for·tu·i·tous

Adjective:

• 1. Happening by accident or chance rather than design.
• 2. Happening by a lucky chance; fortunate.

I thought that Fortuitous Friday had a better ring to it that Random Friday…

What better way to start the weekend than to share some pretty pictures that happened to be taken during some important outings over this past summer. It is also a great time to reflect on this past summer as we head further into fall and colder weather.

Alberta Railway museum

There was a typewriter in one of the rail cars that the kids loved. They recognized right away the “keyboard” layout but wondered where the rest of the “computer” was.

Number 5, my personal fav number, from a mailbag that was in one of the mail cars.

Many a hot day this summer was spent making/blowing bubbles and having ice cream on the driveway. What better way to spend a hot summer day that making bubbles and eating ice cream?

Crazy about a mercury… at the Praire Garden & Adventure Farm. This place was lots of fun and there was so much to see and do, we could have went several times this summer if we had more time…

The Praire Gardens had a pirate theme throughout a lot of it, so of course they needed to have their own parrot, at least I think it is a parrot of sorts

Rain covered roses, with all the rain that we had this summer it was not hard to find these!

3 tree “finger print” mural… that is now a grey painted wall… It is unfortunate that some graffiti cannot be left up.

So long summer, we had a blast and will miss you but we will see ya next year!

Happy Friday everyone!

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I was in the mood for something a little more film noir like. Shot this with camera in hand and had Angela hold the flash behind the kids toy work bench which has holes for all the tools to hang in. That is where the hot sopts are coming from, the light passing through the holes. But it looks like I could be peeking out the window of a motel into the parking lot waiting and watching while someone is pulling in.

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When Owen was 18 months old we painted some stretched canvas to place his hand and footprints on along with his name. We did the same for Brandon when he was about 18 months, well actually a little over. While we were at it we thought it would be cool to let each of them paint some extra canvas art boards to create their own art that would be hung in either their rooms or somewhere in the house.

Owen was right in there mixing colors and using different stamps, stencils, brushes and um “techniques”. He stuck with cooler colors of purple, blue, and green which I think made his piece come out dark and mysterious.

Brandon also had a lot of fun but was a little more firey in color selection choosing yellow, orange, red, and blue to keep some coolness with all that warmth. I think Brandon’s piece has a lot of drama and passion.

It is very inspiring to sit back and watch children create, learn and explore through the use of paint and art. We take for granted what happens when you move your hand in straight, wavy or circular lines. Things that have become intuitive as adults are new discoveries for children. Of course it is also a lot of fun and a great way to spend a day with your kids. I highly recommend washable paints and a very very large drop cloth ha ha.

I think for 3 years old and 22 months old they both created very expressive pieces of art that I am very proud of. All this work was done completely on their own, except for the base blue color each board had been given and clean up of course.

Art, Children, Discovery, Edmonton, Expression, Fine Art, Painting Hide