this week . . .

If you follow me on Instagram (vintage sparrow studio) , you will have already seen my wonderful news . . . 

I've been published in the first issue of yoonyen (pronounced Union).

Yoonyen ~ where passion and creativity unite~

I am one of 72 artists and you can find me on pages 42 & 43 

where I have 4 of my paintings. 

For I will protect you

Mystic Circle

One Day

Melodious Reservoir

Mystic Circle and One Day are in the Art in the Workplace #38 juried show

and can be viewed in person at

McMaster Innovation Park

175 Longwood Road South

Hamilton, Ontario 

Many thanks to Sara Purves ~ publisher 

I am thrilled to be part of your vision for this gorgeous magazine and share the pages

with other creative beings. Yoonyen has only just been published and already sitting at  #2 

on Amazon's best selling list. 

Starting my mornings with a nice long beach walk . . . 

I never take for granted that beautiful Lake Ontario is at my doorstep.

 

It was only that I could hear the Sparrows singing that I knew they were there.

 Safely camouflaged amongst the beach grapevines.  

 I'm always surprised by the amount of beach glass I can find on any given walk 

not to mention the number of times I must have bent down to pick them up!

The best "workout" routine I can think of. 

Beach glass * a few pieces of driftwood * long stretches of sandy beach, calm waters, beautiful blue skies, bird friends ~ bliss! 

Once home, I make a nice cup of tea and take my beach treasures

out of my gathering bag. It's like a meditation to me as I arrange them, piece by piece on our family room coffee table.

 

The table is indestructible. It's a vintage railroad luggage/factory cart. Originally used to transport luggage at railroad stations. 

The "raven" stone is an oldie, and you can imagine my joy when it was found on a beach walk! I keep him on top of a wooden dough bowl full of beach glass. 

Happy Friday ~ thanks for stopping by! 

Have a wonderful weekend ;-)

d xo