I’m on the floor supervising Fred, our youngest son, as he takes a bath. He holds a small plastic dog covered in bubbles. Fred is cooing over it, trying to get me to understand something. I have no idea what. My wife walks in with a towel for him, and says “Oh, I know what… Continue Reading
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Receiving The Snow
We got some snow today! Just a flurry and it didn’t stick, but it was fun. There was actually quite a bit coming down for a while there, it’s not that cold so it disappeared as fast as it arrived. But still: Snow! It was Fred’s first time out playing in it, and he freaked… Continue Reading
Exercising Different Art Muscles
In my last post, I spoke about the portrait drawings I’ve been working on through my online drawing tutorials. The painting here is the next step in the process, going from the scraps of paper to the canvas. I’m actually pretty new to painting, up till about 6 weeks ago I’d completed about a dozen… Continue Reading
Sleepy Buddha
I love to peek in at our boys when they’re asleep. Our 4 year old is having a difficult time at the moment, learning to socialise with his little brother and his friends from next door. It’s hard. He’s navigating all this stuff and learning, but right now things are a little fraught. So when… Continue Reading
Parenting Is A Creative Act
One of my favourite creative moments came just before the birth of our second son. My wife had been on bed rest for much of the second half of a very complicated pregnancy, and there were a few scares involving rushed trips to the hospital towards the end. Our oldest son had just turned three… Continue Reading