Mermaid Saga Resumes
How ’bout that headline, eh? I can think of all kinds of things it could be about if I read it in a newspaper! But since you’re reading it here, […]
Monthly Archives: September 2017
The Feline Federation
Did I mention that the Quadra Cats have returned from their summer vacation, too? No I did not! Here’s the cover to book 3, The Feline Federation, now up on […]
Pine Cone, Artichoke, or Pangolin?
Now that I’m back in my nice quiet studio, and caught up on all the things that need catching up on after a trip, I’m starting to make some time […]
The Wild Pacific Trail
When first I embarked on this attempt to tell about my inspiring two weeks on the west coast of Vancouver Island, I thought seven days would be plenty. It’s not. […]
An Aquarium Photo Safari
A love of aquariums came upon me suddenly around the age of nine or ten. Not those little ten-gallon things you keep a few goldfish in — I had one, […]
All Washed Up — on the Sand
Do you ever have a dream where you find some kind of treasure, only to wake up and find that it was only a dream, but still with a sense […]
Life Between Rock and Sea
On the very edge of the land, washed and abandoned in turn by the tides, is a world teeming with life. It’s a place of strange and alien beauty, life-and-death […]
Total Fun with a Partial Eclipse
“Oh no! Not another eclipse blog!” Well, yes, but since we weren’t in the path of totality, we had to do things a bit differently. No fancy filtered photos of a […]
Glamping for the Impecunious
There’s an art to camping comfortably, which, like all art, takes some practice and preparation. When I told my friends I’d be camping for two weeks at Ucluelet, there was a […]
Beaches, Surf Huts, and Palazzos
Inspiration for art comes in many forms; it can be as gaudy as a sunset or as subtle as the flicker of light through leaves; as huge as the sea […]
Karen Gillmore Art 