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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Thursday Thirteen Show and tell

Thursday Thirteen #10 Show and tell!

Two days ago I received this lovely daisy brooch, with a little pack of sweet smelling lavender wrapped in this fun paper. My unexpected winnings from Paula Clares website! The sweet vintage brooch is so similar to the one I had as a young girl. I'm going to search my photos to see if it's exactly the same! She enclosed a little card that says " Do what you love, love what you do" I can be regularly heard to say " Do what you love, the money will come secondary!" Thank you so much Paula I absolutely love brooches!
Photo taken by Pepper at Pemberton fest of a guy wearing the Wrong kind of man skirt!
Woot, Woot, this guy is wearing the RIGHT kind of skirt, also known as the kilt....and you know what they wear under those don't cha???!!! OH YEAH!! I know, "control yourself Sherrie"....maybe it's my new haircut.....stay tuned for that....haven't had a picture taken of it yet...
Peppers photo of this adorable family, parents protecting their baby's ears at Pemberton! They managed to find their picture on the facebook website and emailed Pepper! Their battery died on their camera so I think they were pretty happy to have this photo!
At a bridal shower last week we had to make a bouquet out of silk flowers. The bride picked her favorite as the winner. Mine got first place......
Which one do you think it was?

Yes mine was the purple and pink one, I shockingly received a twenty five dollar gift certificate to Linens and things! I'll wait for a sale and really make that count! Pepper's creation right next to mine with pink and yellow, got a third place starbucks card!
Thank you for abundance!

Check out this cool chartreuse vintage car we saw at an art festival last week.
Pemberton Festival photo taken by Pepper. A woman exposed her girls for a short time before realizing it wasn't Woodstock! After the odd stare of disdain she slipped those puppies back under her elasticized dress! Nice try though! Definitely an interesting character!
Now don't these two look like a couple of tree huggers!! Yes they do, this was taken in Pemberton! My very own little tree huggers, the musician and the business woman!
They left the Pemberton festival Monday at 4:40 A.M. heading home, Tuesday there was a terrible rock slide on the mountain! A small van type bus was hit by the first few rocks but managed to boot it out of the way before tons of rock fell! I'd say lucky it didn't happen a day earlier when forty thousand people descended down the mountain from Pemberton Fest! Very scary! It's going to take four to five days to clear up the rock. An alternate route takes eight hours from Vancouver.
Ladner market these necklaces were sold at a fair price! I was so tempted to get a fushia one! She had an amazing selection displayed. Something for everyone too! A crowd hovered around her table during the whole market. I managed to get a card. She was unsure if her website was up and running because her daughter manages it!
I found her website, right here!

Also at the Ladner Market another local artist Cathy from "Everything Under the Sun" makes adorable cards, decorates light plates, furniture and canvases! Check out her monkeys in undies below! So cute!
Hope you enjoyed my random show and tell!

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Pemberton Festival 2008 part one!

Yeah finally in Pemberton, three day festival with 40,000 people! Hot, dusty rockers rocked the day away!
Hat people at Pemberton fest!
Woodstock 1969 or Pemberton fest 2008?
Ladies dressed to kill!
What not to wear at Pemberton fest....or anywhere! Check out the shoes!
Yowzer that's someones mama!
Surprising Sasquatch didn't melt in the extreme heat. Imagine being in that suit!

High Fiving, Still his six foot three frame couldn't reach the top!
Stares could not dissuade this couple from staving off the dirt and dust seeping into their pink lungs. Soon they set the trend, everyone was sporting the bandit look! Still they came home with dust filled lungs, being touted Pemberton Lung!
Crowds enjoy Tom Petty, Sam Roberts, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, and Jayz,
plus many more bands!

Pemberton tent Bumpkins!
Hitching a ride on Daisy the solar powered tricycle

Standing on Daisy the solar powered Trike!
The two Fruities......so appropriate! Bryan eats a banana a day and Pepper has an apple everyday!
Pemberton Pepper with the mountain back drop!
Bryan personified! This is one happy guy!
Despite the garbage strewn everywhere.


Succumbing to the dirt!
More photos here!

Monday, July 28, 2008

Ladner Outdoor Market

Click to enlarge and read the menopause plate!
I started yesterday by entering my friends car without my purse. Thankfully she noticed. After a few clownish duh's , back to the house, grab my purse, reset the alarm, off we went to the Ladner outdoor market! The saga continued early this morning as I left to pick the kids up from the greyhound after they attended the Pemberton music festival just past Whistler B.C.

Half way into Vancouver a thirty five minute drive from Surrey I realized ....in the famous words of Britney Spears....OOPS I DID IT AGAIN!! Yes, I forgot my purse, for the second time EVER!!! I had nothing with me but my keys....scary feeling that is. I checked the gas tank, then the speedometer as I coasted into the slow lane. A hefty fine for not carrying your license. So do you think the cop would have excepted Menopause as a good reason for having no license on me! Yeah, that would be a big..." NO" I didn't think so either!

I was going to post the Pemberton Photos, they are awesome, but there's 38 of them. Can anyone suggest a way to showcase them on my blog without having to take up pages of space here? Your suggestions would be deeply appreciated!So look at this phenomenal art! I wish I had loads of money to squander. I want these...but which one! The apple green ones speak to me!! I love these plates as much as I do Mary Naylors!
Check out that black and apple green platter....I WANT THAT....UNIVERSE DO YOU HEAR ME!!! While you're at it universe...throw in the little apple green and black rectangle bowls too. Not that I have anywhere to store them... Okay I'll settle for a coffee mug with music notes and maybe an apple green one too!
The teapots were incredible!!! Little painted baubles out of clay hanging from wire! Make sure to click on the photo to check out the detail....oh yes, more cute green bowls...
I wanted to get permission to show her things on my blog but as you can see she was too busy to ask! She has no personal website so to speak of but the name is Potz & Panzies by Nellie Vlaar linked to the Granville Island day vender's association here! Excellent vibrant work, she is my favorite type of artist, one with a whimsical spirit!
Not every vendor has such a spectacular gift for color combining that Nellie does. Some vendors had lovely form in their work. But I was completely baffled by their choices of color. If I compliment you, it's always sincere.My choice of color isn't for everyone, I understand and except that, but again I'm not spending piles of money to sell glass infused pieces either. Many times I will enjoy pieces but they're not particularly my style. For instance I love looking at the following mosaic mirrors, but I wouldn't particularly buy them should I have the means!


Click the photos to enlarge.
We ambled through the market as well as a few of the local stores. This was a gift shop slash art supply store. I bought some molding clay for a lamp I want to cover, and a shade of pink I have been searching for. Sneaking a few snapshots of the goods for sale always make me feel like a naughty little girl!

This is a likeness of my friends dog Xen,(pronounced Zen)only Xen is way happier than this guy! Looks like a male, Xen is a female. I couldn't resist getting a photo! There were so many adorable polite dogs at the outdoor market. I have never had a dog that well behaved.
Who could resist these cinnamon buns?
Well not this big bummy mummy, that's for sure!
It was soooo yummy!

We had a nice lunch, nibbled on fresh peas and cherries. Children danced to the street music, Beatles tunes and more from my era! Later we drove to White Rock ,sipped coffee on the beach. Great end to a perfect day!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Sunday Scribblings My quiet place


Sunday Scribblings “ Solace”

My Quiet Place

Solace is found in a paid bill
A perfumed bath
clean sheets
A good book
And a cozy fire

Solace is found in a good sleep
A great memory
A yummy coffee
A simple tune
And a nudge from the dog

Solace is found in a morning drive
Summer Ocean
An intimate chat
laughing out loud
A cool breeze in the heat

Solace is found in faith
Goals met
Art created
Dreams actualized
And kind words

Solace is found in knowing love
Feeling love
Living love
Sharing peace
and random giggles

Solace is found in simplicity!


Thursday, July 24, 2008

Thursday Thirteen #9" Why I love White Rock B.C.!"


Thursday Thirteen #9 why I love White Rock! My friend Violette lives there at her Magic Cottage

It's ascetically pleasing and a haven for artist to express creativity.
Sunny White Rock
Known to be Sunny, despite clouds and rain on the outskirts!
It's fun to Laugh while dodging sea gull poop!

Many gorgeous sunsets!
Great backdrop for photos!
Montgomery's Cottage Lunch where the fish and chip are lightly battered
I've been going there thirty five years now!


My daughter was born there!
Expressions of art everywhere!
Enjoyable place to play cards by candle light and watch people!
It's the first place I lived when I moved out at seventeen!
Beautiful beyond words!

You can see mount baker on a clear day!
It's emotionally cathartic to be by the ocean!
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