My daughter has a black and white "tuxedo" cat that loves to jump up onto high perches - say the top of the refrigerator - or hide in small dark spaces.
He has big green eyes that peer out at you whenever his hiding place is discovered.
His humane society name was "Panda."
Imagine my surprise at seeing a cat that could be his identical twin - hiding on a bookshelf - on someone's Instagram account!
Is there a whole "Panda" breed?!
I enjoy heading to Almonte once a week to just sit and paint.
Some days there's a lot of chatting, too!
Recently one of the artists showed us the puppet she had made at a workshop in Nova Scotia this summer.
That's fun! I thought...
It's a lot harder and more time-consuming than it looks, she added.
We all work on different things - and learn from each other.
Here are two versions of the same scene painted, a week apart. I spent more time thinking about the second one - on the right. But I like the brightness of the first one I did - on the left.
Interestingly, several painters recognized the place (a marina viewed from Andrew Haydon Park).
I think I'll paint something new next time ... but I'd like to practice more reflections on water.
There's always more to learn!
We pulled over on the quiet country road, so that I could take a few pictures.
We don't often see wild turkeys - though once I saw one in our yard.
Strange that they should come out of hiding just when we're beginning to think about eating turkey on Thanksgiving... (which is in October in Canada)!
In early summer, I started my longest virtual walk to date - Route 66, from Chicago to Los Angeles. I really wanted to do it - but was afraid of committing to walk over 3,670 km!
My good news is that I've done 600 km in a hundred days!
Virtual hiking definitely motivates me to walk "just a little more" every day!
