Gooch Retrospective Continued. . .

Photographing art was harder than I realized.  Lighting is key.  Without professional equipment, I had to figure out a way to capture the true beauty of Linda's paintings.  I had a lightbulb (pun!) moment one day and decided to take the paintings outdoors.  Very fun, indeed.  This opens up all kinds of possibilities!  I'm including an outdoor photo of "Cherry Tea" as well as an indoor shot--just to show where it hangs in our home.  You can see which one gives a better view of Linda's skillfully rendered water colour.  I love this painting, a going away gift from Linda when we left California.  And it is cherry season now, so time for a cherry tea.

Poang Potato

We've all heard of "couch potatoes", but, since we don't have a couch in our T.V. room, we had to come up with our own term for comfortably watching a bit of telly.  For those of you that don't recognize the chairs in the photo, they are made by IKEA and are dubbed their Poang (two dots above the letter A) series.  We bought our Poang chairs for $79 each and the matching footstools for &39 each.  They are very well made and very comfortable,  lightweight and easy to assemble.  Because, as you know, the IKEA furniture comes in pieces in a box.  I call their stuff "affordable chic."  Martin is watching the Rick Mercer report, which comes on at 4:00 every afternoon. We often have afternoon tea with Rick.  

Picking Peas with Poppa

We came upon this sign just outside of town.  Peas are at their peak this month, so we were eager to try our hand at pea pickin'.  The green pods really blend into all the green leaves and are hard to spot at first.  Poppa Martin is hard to spot in the bottom picture.  Can you find him, Claire & Emily?   We enjoy that Chatham is surrounded  by farms.  Since we arrived in our new home in Canada one year ago, we have been able to visit farms and pick blueberries, apples, strawberries, and now peas.  Fruit and vegetable stands are a  great source for purchasing seasonal produce, as well.