Gray Days Just Need a Splash of Color

Its a gray drizzly day today in Montreal. For our walk we decided to walk down to the Classic Boat Show (think wooden boats) at the Lachine Locks in the Old Port.  I debated whether to take my camera, since photography on a gray and rainy day is often not very interesting...but I thought: A Challenge! Let's Find the Color on a Gray Day.  So here is the result:

I Made a Friend Today at Marche Montreal (and got myself a Chickapug)

I've been on Twitter over a year now (@abaesel2)and have found interesting, clever, informative, and engaging people in the Twitterverse. Its always a real treat to meet one of my twitter friends IRL (In Real Life) especially when they turn out to be as charming and interesting as their tweets. And such was the case today, when I met Kelly Brown AKA @misskitteh9. Kelly, as she describes herself on twitter, is a digital artist, photographer, and Photoshop fanatic. I had seen some of her work on her Esty site: http://www.etsy.com/shop/kellydbrown and loved it. Today I got to see her AND her work IRL at the Marche Montreal.  Kelly has a wide variety of subjects from Paris and Montreal to alpacas and marmots, from gardens and butterflies to horses and handsome dogs.  And then there is Chickapug (or is that Pugadee?) Well, whatever you call the cute fella, I got my very own "Chickapug" (magnet) today. Wanna see?

Copyright by Kelly D Brown

The Marche Montreal is in its formative stages having just started its Saturday gatherings on August 12th. Located in a parking lot on St Dominique near Prince Arthur Street, the goal of the market is to provide a venue for artists, craftspersons, food vendors, musicians, jewelry makers and fashion designers, as well as secondhand goods sellers. Although still small, there were interesting things for sale today and a talented jazz guitarist was playing as we left. The market is just one block over from St. Laurent and easy to get to by car, on foot, or public transportation.  Here is a website with more info:  http://marchemtl.wordpress.com/

Oh and here we are....@missketteh9 and @abaesel2 at the Marche Montreal.

Stormy Skies

A few weeks ago I was cleaning out Mom's old apartment that had these kick-ass views of the Intracoastal Waterway in St Pete. A storm raced through while I was there and I caught a few pics. It's one thing I love about Florida and St Petersburg, the ever changing skies: clouds, rain, thunderstorms, and sun.

Long Time No Post and My Adorable Cat

I have been mainly posting on my "other" blog (www.thetravelingbaesels.blogspot.com) as of late. Life has been even more full than "normal", so something had to give. But I miss the freeform randomness of this blog, so i aim to be a little more regular here in the future. To start off the renewal is a random photo of my adorable hunky cat Captain Morgan enjoying the afternoon sun by my bedroom door.