FIRESTORM, my fourth Young Adult novel, is completed, edited twice by myself and now in the hands of a close friend. I have started a new painting, an old abandoned homestead, and will call it NO TRESPASSING. I often find it difficult to work on as my writing activities take most of my time. I…
Amazing birds
Over the past few months, I have been lucky enough to get some great photos of a few of our amazing birds ….. Bald Eagle, Trumpeter Swans — adult and juvenile, Blue Heron, Mallards and Gulls.
Pandemic Art
I have not been doing a lot of painting the last few months, as I have been putting in a lot of time finishing my novel. I am working on a painting right now, it is an abandoned homestead. I loved the colours absorbed by the weathered wood, and the surrounding trees and underbrush add…
FIRESTORM
My book is finally finished, and I have edited it twice, and now a friend of mine is editing it. I think I am going to try to find a Canadian publisher first, and then I’ll submit to other countries, perhaps the US and the UK. I am not sure how much publishing is being…
FIRESTORM – written during a Pandemic
My novel FIRESTORM is coming together nicely, my seven characters have grown, and face daily obstacles. I have come to know them well: 1. Carlie, my protagonist who has buried her feelings deep inside, not willing to come to terms with the loss of her parents and her dog Poppy. She has taken on the…
Pandemic
Times are changing but are they for the better? Self-Isolation, Quarantine, Social-Distancing, Stay Home–words we have never used before but now have deep meaning. A Pandemic is serious, and we MUST listen to the scientists, health-care workers, doctors, politicians, those who are working on the front lines. Does it sound as if we are at…
Birds, birds and more birds
The long cold Winter has kept the activity high at our bird feeder. We have Northern Flickers, Stellar Jays, Red Breasted Nuthatches, Black Capped and Mountain Chickadees, Brown Creepers (not often seen in Interior), Downy Woodpeckers, Varied Thrush, Pileated Woodpecker (not frequently seen, very wary of people) and our local Red Squirrel. Enjoy these pictures…
ABANDONED HOUSES
We drive to Vernon often, and one day I spotted from the highway the outline of an old house in Armstrong, a place known for its preservation of historical homes and buildings. I vowed I would get a closer look at it. I finally convinced my tolerant husband to stop at Armstrong, and see if…
FIRESTORM, Changes are coming…
There’s a definite change in the weather, the snow is falling off the roof in huge piles, shaking the house and adding to the mounds of snow still covering our yard. The warmer weather means less visitors at the feeders, this is the time the birds start making their nests, and I noticed a nuthatch…
CHILD OF THE ANCIENTS
I’m so excited because my book CHILD OF THE ANCIENTS (Category 12, Young Adult and Middle Grade) was just nominated for the 2020 Readers Choice Awards contest by TCK Publishing! Please vote for it at https://www.tckpublishing.com/2020-readers-choice-voting-p…/ Thanks everyone.