what's in a month..

on october 3rd i received the call no arborhist's wife wants... ian's been taken to the hospital.  after my heart drops and the confirmation of it's 'not a chainsaw injury' i scramble off to the hospital.  ian's appendix had decided that it was time to leave him.  after days (i'm sure to ian it felt like weeks) in the hospital ian was finally home.  thank you to everyone for their love and support and well wishes, it meant the world to us.  xoxo

our thanksgiving was spent at home with a beautiful walk in our loving, healing woods. 

the photo that inspired my most recent painting that is now on display at the bohemian cafe and gallery in bracebridge until november 10th for the 'natural instincts' group of art show monthly show.

after a couple of weeks, with ian improving, things were going well.  we celebrated ian's grandmother's 90th birthday!  happy birthday sybil!!  xo  then the cold from hell (which i am still suffering from) came knocking on the door...making me miss halloween...again.  :(

our bowl of halloween 'candy'..

 but with a new month comes new promise.  i'm working away getting ready for the muskoka arts & crafts christmas show on november 26th 10-5 and 27th 11-4 at the bracebridge sportsplex.  ian's slowly entering back to work and the ground is still showing plus i don't mind the cooler weather, it means more snuggle time...

until next time...

love

nom

xoxo

the last hurrah

nom's home studio is having her end of season hurrah today from 11-5!!  with every $30 spent get a free gift.  come out and enjoy the sunshine, the changing leaves and some art.  what a great saturday it will be!  hope to see you there.  :)


take hwy 11 to hwy 141 exit, follow to utterson, south on old muskoka rd (post office side)  2530 old muskoka rd. 

until next time...
love
nom
xoxo

autumn colour treats

ah fall, it's a beautiful time of the year.   full of changing tree colours, sweater usage, and enjoying the last pops of the garden flowers . 

lots of our birds have come back to us again this year.  robins, chickadees, blue jays and lately a lone woodpecker. 

(i'm glad i didn't get rid of my mullen in the front garden just for this very visit.  :u) )

look at his sweet sweet face. 

  

my fall inspired leaf plates. 

enjoy the colour.

until next time...
love
nom
xoxo

i love you too sweet forest of mine

i was about to take the dog for a walk in the back woods and at the last moment i decided to take my camera....

self portrait..

lookin up..

shrooms!!

just as i was leaving the woods a little dragonfly posed for me...

thank you sweet forest.  xoxo
until next time...

love

nom

xoxo

the travellers are not alone...

newest additions to the traveller line of gnomes ~  the female travellers! 

these little buxom beauties are a perfect companion for the incredibly popular male.

as september rolls in, the gardens start to wind down their colour display and the leaves gear up to start theirs, there is a few little garden treats that are making me smile.  also the amount of hummingbirds i've seen lately is nothing short of magical. 

my butterfly bush is just starting to bloom.  a real treat to watch all the life just outside my studio window.

pink phlox explosion!

my 'obedient' plant. 

 i planted gladiolas the first year i started this section of garden.   i forgot to take them up in the fall that year but every year since a couple come back for a show.  gotta love a flower who fights its own rules.  :uD

my north art coloured begonias.  (just a funny coincidence with randomly packaged bulbs/tubers)

happy september everyone!!

(i know the summer just fleeeeew by!)

 

until next time...

love

nom
xoxo

home grown 'brain' cobbler...

yesterday i noticed that a few apples had fallen off my apple tree.  slightly alarmed (as a first time apple person it seemed a bit early for them to be ready) i picked them up, smelled them (smelled good) and brought them inside.  having recently discovered most of our back meadows are full of ripe blackberries we decided to pick some after the rain to make a total home grown apple/blackberry cobbler.  how exciting!!!  well it tasted soooo good.  i thought i'd take a photo to document this event, this beauty, this gourmet utterson estate home grown edible love...

okay so it kinda looks like brains.   mmmmm.... zombie cobbler.  so i thought i'd take another photo maybe i'll have better luck....

hahaha, nope looks worse...

well it may not look it but it was delicious.  home grown brain cobbler.  who could ask for anything better! :)
 

a little utterson estates sunset eye treat from the other night.

until next time..

love from

'zombie cobbler maker'

nom

xoxo

smile!!!

i just picked up my 'portrait of a friend' painting from the second challenge of the group of art from the bohemian gallery and cafe in bracebridge.  we drew names and i got the lovely and talented liz louter as a partner.  we decided to exchange our paintings of each other and this giant smile (2' x 4') is her depiction of me.  being absolute strangers before this challenge it's very neat to see what others think of you.  my smile was the first thing she noticed.  she also overlaid my blog posts as well over the whole painting.  genius!!

this painting is now hanging in my kitchen keeping the smile going.  (it's hard not to smile at a smile.)

thanks again liz for your talent!!!


until next time
love
nom
xoxo