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Tradition and Innovation – art show

Iris - detail
January 6, 2012 8 Comments

The Year Ends at the Bay of Fundy

The beginnings of soup stock.
December 30, 2011 Christmas Christmas tree Holidays Merry Christmas Robert Frost Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening 3 Comments

Digital camera inspiration – training the eye and the mind

Beauty Berries are wonderful for dried winter bouquets.
December 15, 2011 Arts Digital camera Photography 5 Comments

Flora’s new Painting Website

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November 20, 2011 6 Comments

A Monk, the Harvest, Time Travel, Art, Music and Family

This is what planting 200 heads of garlic looks like.
November 10, 2011 10 Comments

Cordelia the Willow Tree – RIP

This pencil sketch came with our house. I imagined that it might be 'Cordelia'.
November 1, 2011 9 Comments

Garden Paintings – closing invitation

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October 9, 2011 5 Comments

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P1270948 Let the planting begin! garden5
garden4 A new path in the garden. This is our dryer. Let's hope the deer don't find this succulent seedlings.
Jesse takes a break from stacking wood. "LF" Spoon back. Stamp "E. NEWBURY"
P1270307 E. NEWBURY spoon bowl. E. NEWBURY spoon. Sunday, April 15, 2012 in Bear River.
DisComfort show Larry cutting copper for the next round of enamel. Every year I expand this flower bed a little bit more to fit in more blooms.
My latest copper enamel work. The Fairy Small Agenda - on show at ArtsPlace, Annapolis Royal. The Depths - acrylic - 12" x 24" - by Flora Doehler. Part of the DisComfort Show at ArtsPlace, Annapolis Royal. enamel
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P1270093 P1270167 The Yoga Studio at Still Point overlooks the water. P1270108
Bear River at low tide. IMG_0020
P1260960 It's all here. Or is it? wordle moving
These girls are still laying. The cats stayed home close to the fire.
Chickens wait for eggs to hatch. All different shell textures and sizes. door lock
Practising with the "Riptide Rollers"/ High jumps at roller derby in Laurencetown. The cats totally know she's leaving. Larry and I each made one of these. Can you guess who made what? ;-)
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Iris. Monoprint by Flora Doehler, 2011 Pink and Orange. Monoprint by Flora Doehler, 2011 Iris - detail
I think Wayne's palette repeats the colours in the Bay of Fundy. P1250093 Bay of Fundy at Parker's Cove. Detail from a painting by Wayne Boucher
Visiting Wayne Boucher's studio. Our sweet local Christmas tree. Imagination running wild. An old story.

Our Bear River Adventure

In the fall of 2007, Flora and Larry moved from Toronto (population 2 million) to the tiny, beautiful tidal village of Bear River in Nova Scotia (population 800) seeking a life filled with creative pursuits such as organic gardening, painting, and silversmithing.

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Sites of Interest

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  • Barbara Muir Paints
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  • Faye's French Shore photos
  • Flandrum Hill
  • Follow the White Rabbit
  • I Hanna's Blog
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