Snickerdoodle

Hello friends!

I live with my hubby and two young children in Canada along the shore of the Great Lakes. We're so close to the water I can hear the waves when our windows are open. I have a science degree in Biology. I work as a Naturalist leading nature walks and talks. Part of my work includes fieldwork on the different species and ecosystems within the park.

I love being outside. Hiking and biking through any green space makes me happy. I adore the lake and I am so incredibly grateful to live right beside it. During the summer I'm swimming in it constantly with friends and family. My favourite outdoor recreational activity is paddle boarding. I've been canoeing since I was a small child, and I'm a certified canoe instructor. Yoga is something I've enjoyed on and off for years. I love the natural world and being immersed in it. So anything nature or outdoor themed is a safe bet with me! 🌿

I've always enjoyed doing creative things. It is really fun sharing my crafty creations with others here. I bound my current sketchbook myself, which was super fun. Recently I learned what junk journaling was, so my sketchbook now has a bit of that going on, not a full on junk journal, but lots of scraps, stickers, tags, and washi added into it.

When I paint I mainly do illustrations with watercolour, but I sketch too. When I want to do an illustration without having to wait for paint layers to dry I colour with alcohol based markers. Usually I draw things from nature, and people. I adore combining those two things to make ethereal being, like mermaids, fairies, or goddesses.

Nudity does not offend me, especially in art.

'My Neighbour Totoro' - I adore this movie, the music, the story, the animation, gorgeous! Let me tell you, man is it handy having a toddler friendly movie as my favourite. I can watch it over and over and never get tired. I'm a fan of other Studio Ghibli films as well. 'Tangled' and other Disney films/fairy tales.

'Avatar the Last Airbender' is an animated series that makes me happy. 'Fullmetal Alcamist' (the original and brotherhood) is my favourite anime. These series have a spectacular story with phenomenal characters and character development. Another anime with an epic story is 'Code Geass,' whoo that ending! Gettin' chills now just thinking about it. Highly recommend.

A newer addition to the list is the Netflix original 'Arcane,' based off the 'League of Legends' video game. The storytelling! I can't even, I'm so in love with this series. Imagine Dragons did the opening song, which is amazing.

I consider myself a casual gamer, espicaly now since I'm a mother of small children with little time and I'm not very good, but a gamer nonetheless.

I have to talk about my love affair with Pokemon, the infatuation is decades old. I've been playing it since the very beginning and have played every single one of the mainstream games since. Pokemon doodles often make their way into my sketchbook. I'm also into the trading card game, my husband and I do that together. We're very much looking forward to when our sons can play it with us.

If a video game has beautiful art I'm drawn to it. 'Ori in the Blind Forest' is absolutely stunning. Same with 'Zelda Breath of the Wild,' the world is gorgeous. 'Final Fantasy' has spectacular character design. 'Sea of Stars' is the newest addition to my list of favourites, it's so whimsical I love it.

A - adventure, art, animation, autumn, amphibians, astronomy

B - biology, botany, beetles, bats, butterflies, birds, beaches, biking, bookbinding

C - cards, crafts, cactus, caterpillars, cicadas, canoeing, campfires, cottages, character design

D - daydreaming, dragonflies, dragons, dendrology

E - envelopes, evening, elves, ecology, entomology, evolution

F - forests, ferns, florals, fossils, fish, frogs, foxes, fireflies, fairies, fantasy

G - greenhouses, gemstones, geodes, glaciers, geology, Greek mythology

H - hiking, handmade, hummingbirds, herons, herpetology

I - illustration, insects, ichthyology

J - journeys, jellyfish, journals and journaling

K - kitsunes, kingfishers, kayaking

L - letters, lakes, leaves, lichens

M - mermaids, mountains, mushrooms, moon, moths, moss, meadows, meteorology

N - nature, newts, narwhals, northern lights, night

O - outdoors, octopus, owls, otters, oceans, ornithology

P - pinecones, plants, Polaroids, photos, paper, painting, paddleboardling, picnics, Pokemon

Q - quests, quiet

R - rivers, rain, reptiles, ravens, relaxing, reading

S - stickers, stationary, spring, snow, snakes, sharks, stingrays, salamanders, streams, snorkeling, surfing

T - trees, travel, tea, turtles, toads, tundra, Totoro

U - underwater, universe

V - vines, villages, video games

W - whales, winter, waves, waterfalls, woodpeckers, wildflowers, writing, washi

X - eXploring

Y - yoga, yarn

Z - zentangles, zines, zoos

Favourite colours - blues, greens, purples, soft pinks, pastels, earthy tones

Thank you for reading 😄