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I more or less spent the weekend at the McMichael Canadian Art  Collection this weekend, north of Toronto.
Yesterday I toured the museum with my sweetheart, and we realized that it had been almost 30 years since our last visit.
It was a pleasure to reconnect with works by two of my favourite female Canadian artists, Emily Carr (1871-1945) and Helen McNicoll (1879-1915), along with treasures by Tom Thomson and The Group of Seven.

One of the things we love about "The McMike" is its landscape; that the grounds and parkland surrounding this museum reflect many of the same kinds of trees and scenes painted by the Ontario-based members of The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson.

Then, today, I participated in a full-day watercolour painting workshop with David McEown, a master-artist & Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.
My sweetheart dropped me off at the museum's Pine Cottage studio, went for a 12 km hike, and then brought me lunch from a nearby café during just in time for half-hour break.
The workshop was brilliant, and it was fantastic to finally meet David in person after having taken a four-week virtual masterclass with him last year.