Nature in Our House

Chickadee coaster

Dog calendar

Frosted penguin decoration

Hanging artificial flowers

2 paper flower bouquets made by daughter

Himalayan salt lamp

DVDs with animal characters

Wooden wall plaque bought in mountains

Woven farm scene in wall picture frame, done by mother-in-law

Family room plant in bloom

Kleenex box picture, family room

Cozy sofa pillow bought in Lake Louise mall

Sheet on couch during heatwave

Hedgehog pillow on couch

Painting on small milk can on mantle, family room

Bird sculptures from Jasper; daughter photo from Cannon Beach, Oregon, eclipse trip

Seashell coaster bought in Sidney, B.C.

Decorative rabbit mother with offspring

Hawrelak Park winter painting in dinette, gift of son bought at Legislature gift shop

Edmonton valley scene by Scona colleague-artist Kees Wouters

Gloxinias in bloom, dinette

Fridge pictures of dogs

Kitchen toaster cover

Robert Bateman chickadee mug

National Geographic desk calendar, kitchen

Metis painted mug from Alberta Museum gift shop

Poppy curtains, kitchen, made by mother-in-law

Mother-in-law’s still-life, dining room

One of my mother’s many (inherited) teacups, dining room

Moose plate, dining room

My wife’s flowered teacups, bought at the olde defunct coffee-gift shop, Southgate mall

Special edition Hudson Bay cookie tin

Garden display, living room

Large living room painting gifted by my wife’s parents

Rooster and chickens display inherited from my mother

Pussy willows

Bird ornaments on piano, living room

Squirrel pillow gifted by son and wife

Snoopy pillow, living room

Bird ornaments on shelf, living room

Bird books

Chickadee light switch

Rooster half-mirror, front hall, gifted by son and wife

Signed Robert Bateman print of pileated woodpeckers, front hall

Animal dolls and figurines, front hall

Large carved multi-media plaque in front hall by the late Don Pimm, English teacher-friend-artist; illustrating E.E. Cummings’ poem “So much depends”

Dog light switch

Photo of my daughter at Canon Beach, Oregon on bedroom bureau

My photo of Castle Mountain, bedroom bookshelf

Wall plaque photo of Bill Lishman, ultralight, and imprinted geese-followers, bedroom

Plants in bedroom; there are plants in every room of house

Bedroom poster of an Alex Colville

Bedroom light switch

Saskatchewan scene, inherited from wife’s painter-aunt, upstairs hallway

Another poster, bedroom

Pansy wall-plaque, bedroom

Winter painting, bedroom, gifted by daughter

Gift when leaving McNally School, painted by Alberta artist Gregg Johnson, upstairs bathroom

Flowered shower curtain

Painted Northern Lights wall-plaque, back hallway, gifted by daughter

Vintage Lake Louise poster, back hallway

Pont Neuf, Paris painting done by artist on location, gifted by father; hangs in back hallway

B.C. river photo by me, lower bathroom

My photo of van Deusen Garden, Vancouver irises, lower bathroom

Print bought at city’s downtown tourist shop

Wooden wall plaque, hallway; bought in Hope, B.C.

Miniature painting in study, bought in Sidney, B.C.

Miniature standing painting, book shelf, study

Owl figurines, study; owls are my totem

Some of owl collection, study

Photo of son’s dog on study wall

My daughter’s poster in study, bought at a garage sale

Photo at U of A Humanities Centre; on wall of study; used as cover for one of my chapbooks

Mr. Peanut wall calendar, study

Monet poster, study

Old favorite photo of painting, study wall

Edmonton river valley, night scene painting; front hall

Painting by wife’s aunt of Lake Waskesieu; living room above piano

Poster of vintage Canadian painting, “Canoes in Fog”, on bedroom wall

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