New Brunswick Fine Craft Festival

Just a quick note that the New Brunswick Crafts Council Festival is at Officers' Square, Fredericton this weekend, August 29-31.

Hours are Friday 7-9, Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 11-5.

Admission is only $2.00

It's a great opportunity to come out and see some of the finest in N.B.'s fine craft and hear some fine music.

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Poetry blog

It had been several years since I had put pen to paper in a serious manner and recently I started to write again. It's a good feeling to be jotting down not just ideas and business notes, which has been quite normal, but to allow myself the luxury of writing for the enjoyment of it again.

I am not certain where the 'poems' that I am publishing to the new blog will take me, but they are a form of catharsis too.

Comments are always welcome.
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Art by the Rivers

Sunday, August 10, join us in Woodstock where the Meduxnekeag and Saint John Rivers meet for Art by the Rivers.

This is the 3rd year for the annual event. A delightful art and fine craft afternoon, and fundraiser for MS

Runs 12-4.

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New Items at Viktor's Blue Rose Salon & Boutique

Viktor and Gerald are receiving a new selection of jewellery items from us today, including earrings like these fun turquoise ones




and this stunning citrine coloured Cubic Zirconia pendant




Stop by the salon and check out the display or browse some of the selection on the web at: http://www.mboot.net/ViktorsBlueRose.html

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Interesting times...

I've been following Hugh over at GapingVoid and the notes on The Cloud. From there, went and took a good look at Evernote. Really nice bit of programming and it has the potential to drastically alter how we do favorite-ing forever. I like it.

Also read The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. It's a book title that gets tossed around from time to time on the forums. It's not likely a program that gets completed every time a book is sold however. Like many self-exploratory projects, they don't get done. True to form I procrastinated on starting the outlined tasks until today as I finished the book last night. It may well work into a good thing as I work to stick-with-it.

Meandered into one of the local used goods/recycle stores last and picked up the green Days of the New CD. Been enjoying that today too. Someday, I'll run across some more of their work. Travis Meeks is a brave poet.

All together, these little forays into the unknown have amounted to a creative vacation. And it's good to take a vacation from the should do's. The bonus is that leaves me wanting to do more of the good stuff that is actually productive.

That's today, check back with me next week and see if I'm still hanging in there :)

Now listening to: Choke Hold - Days of the New
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The Flickr Meme - borrowed from Sharon

How it’s played:

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

b. Using only the first page, pick an image.

c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.



1. What is your first name? Cynthia

2. What is your favorite food? pizza

3. What high school did you go to? Harvey Regional High School

4. What is your favorite color? black

5. Favorite pastime? reading

6. Favorite drink? chai

7. Dream vacation? Europe for a few months

8. Favorite dessert? cherry cheese cake

9. What do you want to be when you grow up? a better me than I am now

10. What do you love most in life? my friends

11. One word to describe you. nice, at least I hope so

12. What town do you live in? Acton

13. What is your occupation? art

14. What did you have for breakfast? coffee & veggies

15. Favorite element? Water

16. Favorite season? Spring

17. Favorite seasonal activity? planting the garden

18. Fave music when you don't know what else to listen to? The Tragically Hip

19. Celeb you would like to meet? Woody Allen

20. What is on your computer desk top? measuring tape

21. Favorite shoes? my heels

22. Favorite alcoholic drink? ammaretto

23. Favorite candy? cherry chocolates

24. Favorite flower? painted daisies

25. What did you do today? tidied up in the studio & read a bit

The resulting mosaic:







Credit, where credit is due:
1. Cynthia takes artistic license with Pike's Peak, 2. Pizza night!, 3. United States Coast Guard, 4. One Night in Bangkok, 5. llibreria - bookstore - Amsterdam - HDR, 6. kitchen #2, 7. France - Provence - Lost in Lavender, 8. Yummy For My Tummy, 9. hair, 10. Hold me close, under the sunset, 11. hello. nice to meet you., 12. Moonrise, 13. Cd Art, 14. an iranian old painting, 15. October Morning on Lake Michigan, 16. Red.Source, 17. French Garden at Duke Farms, 18. I Hate You, San Francisco, 19. Woody Allen in concert, 20. tape measure, 21. Red Heels, 22. Some nights you just have to, 23. Chocolate-Cinnamon Mousse with Cherries, 24. 'Painting' of African Daisy from Lowe's, 25. my miniature studio


The interesting thing about an excercize like this is that it is a creative one, it's fun, and if you answer quickly, right off the top of your head, you might surprise yourself with some honest answers.

The next part of the exercise is realize, perhaps, how few of the small luxeries, like your favorite dessert, you haven't treated yourself to in a long time. Make a date with yourself for a treat at least once a week. It's amazing how good a little luxery feels.

Sharon's Blog may be found here.