8r4d A tree on a tree, I bought one tree decoration in New York at the transit store at Grand Central, a little painted tree with all the subway lines as bobbles.

Decorating gingerbread #cookies makes a mouthwatering video.

castironguy Claire was busy making homemade gingerbread cookies this afternoon.

Another lovely Saturday in December and so we went to the river valley trails for an adventure walk in the snow.

I didn’t take much video last year but I DID take some shaky running videos on my #halfmarathon thru Disney World in January. I finally got around to doing a bit of compiling and stabilizing…

8r4d The #maze continues to growing… tho at this rate it might be ready for April?

8r4d Last night we went for a casual #walk as a run club. Our annual holiday lights strolling adventures.

Time to update my video collection from 2022 and I started with some clips from our Disney trip almost a full year ago now!

Another short video from our recent NYC adventure.

I sat in Stantec Tower during my #lunch break today and watched some folks enjoying the outdoor rink at Rogers Place

8r4d The sunrise from my #office tower reflects amazing on the #downtown #yeg skyscrapers.

Walking from my parking to my office this morning the sun was just coming up over downtown so I thought I’d share that moment in a video montage.

squwetchy Day 7 of #artadventcalendar and another seasonal-themed #watercolour for my daily sketch… freshly painted and ready to fill your feed with a bit of holiday spirit!

squwetchy December 6 and for #artadventcalendar this afternoon I devoted a full page #watercolour spread to this orb spider and her shadow, referenced on this -30C winter day from a photo I took in the fall.

squwetchy Fuzzy bear for another daily #watercolour

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.