Article: A Sketchy Ride

Nepean this week covered Bus Blog today in an article called A Sketchy Ride. Best title, and I wish I'd thought of it! Way better than Pictures from the Bus, that's for sure.

Sniff, my little bus drawings are in a slideshow!!

I'm excited as well because I think there's a print version of this. Not sure. Seeing my bus drawings in print. Crazy!

Thanks, Jennifer!!

Local Tourist Ottawa stops over in Bus Blog!

Want to hear more from Pictures on the Bus? Jump to Local Tourist Ottawa, a fantastic site that captures everything neat about Ottawa (including its best cupcakes). They kindly asked to interview me, and you can read more of my wandering thoughts on bus drawing in their feature.

In other news, would you like to know more about the strangers around you? (And see some yummy photos, too...)

I love you, Ottawa. You are so strange. I wonder what's going to happen on the Hill today?

Bus blog's happy day

Today I visited the CBC Ottawa Morning studio to give my interview. I've long admired host Kathleen Petty, whose warm voice through my clock radio helped me through many lonely mornings in 2006 before my husband could join me here in Ottawa. I lived at the time in the attic of a true CBC-friendly house. My friends, the owners, blasted CBC Radio across three floors, and it accompanied every sleepy breakfast at the tiny kitchen table. I loved it.

Nowadays, with my hectic breastfeed/standup-breakfast/dressup-out-the-door mornings, there's more As It Happens in my life than Ottawa Morning. But my excitement still kept me up most of last night!

While I waited for my spot, I drew a woman in the studio who I thought might be Hallie Cotnam, but Google Image search contradicts me. The picture's not great -- I was REALLY nervous.

Studio 12, CBC Ottawa

Below, a little drawing that happily distracted me on the way downtown.
 

March 15, 2011

Pictures from the Bus -- on Ottawa Morning!

After OttawaStart blogged about this page last week, CBC Radio's Ottawa Morning producer called me up and asked me to go on air. I'm stunned. Thanks, Glen and Denise!

I'm to talk tomorrow with Kathleen Petty (!) at 7:45 am. My favourite radio station, and one of my favourite shows. (My other favourite is As It Happens.)
CBC radio hosts always know how to get the right stuff out of people. I hope the magic works on me, too.

Wish Bus Blog luck, friends!

***Dateline Ottawa***

It's 2011, I'm 35, a married mum, gainfully employed, and the proud keeper of 

two senior cats (both gray)... but friends, I'm STILL COOL! 

Thanks, OttawaStart! 

I asked them to add me to OttawaStart's list of art sites and blogs 

 a couple of months ago, and that must be how they found me. I spent 

many satisfying hours of clicking there. Enjoy!

 

 ***30***   

March 10, 2011

So, why is that despite carefully positioning the pole behind his head, in exactly the right spot, he's still sitting half off the seat? Something is wonky in the space-brain continuum.