We spent an early Christmas with my family in Kelowna.

A white Christmas is not unusual, but an average temperature of -20 degrees Celsius is uncommon. The snow was so fluffy and delicate. Then home to Vancouver and the blizzard continues! Snow rarely sticks in Vancouver, but our car is buried and snow has piled up under the windows of our basement suite. The snow here is heavy and sticky. The radio has been full of warnings, transportation issues and airport horror stories. Luckily I don’t have to be anywhere today, so it’s time to start reading the books and watching the dvds we received!

First, some photos I took in Kelowna…

This reminds me of a moonscape. Trippy, man…

And some pictures from this morning in Vancouver…

After a very busy semester

After a very busy semester and a wonderful but exhausting practicum week, I am free until January. Ahhh, the holidays are upon me. Hallelujah! 9 hours of sleep a night and a belly full of cookies…and some sketching, planning and gifting. A couple sketches below where I am enjoying brush and ink. My ridiculous cat posed for the bottom blurry sketches and is now doing laps around the living room. He doesn’t seem able to see the pouring rain through the windows and is desperate for me to take him outside, so he can puff up all his fur and walk backwards into the house.