Winter came early in the beginning of November. For my birthday, we drove to the Gatineau Park to stay over at a lovely restored old mansion called O’Brian House on Meech Lake. When we got into the park on Nov. 10th, it everything looked like a winter wonderland with snow draping off all the trees. I enjoyed a lovely dinner at a French Restaurant in Chelsea called Les Fougieres and my daughter and her boyfriend were able to join us. The food was amazing, will definitely have to go back. When I woke up on Remembrance Day I wanted to go for a walk on one of the trails o Gatineau Park, so we chose one right by the inn we were staying at. The sun was out and everything looked so pretty glistening in the snow. I thought to myself that I actually could enjoy winter, if winter days were more like that one, where you could feel the heat of the sun.
Here is a photo from the walk on the trail we did:
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Here is a photo of my daughter and I at the O’Brian Inn:
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Here is a view from the inn:
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Work continued to be busy. I do a lot of art work with the special needs high school students that I work with. Here is a cute photo of a few of the students with paintings they did:
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Well the light is starting to improve a little, which makes it nicer for painting after school, and on weekends. Here is one painting I recently completed and turned into a series, inspired by the rocks and trees at Killbear Provincial Park: Summer Sunset, 36” X 24”
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Over the Christmas holidays, we drove to Toronto to visit my family and I gave my parents once of my birch tree paintings to hang over the sofa in their family room. I think the painting looked great there and they were happy.
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If you happen to be at the Kingston Yacht Club, they have one of my paintings of sailboats hanging over their fireplace. Well I guess that is it for now. I hope you can get out and enjoy some beautiful sunny winter days as our light intensifies.