T stands for Theatre!

Happy Tuesday! I know I said I don't like fizzy drinks but on the weekend I had this drink called flirt and it is made in Canada. I LOVE IT. So so good. Reminds me of Orangina. 

LINKING UP WITH T STANDS FOR TUESDAY hosted by Elizabeth.

I had a lovely day on Sunday. I went with my friend Alexandra to see a play and had lunch at Athens Restaurant. First time going to this restaurant and the food was spectacular!

The restaurant is located on 707 Danforth Ave, Toronto, ON M4J 1L2. Spectacular food! Very Authentic Greek Food. 

Also that coke was incredible! I think the temperature of a drink matters a lot.  

This coke zero was so deliciously cold I enjoyed it. Yes I know I said I don't like fizzy drinks before but I think I enjoy fizzy drink when it is very very cold. 🥶 Must be super cold. 

Fantastic food. The meatballs and rice had so much flavour. So good. 

They decorated the restaurant so nicely.

After the delicious lunch we went to Trinacria Espresso Italiano on 374 Danforth Ave.  and I ordered a double shot of espresso in my cappuccino. Oh boy let me tell you this kept me up all night into the morning. lol 

it was the best cappuccino ever!

I love my cappuccino with cinnamon.

We took an Uber to the Theatre and watched a funny Greek Play. It was wonderful and my friend Christine is in the play and she is so talented. She executed her roll perfectly. She is fantastic! ⭐️ 

The entire cast was wonderful and I laughed cried. I loved the play. 

My friend Christine and I. 

Christine if you are reading this I want you to know you are AMAZING! Love you to the moon and back! 

My friend Alexandra and I.

I had a wonderful time with my friend Alexandra. She is incredible friend and I am grateful for our friendship. I know Alexandra for over 30 years. She is amazing. 

 What a fun and wonderful day filled with special moments. 

I love my friends and I am so grateful for our friendship. 

Thank you all so much for your visit. 

Thank you for your comments. 

There are more shows coming up. You can find more info if you like here: Mpampades Me Roumi

Art For Fun Friday And FFO

 

Oh I thought that the Portrait challenge was today but it's okay because I will keep practicing my portrait skills. lol  Linking up with Nicole's Friday Face Off  and Art for Fun Friday hosted by Gillena.

 It's been a week. I did a lot of reading, cleaning and I've been thinking of doing a Junk Journaling/Collage Blog just for weekly or monthly Parties. What are your thoughts? I would love to know. I really love junk journaling and collage art. Not sure though 🤔 

Here is my new gingy pillow. She is cute and love her smile and bow.

Currently reading this book and i am really enjoying it

I painted this yesterday. I miss PEI and West Point Lighthouse ❤️ 

I finished my small sketchbook and started the new one. I am not very happy with my sketches so far. 

But I need to let that go and look at it as a place to learn, explore and not try too hard.

 To go with the flow and just have fun.

Here are a few sketches in the new little sketchbook.

I have to fix the hands on the little one on the right.

Watercolours Trees and Nature

watercolour and pencil

trees and nature

Faces

So those are some of the beginning sketches

They are not perfect and It's okay 

I am giving myself permission to make messy art.

Thank you my friends for the visit. I am truly grateful. I hope you have a lovely Friday and a wonderful weekend. This weekend I am going to go see a Greek Play and also visit a Christmas Market with a friend. We are also putting up our tree. Or we might have to get a new one because the lights don't work on them. It's been a week! lol 

Have a good one my friends!

love

peace

light

hugs

Maria 

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Thursday Dinner Date and Hanging Out 

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Thursday Dinner Date & Hanging Out

Happy Thursday my friends! I haven't put up my tree yet and looking forward to doing that this weekend hopefully. I am looking forward to seeing a play on the weekend. I love plays so much especially when my friend is in a play. 😀  I am going with another friend and I can't wait. I've been reading more this week which is a great thing! :) Reading slump over and hello more story time and 

OFF THE PHONE! YAY!

Reading

Linking up to Rain's Thursday Dinner Date and today's theme is Hanging out. Which I love to do around the house. I love hanging out around the home with my Leuchtturm1917  journals and sketchbooks, pencils and drawing materials. FuN! 🤩  Also linking up to Little Things Thursday! 

Hanging out around my home must include cute pillows like gingy here. Got her from Home Depot. 

Pizza and coke zero for dinner. To be honest I can only have two sips of coke. 

I don't like it very much. I just can't do fizzy drinks anymore. 

Not a fan of pop but I do like fizzy orangina drink.

Also pizza makes me so thirsty.  I miss my hubby's home made pizza that he made in PEI. 

So good.

I love peppers and mushrooms on my pizza. 

I started a new mini sketchbook and made a few postcard artwork as well. 

This one is a watercolour of the lighthouse we had close to our home in PEI. 

West Point Lighthouse. ❤️ 

I miss PEI. I miss spending time in Nature with my hubby. 

Well my friends, I hope you have a wonderful Thursday and I hope to see you tomorrow in Gillena's Art For Fun Friday post and Nicole's Portrait Challenge! (the portrait challenge is next Friday)

Can't wait! 😛 

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T Stands for Getting Creative

November Cozy Art and Crafting

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T Stands for Getting Creative

Happy Tuesday! How are you all doing?  I hope you are all well. 

