chinese new year painting

A few years ago, I brought a Chinese orchid (a miniature cymbidium orchid) from the Chinese New Year flower market in Chinatown. It has many delicate blooms on it however I couldn’t make it bloom for me since. Later, I learn in order to make it produce flowers, it needs a cold period. During the summer and fall I left it in our backyard hoping it might help it to produce flowers. Still for two years, no blooms from it.
This fall I left it out longer than the last two years, I was worry the frost might had done some damage to it.
Last month, all of sudden, I discovered it produced a flower stem and by late January it was in bloom! It just in time for this year’s Chinese New Year.


SAVECANCEL

lost and found

Last week I discovered one of my programs in my computer was not working. After a trip to the computer guy and he proclaimed my computer has virus!
After a costly cleaning and my computer are back working again however I was rather discouraged with this sudden and unexpected expense.
Yesterday, a friend came by my studio and brought a small painting. This morning, when I checked on my email, one was from FAA about another sale.
Amazingly, the two sales add up to the same amount as my computer repair bill!

Chinese New Year 2011

Today is the Chinese New Year, the year of the rabbit. I spent the whole morning making this bunny for this special day. My bunny is made with the Starbucks holiday coffee cups.Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

Natinal Gallery of Canada

Sunday was a very cold and gray day in Ottawa and we went to visit the national gallery. For some reasons my leg was really bother me I just couldn’t stand or walk for too long. I could not really enjoy viewing all the different galleries my only interest was to look for a bench of a chair to sit. Surprisingly, not every gallery offers one and it matter worst I forgot to bring along my pain killer. It was almost a relived to finally able to sit down and had coffee the café in the gallery. My first day in Ottawa was not a great one.
After our coffee break somehow my pains seem eased and we were able to explore the area around the gallery and discovered a few large beds of tulips.

Trip to Ottawa

Last Saturday I went with my friend Val to Ottawa, he was there for a conference and invited me to come along. This trip was planned months ago even my accident was only three week ago. I figure it was no point to cancel it since we were travel by train and my leg was getting better.
The weather turned cold and wet it felt like winter has came back, at least I was prepared had packed my scarf, groves and sweater for the trip.
Shortly after we arrived at our hotel we met up with his half sister and her extended families.
Her son in law picks us up and drove to the east end of Ottawa to a wonderful Chinese banquet. During dinner we were entertained by her two cute grandsons Spencer and Gregory.

Forbidden Tulips

I walk by the Canada Life Building on University and Queen West daily while going in and out of the Osgoode subway. Yesterday the sun was out and it was a beautiful spring morning there are many tulips planted around its building. I started to take out my camera and try to capture the images of the beautiful tulips.
Within ten minutes, two big uniformed securities came out and order me to stop as they are private property and photography is prohibited.
Out of defiance I just have to share the forbidden tulips with you all!

Tulips at City Hall

The other day, I was over at the city hall to use its public library and noticed there were hundred of parrot tulips planted around the square where the city hall building is. On this beautiful sunny spring morning, many of the parrot tulips are yellow with a few white ones and even fewer in purple.
Look like the gardener just has them water some of them still had water drops on the petals and it was such a stunning display. I took out my camera and start to take picture, even they were the same type of tulip but they all look different and beautiful on its own.
I must have spent close to an hour try to capture their beauty but I noticed the many passing around the city hall everyone all seem to be such a hurry not even one stop to admire them.
Maybe that’s why I am an artist and they are not.