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Holland College and MacPhail Woods were always big winners for my sons. MacPhail’s schedule was harder to fit into a normal working schedule but worth it. CARI and UPEI’s sports programs as well.

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude

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Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won’t proceed, B.C.-based Jim Pattison group says | Globalnews.ca The sale of a Virginia warehouse to Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not proceed, according to a statement from Jim Pattison Developments.

Yesssss!!! Score one for the good guys. Thank you to all the Canadians that sent emails to Pattison to stop this sale.

The sale of a Virginia warehouse to Immigration and Customs Enforcement will not proceed, according to a statement from Jim Pattison Developments.

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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Ink and marker sketch of a tree trump with a fairy door and stone threshold.

Small moments in the midst of all of the other big, heavy, sometimes heart-rending things happening in the world around us.
#dailydoodle

Ink and watercolour sketch of a restaurant patio with greenery and patio umbrellas

Patio season makes me happy.
#dailydoodles Day 1946

Two homemade ink and watercolour cards showing graduation caps and the word ‘Congrats’

Photo from the back of a graduating class with hats thrown in the air.

Major milestone for our family today!
#dailydoodles Day 1927

Ink and watercolour sketch of two people sitting on a bench, watching to figures walk away in the distance.

It’s starting to feel real - graduation and new adventures.
#dailydoodles Day 1921

Watercolour and pencil sketch of a glass of water

A watercolour sketch of a misty coastline with trees.

Coastal zone conference means plenty of thinking about water and coastlines.
#dailydoodles days 1913 and 1914

A photo of half-finished student work - on the bottom is a watercolour of the exterior of a house, half concealed by a partially painted interior of a stylized kitchen scene.

Saturdays are for picking away at doodle projects, with more practice work on #danielledonaldsonworkshop lessons for #dailydoodles Day 1910 and 1911, and going to shows at Harmony House.

Ink and watercolour sketch of a camper with a string of banners and lightbulbs.

Escapism.
#dailydoodles Day 1909

An ink and watercolour sketch of an older red building with one double door and one side door open

A quick walk out in North Rustico.
#dailydoodles Day 1906

Three ink and watercolour sketches. The upper image shows part of a footbridge, the lower left shows a red building on a little bed of rocks on the waters edge, and the lower right shows a thin 3-storey building peeking up out of the grass.

Minis for #dailydoodles days 1903, 1904, and 1905.

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A pencil sketch of a stylized kitchen taped to a clipboard decorated with rainbows.

Linework from an online workshop.

#Danielledonaldsonworkshops
#dailydoodles Day 1902

Ink and watercolour sketch of old red buildings at the water’s edge, with smaller buildings in the distance on the other side of the water. In the foreground is a small boat in the grass with the number 12555.

Completed.
Borrowed travel photo from Tilting.
#dailydoodles Day 1901

Black and white photo of a sketch of buildings and a dory in the grass, with the original photo showing on an iPad in the background.

Step one, borrowed travel photo.
#dailydoodles Day 1899

Ink and watercolour of a large grey barn.

I had always associated NB with lumber, less so with potatoes. Silly me.
#dailydoodles Day 1898

Ink and colour sketch of the entrance to a rail car, with steps into a shadowed entrance.

Neatest experiencing, staying in a rail car turned accommodations in Florenceville-Bristol. #dailydoodles Days 1896 and 1987

A watercolour and ink sketch of a large wooden ‘arc’ boat on land, with vegetation to the side and rear. A couple of cars are parked halfway along and there is a railing on the second level.

A watercolour and ink of a doorway in a brick building. Over the arched windows over the door are the words ‘Victoria County.’

Watercolour of a wooded trail with a broken fence to one side.

Multiple #dailydoodles - Days 1893, 1894, and 1895. More adventures while doing some work in NB.

Ink and watercolour sketch of a covered bridge

When in New Brunswick…
#dailydoodles Day 1892

Watercolour sketch of two figures standing side by side.

Made it to Friday.
#dailydoodles Day 1889

A watercolour illustration of a stylized farmhouse with an iPad screen in the background showing a title slide that reads ‘the refined farmhouse’, ‘next’, and ‘Danielle Donaldson’

Picked this one up again, almost to the finish line.
#dailydoodles Day 1888
#Danielledonaldsonworkshops

Stylized watercolour and ink sketch of magnolia blossoms.

Everything is coming up blossoms.
#dailydoodles Day 1886

And I forgot the alt text… a small pile of watercolour cutouts, with flowers, a stylized dog, and some handmade coupons, on a black background.

Various family birthday and Mother’s Day cards to prep for #dailydoodles Day 1883

Watercolour and ink sketch of a small dog sitting and looking slightly upward, with the tip of his tongue sticking out.

Friday night puppy.
#dailydoodles Day 1882

Ink and watercolour sketch of a small square building surrounded by grass and trees with a glimpse of a river in the background. On the building are two signs - open and ’Canada’s Smallest Library’.

Has the pleasure of attending the Eastern PEI Chamber of Commerce awards dinner, which brought to mind Canada’s smallest library in Cardigan… #dailydoodles Day 1881