8r4d Something is afoot in the empty lot across from my office. I suspect the construction of a #snow #maze is in the works.

squwetchy December 4 of #artadventcalendar and it’s finally warm enough in #yeg to go outside and look at some of the holiday decorations around the neighbourhood. #watercolour

It’s been really really (no, really!) cold for the last week and a puppy I know has been too timid to tackle the Canadian winter in -40 winds. Sunday morning was a bit of a reprieve so we snuck in a 4km walk between cold spells!

castironguy Oatcakes, because yum!

I started an art blog earlier this year as a way to record some of the stuff I was thinking about as I learn #watercolour painting. It's turning into something more than that, though I don't know for sure what yet. I added a new post tonight:

Microfiction or microstories are bits of #writing exercises that are meant to stretch the creative muscles. I'm having a creative December, so I'm gonna be posting lots of art and words and other related stuff. With my microstories I like the idea of committing to a work for 30 minutes and fleshing out a story in 200-300 words and then moving on. And forcing myself to do it from a random prompt makes it so that I don't write 30 stories about time travelling robots. Today's is kind of an allegory for a kid stumbling onto social media. See a theme here?

squwetchy December 2nd and I not only cracked open a brand new sketchbook this afternoon I also dug into my #insect photos to paint this backyard ladybug in #watercolour

castironguy December 2nd and I took the day off. Too cold to do much except stay inside and make hot fancy #pizza for #lunch! Blog about it too…

squwetchy December 1 and the birds don’t seem to be bothered by the bitter cold or that the feeder is covered in snow.

8r4d A proud dad secretly snaps a photo as the Kid and her cast come back on stage for a bow. #thekid #theater

adventuredog December 1, and it’s minus 25 #outside in the backyard, too #cold for walks but we can do a couple laps in the #backyard before we need to go in for hot cocoa and warm treats!

For my #creativeadvent challenge I've got a list of daily creative chores to do for the first twenty four days of December. While you're scarfing little chocolates from your advent calendars, I'll be #writing #painting and #posting. This is your feed for that. Like for today, I did the first of my December #microfiction posts linked below: