~Bienvenue al Canada~

 Bienvenue al Canada!
Our Drive was Long But
you can see how Happy Grandma Alison
was to see the Children!
Grandpa was very Excited too but I fear we wore him out!

Grandma and Grandpa live
in the town of Kelowna ,
which is about a 4 Hours Drive
from Vancouver.
Kelowna is Situated on the
Enormous Lake Okanagan amongst
Beautiful Fruit Orchards  and Vineyards
as far as the Eye Can See!
A Haven for Golfing and Boating in the Summer
and Snow Sports in the Winter.
That is why it earned its name as the
Playground of British Columbia.

 

Katelyn's Beautiful Mermaid!

We Spent Quite a Few Days at the Beach 

just to get out of Grandma's Hair

and to give Grandpa a Rest. 

He Put on 8 Pounds during our Visit 

and Enjoyed Katelyn's Special Hamburgers very Much!

Courtesy of Flight Sim

At 2 A.M. on Saturday morning, August 16, 2003, a bolt of lightning struck a tree near Squally Point in Okanagan Mountain Park. An extremely dry summer and plenty of fuel, coupled with high winds, quickly spread the fire into the city of Kelowna. 248 homes were destroyed, 30,000 people evacuated, and there was 100 million dollars of property destruction

Courtesy of Flight Sim

 

It is amazing how Life just Carries on
and how Nature Renews itself .

Mark and the Children went up to
the Kettle Valley Railroad Trestles for a Hike.
The Myra Canyon section of the 

Kettle Valley Railway was 

built between 1912 and 1914 and now Belongs to BC Parks.

It was an Engineering Feat for its time and now is
World Renown for Hiking and Mountain Biking  enthusiasts. It is these Enthusiasts that helped rebuild after many of the Trestles
were Burned by the Fire.

Its Long Waaaaay Down.....

 

I Know Chip is around Here somewhere!

~Columbia Lily~ Photo Courtesy of Miss Lauren

~Opéra de Paris~

~*Opéra de Paris*~

She is called

'Clematis' 

and is the work of

 Hubert von Herkomer.

(Finally came up with the a Match for my 'Daphne'.) 

Both of these Images are the result of 

New Technique of Engraving 

created by von Herkomer and 

his Colleague Norman Hirst in 1899.

'Herkomer devised a method of engraving he termed, modestly, 'Herkomergravure'. He would ink by hand and with swabs of cloth on a lithographic stone, take a monotype from it, and photo-engrave the result onto a copper plate. This gave a very free and soft effect. In Daphne, he used it to create the drapery and some of the skin tone. But then, on the copper plate, mezzotint has been applied by Hirst to build the skin contours of the face and shoulders, and etching has been used to give the hair and leaves form. This combination of methods, giving 'soft' and 'hard' effects, make this engraving extremely striking.'

;From Victorian Web. Org

The Beauty was already created for me 

using these Incredibly Lovely Etchings.

Inspiration came easily.

Hope you all are having a Wonderful Week!

Thank You Karen!!

~The Robin King~

 

~Good Morning Friends~

When I Saw this Beautiful Robin of Karen's at he Graphics Fairy, I Knew I had to Come up with something Fun Using Him!

I Have Been Thinking about Transferring him on to Canvas.

Any Suggestions on How to do that Anyone?

I am so Sorry I Have been I Have been Gone So Long but 

I Know You All Understand!

My Father Required more Surgery last week due to Complications from his Cancer Treatment. He Gave us all a Bit of a Scare but is now Recovering and doing much Better! 

Thank you All for your Words of Encouragement.

You all are so Special!

~Spring Beauty~

I am Hoping  that Spring is just around the corner! I am Ready for it as I am sure Many of you are too! Especially my Mid Western and East Coast Friends!! I was thinking that if I Changed my Blog to Spring.....well just Maybe...  Who Knows! Certainly not our Local Weatherman!  Lol!
I made Spring Beauty to Share a Little bit of Spring
with all of My Sweet Blogging Friends!

And Below is  a New Button for my Blog to Share with you if you would like! A Little Hint of Spring for all of You!

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(Scaled to 220 width)
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My Lovely Images Came from

Brandy Murray from Scrap Girls,

Cajoline Scrap, & Karen The Graphics Fairy

~Vintage Altered Bottles~

 I Have to say that I Really had a Lot of Fun Making
These Vintage Altered Bottles for my Smitten Class with Nancy!
I felt Like I was
Dressing Cinderella up for the Ball!
I Have Fallen in Love With Re-purposing the Discarded. 
I am Looking Forward to my Next Project with Nancy!
Hope you all had a Wonderful Weekend!

~*Images from Blanca with Magic Moonlight Free Images, Karen the Graphics Fairy,Louise of Bumble Button, Catherine of Mud Bay Images , Paper Whimsy*~

~Give me Wings to Fly~

 

My Studio Assistant, Teddy

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Finally fixed my Camera Issues so I can show you what 

I made for Nancy's Smitten Class!

I am Happy with the way she turned out!

I Love this Little Sweetpea from Paper Whimsy. Sometimes the Images is all I need for Inspiration. They seem to make themselves.

 Well now I am Off to finish my Bottle for Class 2! I am Learning some really Wonderful Techniques from Nancy! Come and Join the Fun!

~*Images Provided by Karen of the Graphics Fairy

and for Purchase at Paper Whimsy *~