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UNDER MY UMBRELLA AND BEYOND: Love The Planet Productions

This photographic journal is by Maria Pavlik, co-creator of With My Umbrella, I Can: The Magical Journey of Penelope Puddle, in B.C., CANADA. "There's a revolution that needs to happen and it starts from inside each one of us. We need to wake up and fall in love with the Earth. Our personal and collective happiness and survival depends on it." - Thich Nhat Hnah

Casting Off Cares Is A Breeze By The Sea

- July 03, 2018

Crescent Beach, Surrey, BC

Paper Bag Princess Gowns & Mom's Homemade Dresses

- May 10, 2019

Remember the beloved children's tale The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch? She had only a paper bag to wear after a dragon destroyed her castle and belongings. The shallow prince whom she rescued showed his true nature by complaining she didn't look like a princess dressed in that bag. Good riddance to the prince but here are some paper dresses any royal or awesome regular girl would be proud to wear. I came upon these works of art at the Oakridge Mall in Vancouver. Hopefully, they will end up in a local museum or someplace where more people will enjoy them. The lovely regal garments made of paper capture the elements and majesty of the natural world. The Langara College Paper Couture Exhibition by Vancouver design students explains what materials are used to create the clothing: "All of the dresses are made from a variety of recyclable white or brown paper, tissue, tapes, glue, spray paint, adhesives, paper twine, coffee filters, cardboard, string, thum...

The Couch Art Where Bernie Came To Visit

- January 23, 2021

"On the Web we all become small-town visitors lost in the big city." - Alison Gopnik President Joe Biden's inauguration was bursting with inspirational speeches and events. Heaven knows many who now breathe a sigh of relief also needed a good laugh. That's when Bernie stepped in with his cool attitude and awesome mittens. I couldn't resist joining so many others who included him in various ways in different spaces. I think he looks super cute and cozy on a sofa designed for the cover art of my Couch & Company story. Hope you enjoy it and explore more of the artistic side of life at Paint Party Friday . Still the kid I used to be Visit Postcards From Penelope Puddle and Penelope Puddlisms: BC Life Is A Whale Of A Ride to view more West Coast scenes. Because the state of our planet is the most pressing issue of our time, link up and learn about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report .

Somewhere The Journey Begins

- April 01, 2019

"Somewhere a journey begins at the end of the worldly existence we know. Somewhere a path stretches over the stars, and rivers of memories flow. Somewhere a silence is heard far away and the brightness of day fills the night, where the trials of life are resolved into peace when a soul finds its way to the light." - Author Unknown The week ended at a funeral for the husband of a friend. Even after 58 years of marriage, he was her champion; she was his prize. He was a Mariner in the early days. She read from My Captain by Walt Whitman with the passion of Shakespeare's Juliet. Her grieving voice pieced together the words amid the broken brilliance of stained glass at the church. Her bare emotions left a mark on everyone there. Earlier in the week, a mark of a different sort was left beside the sea. Long ago Inukshuk were directional markers but now they are creative expressions along rock-filled beaches. Each stack of stones has a persona uniquely its own. The s...