Day trip out to Topsy Farm on Amherst Island. Took the ferry across to visit a great local farm,with amazing wool products. Already planning the visit for next year. "Willow" the Highland cow wasn't in the moo(d) for a visit. Ha! Sally's garden is absolutely amazing! Thanks so,much! Had a great afternoon. #wool#shoplocal#daytrip#topsyfarmswool#amherstisland#ferry ...

I can check girls weekend off the summer bucket (hat) list ☀️
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#girlsweekend #buckethats #matching #girlfriends #friends #summer #party #lakelife #lakeontario #amherstisland ...

This morning’s visit to the end of the dock felt a little extra sweet.
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Maybe it was the sun finally making a full appearance in clear, blue, morning skies.
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Maybe it was the sailboats that spent the night on the bay and filled the horizon with stately beauty.
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Maybe it was the family of swans I watched swim across the bay.
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Maybe it was simply that I had the time to notice all these things this morning.
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That I took the time.
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To stop. To look. To listen. To breathe deep. To be grateful.
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My little world has been a whirl of activity lately. So much so that I missed a morning dock visit this week. I don’t love that.
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I’m going to make more of an effort to maintain the things that fuel my soul, even—or perhaps especially—as the momentum picks up through the height of summer.
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This time is sacred to me. It helps me be my best.
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Gratitude is at the root of it all.
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And it’s a practice—not something you just feel.
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So, I’ll keep showing up and working at it. It’s the only way to get better.
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#gratitude #morning #morningroutine #dockvisit #morningdockvisit #grateful #takethetime #breathe #inhale #exhale #inhaleexhale #lakeside #dockside #island #islandlife #islandliving #lakesideliving #lakesidelife #amherstisland #wempsbayamherstisland ...

Amherst Island sunset 🌅
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#sunset #sunsetphotography #sunsetlovers #sunrise_and_sunsets #sky #sunsets #nature #naturephotography #outdoors #outside #amherstisland #canada #ontario #lake #lakeontario #shotoniphone #iphonephotography #landscapephotography #water #friends #gratitude #grateful #greatlakes #getoutside #island #sun #sunshine #sunset_pics #sunset🌅 #beautiful ...

A dusk walkabout, a quick moment of quiet solitude, a chance to pause and check in.
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With the world around me. With myself. With my breath. With my small place in the wide world.
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A moment to notice the way the day’s last light illuminates the water and throws the world into rosiness and contrast.
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To notice the wildflowers growing at the edge of our lawn, marking where the wild and untameable meets our small circle of control.
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To notice that even the silence is full of sound.
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A tiny moment to say aloud “all is well”.
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To know that—in this moment—that is true.
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To feel the wash of gratitude and calm that knowledge brings.
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To feel at peace with it all.
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Magic? Maybe. Yes.
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But, also: the power of nature to ground, nurture, and heal.
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#dusk #walkabout #lastlight #sundown #lake #lakeside #lakesidelife #lakesideliving #lakeontario #dock #dockside #docklife #sunset #islandlife #islandliving #sailboats #wempsbayamherstisland #amherstisland #hope #healing #iwillbeok ...

NEW || “Moon Rise” || 20x20 oil on canvas || $200
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It feels like it’s been a while since I’ve released any new paintings—and I suppose that 24 days is a while, if a rather short one.
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Since we reopened—and I launched the “Working on a Dream” collection—every bit of my energy has gone into moving the gallery.
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But, today, I’ve found a few quiet moments to finally upload this painting to my website.
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It’s one I finished a while ago and was saving to release with a big collection.
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But this beauty is demanding to be out in the world now. In fact, it has been sitting at the front of my new gallery space since it opened.
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It’s based off a moon rise at sundown on Amherst Island and a photo I loved so much I painted it twice.
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It’s soft and lovely and ready-to-hang.
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I can’t wait to see where this piece finds a home.
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#new #moonrise #sunset #sundown #sunsetsky #pastel #pastelpainting #purple #blue #snow #newartist #newart #newartwork #painting #oilpainting #oiloncanvas #freshlocalart #amherstisland #artistsoninstagram #amherstislandart #amherstislandartist ...

There’s something sweet about a Sunday morning.
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The peace. The permission to lounge a bit. The quiet.
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Add in a shoreline, soft breeze, sunshine, and blue skies, and I’m quite certain I’m in a dream.
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But it’s real life.
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My life.
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And there’s hot coffee in my mug—and family and dogs are waiting for me up at the house.
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It’s a wonderful feeling, knowing you’re in “the good old days”.
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It also makes me anxious—about when or how it might all fall apart, as I’ve learned these things can do—but I try to tuck that little thought away and stay in the now.
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Rest a moment in utter gratitude that this is my life. Today. This minute.
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I smile and take a deep inhale, long, slow exhale, and begin another blissful day.
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#sunday #sundayonthebay #wempsbay #wempsbayamherstisland #amherstisland #islandlife #islandliving #lakeside #lakesidelife #lakesideliving #reallife #life #gratitude #grateful ...

This giant custom piece is ready to move to her new home!!! This one was fun, based off of a tiny version that I sold on marketplace (swipe to see the original!)

I love making someone else’s vision come to life💗

#macrameallday #ygkmacrame #ygkcrafters #ygklove #driftwoodartist #homedecor #heartlove #heartmacrame #amherstisland ...

After being home so much for the past year and a half we were craving a vacation, but are still apprehensive about being out in the world so we started with a tiny family getaway - one night at a motel I love in Kingston (greenacresinn ) and then a day trip to Amherst Island.

The highlight for me was Topsy Farms where we saw sheep and yarn, took a nature walk out to the woods, played on a old fashioned play structure (where eleanor learned how to dial a rotary phone!), and enjoyed their gardens. Thankfully the rain held off so we could enjoy the whole day.

I’m designing a shawl based on the island, using topsyfarms yarn so of course I had to take a photo of it at the farm.

#KnittersOfInstagram #knitstagram #LaceShawl #AmherstIsland #FamilyVacation

[image description: 1) pale green lace knitting and ball of yarn sits on a stone fence. 2) a 9 year old blond girl (eleanor) drives a pretend tractor. 3) a closeup if a dry-stacked stone wall. 4) a woman with long brown hair (me) wears a sweater in pale greens and pinks and smiles at the camera with fields behind her. 5) Yellow mini sunflowers stand in the middle of a green garden. ] ...