It snowed 

I love looking at snow!

I've been busy with journaling and artwork and some drawing and painting. I have been also cooking, cleaning and keeping the house in order. I am trying to stay active too. I am happy and feel blessed and good. Hope you are all doing well aswell. 

 Linking up with  T Stands for Tuesday

hosted by the lovely Elizabeth.

I've been enjoying tea with lemon and honey

Made a digital collage on Shuffles 

Touched up some old Christmas Postcards that I made last year.

New Post Card

Junk Journaling in the Christmas Composition book

I kindly received this beautiful card from a lovely friend Joy last Christmas. I can now use all my Christmas cards and memories and keep them in this Composition book that I am making. 

As I sit at my desk this is my view

Junk Journaling in my Christmas Composition book

Made another lovely Christmas Postcard that I am sending out to a friend.

Have a wonderful day and a wonderful rest of the week!

I am off to sketch some more for the Portrait Challenge! That post will be up this Friday! 

Can't wait to share that with you all. 

Thank you all so much,

Maria 

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November Cosy Art and Crafting

 Linking up to Nicole's Friday Face Off & Gillena's Art For Fun Friday

This week I battled with a two day migraine which I am so grateful it has gone away! Thank you Lord that was so bad. I am feeling so much better! :) 

Here is what I worked on yesterday

This week I was able to create some new junk journal pages in an Oxford Composition book. 

It's a Christmas themed journal. 

Here I am working on the cover. 

I added paper from the dollar store and pom poms which I think are super cute. 

PAGE 1

I printed out that poem from Toronto Public Library Archives 

PAGE 2

PAGE 3

I used christmas scraps from the Christmas Amazon Catalogue. 

I am going to try making at least three pages a week in this book. It's so fun and festive and I will be adding recipes that I like and lists and Christmas songs too. Super fun to make. 

I also put together a November Vlog

If you like have a look.

 

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Thursday Art And Diner Date

T Stands for Life is Messy But I don't mind at all

Thank you all so much!

Have a wonderful Friday and a lovely weekend!

Hugs,

Maria

Thursday Art & Dinner Date

Happy Thursday my wonderful friends! Linking up with Rain's Blog Thursday Art and Dinner Date

The past two days I had a really terrible migraine and I was not feeling good at all. The migraine is still lingering. Along with menopause, hot flashes, migraines and lymphedema on my left arm I'm on a fine line of being annoyed all the time. I am trying really hard to hang in there and be positive. 

I did wake up feeling a little better this morning so I made some art and had a wonderful and yummy meal. Today's challenge word is Pumpkin Pie. I never realized what a challenge this would be! I had a hard time coming up with the pumpkin colour. I only had crayons, markers and pencil crayons to work with today. 

 I will keep trying and practicing. 

I used some reference photos from pinterest.

Dinner

Homemade chicken soup with celery, carrots, onion, rice and lemon topped with black pepper and sriracha sauce with grilled cheese pita on the side.

Have a wonderful Thursday my friends! Thank you for reading and commenting. 

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T Stands for Life is Messy But I Don't Mind At All

Happy Tuesday!

First I would like to say it is Remembrance Day and I would like to pay my respect to all the fallen soldiers and respect to all that fought for our Country. 

Since my last post I have not stepped close to my art desk nor have I created anything. 

I was busy with house chores and my mind is all over the place. 

I wish I had a routine. Routines never stay routines because life happens and things change and I just go with the flow and try to just hang in there. Life is messy but I don't mind at all. I just keep going.

I did manage to go into my planner and write down things that I am thinking about and organize my thoughts a bit. I also did some Youtube watching and stayed off the scrolling as much as I could. 

Linking up with T Stands for Tuesday hosted by the lovely Elizabeth.

Thank you Elizabeth for hosting a lovely party! 🎉 

Since my last post  I vlogged a bit more and pushed my self to just film and get out of my comfort zone.

I will be putting the video together by the end of the week. 

I also created a mood board. 

I bought stamps for my snail mail friends. 

On Sunday we had our first snow ❄️ fall! 

So beautiful to look at.

I am trying really hard to make my self go for daily walks. 

Not sure what my problem is. I avoid it. lol

I need to just go for a walk and take my sketch book or my camera and just go for 30 min. 

Hopefully I will go tomorrow. 😬 

I walk my daughter to school and I took this photo on the way to school.

I also finished a book!

Little Alleluias: Collected Poetry and Prose by Mary Oliver
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Little Alleluias Collected Poetry and Prose by Mary Oliver is an exceptional book. This is my first time reading Mary Oliver’s work and I love her poetry. She expresses a lot about nature and how she feels about nature. She questions things and her writing is clear and simple yet so so beautiful. Wonderful reading experience. I can read her work over and over again. I would like to read more of her works. Wonderful and I highly recommend.

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Thank you so much for your visit my friends. 

I hope you are having a wonderful week. 

I look forward to reading your comments. 

Have a wonderful rest of the week!

Hugs,

Maria