Had the good fortune of spending a night at the beautiful Hokelaga Inn in Kingston, Ontario. My daughter and I wondered why none of the ultra wealthy build their own Victorian houses?

Exterior of a large multistory Victorian house with red brickwork and ornate white and green decoration named the Hochelaga Inn

Our current D&D campaign is wrapping up soon so I kept the tradition of painting my character’s mini, only this time I also foam-crafted him a fantasy library scene to live inside. (He’s a bit of a bookworm.) I’m really happy with what I was able to craft from leftover stuff.

Hand-made miniature scene of a fantasy character standing in front of a library bookcase and large telescopic device

The wind may still be cold but it’s great to see new, red buds popping up everywhere.

Blue sky with tree in foreground with red leaf buds emerging from its bare branches

I think I’ll grab some more coffee. (It was bright and sunny just a few minutes ago.)

My wife surprised me with an amazing concert of one of my favorite bands, Djangophonique (Link), at the Detroit Institute of Art.

four jazz musicians and a singer from the band Djangophonique performing on stage

How it started vs how it’s going.

two photos of a small scale foam carved bookshelf, one in green and the other painted in color

Trying to construct a scene scaled with my new D&D mini. He’s a bit of a bookworm so I’m making him a 4" high bookcase. Lots of teeny foam work.

The swirling universes made in bubbles at the car wash.

Blue turquoise colored swirls of soap bubbles

In a confusing turn in an unseasonably warm winter, snow has returned.

Snow dusted rooftop with rusty heating pipe sticking up on right

🦆 One of the mallard duck couples have been playing Batman and Robin on the rooftops lately.

Closeup of a male and female mallard ducks standing on the peak of a grey rooftop

“We earn our name by what we bring back from the underworld. If we have no gift, no insight, then we are often gabbling trauma rather than speaking wisdom.”

  • Martin Shaw

The sun’s morning reminder that no matter the cloud cover, or how bad last nights storm was, it’s still here.

Warm Sunrise behind cold storm clouds with leafless trees silhouetted in front
Blue clouds with orange linings as the sun sets in the low distance of leafless trees

How can people not know what beauty this is?
I’ve taken it for granted my whole life
Since the day I was born

  • Neko Case
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