.....Thank you ladies!

                                                                     Me and Odelia being creative..... Odelia and I made some candles this month. It was a fun a relatively easy craft project. After doing it I think it will be one of the things we do for Xmas gifts this year. Basically you need a jar or glass container, old candles or wax, and then of course the wick. I happen to have all these things as my mom and I years ago made candles with molds.                                   ...

It is a summer tradition you might say to make jam. A summer without jam would feel wrong. So with the weather being uncooperative we decided to make jam for Dave's Birthday. He loves Strawberry jam so we thought. Yes! I usually make blackberry and peach but this year is will be fun to make some different jams.We also made Rasberry jam another week. This time we tried using Stevia instead of sugar. The result was a very powerful jam that has a tartness and sweetness. I like it but you only need to put a thin layer ont he toast. I think this won't be a winner overall. But is was a good experiment.I am wondering too how long the raspberry will keep.            Cleaning the Jam jars is very important. I thought they looked so adorable sitting ready for canning. And making our tummies so happy.                         Th...

This past June, Odelia has been part of two productions in which she shared her creative talents.                                                                  Odelia, Emily and Jaimie                                                                   Odelia and Emily  The first one was with Dance Works Academy year end show. Odelia t...