Ramadan

In Canada, Ramadan begins this evening.

Muslims across the country will commence fasting tomorrow.

Ramadan ends on Sunday, March 29, 2025, followed by Eid al-Fitr.

To All Who Observe --

Friday Face OFF -- The Coffee Date

For this week's Friday Face OFF link party

of art featuring faces, hosted by Nicole of

DVArtist, Art, Food, Gardening blog . . .

Here's another quick direct-to-paper ink sketch,

supplemented with contrasting ink- and watercolour washes.

I decided to fill in the (inadvertently) leftover white space

with some lettering and coffee beans!

We've all been on those

awkward first coffee dates,

haven't we, LOL?

I hope it works out for them!

[Art and photo of art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2024]

Oh, C'MON -- We Gotta Gloat a LITTLE!

Canada wins 3 - 2

Trump is Führious

Let's Hear It For Dogs!

And finally, to conclude, proof once more

that nothing is funnier than slipping on a banana peel!

Especially if it's one of those creepy robotic dogs!

I Fear For Ukraine. And For The West, Quite Frankly.

Three years ago today, Russia invaded Ukraine. The brutal war has taken a heavy toll and that toll is not over yet. I'm sickened by the whole one-sided "peace negotiation" farce going on between Trump and Putin, with Ukraine excluded from any meaningful participation.

Having already been rebuffed about his attempted extortion of Ukraine's mineral rights, Trump is now clearly spreading Russian lies with great glee as he prepares to betray Ukraine.

It's obvious that the USA can no longer be viewed or trusted as an ally by anyone in the West. NATO, Canada and Europe must protect themselves because they will be next in Trump's cross-hairs. It also seems clear to me that Trump and Putin have entered an alliance like Hitler and Stalin did before World War II. None of this bodes well.

Friday Face OFF -- Young Hare

For this week's Friday Face OFF link party

of art featuring faces, hosted by Nicole of

DVArtist, Art, Food, Gardening blog . . .

From Ye Olde Cobwebby Archives

comes this charcoal drawing I did

fifty-one years ago in 1974

when I was still in high school.

Positively yellow with age it is!

At that time I was an absolute fanatic for Renaissance Art.

One of my favourites was this piece by the

German artist Albrecht Durer -- "Young Hare, 1502."

Doing a "sort and cull" recently on a battered box

of ancient stuff belonging to my Mom, I found

my old drawing again, saved by her all those years.

So now I'm sharing it with you!

[Art © Debra She Who Seeks, 1974;

Photo of Art © Debra She Who Seeks, 2025]

Is It Summer Yet?

Take Off, Eh?

This Blog Is Flying the Canadian Flag Today!

Sixty years ago on February 15, 1965, Canada officially adopted its current flag as our national emblem. It was a big deal and I remember it very well. I was in Grade 2 at the time and we spent weeks using up all our red crayons to colour endless mimeographed copies of our new flag.

The new flag was one more step in Canada's evolution away from Britain. Since Confederation in 1867, our flag had been the Red Ensign, with its emphasis on the Union Jack, English, Scottish and Irish settlers, French settlers, and some maple leaf symbolism:

Apart from the Canadian Flag's 60th anniversary, Canadians are being asked today to display our flag in front of our homes, on our balconies, in our windows, on our vehicles, and everywhere else, for another reason as well.

Canadian leaders have called for a national mass display of the flag this weekend to demonstrate our unity in the face of the Trump administration's threats, bullying and intimidation tactics against our economy and especially against our sovereignty as an independent country.

I don't have an actual flag to put on my balcony, so I'm flying a virtual one here on my blog instead.

And what the hell, since I'm being patriotic anyway, here's a video of the incomparable Ginette Reno singing O Canada in French and English at a Montreal Canadiens hockey game a few years ago too.

Happy Valentines / Galentines / Palentines Day!