HCD ARTWORKS

08/30/2026

When “Welcome to Ramea” comes into view & suddenly…you’re home! 🩵🩵🩵

📍 Have you made this trip across the water? Or is she still on your list? ⚓️

08/24/2026

♥︎ BEFORE THE FOG ♥︎

📸 RAMEA

southwest coast | ramea islands | mv gallipoli | outport

08/18/2026

August has been a blurry whirlwind. After Smokey disappeared at the end of July for a couple of nights (thankfully he wasn't far and we got him back!), my dear sweet Grandmother Dominie passed away a few days later. 💔

I've lost both of my beautiful Grandmothers now since my car accident (speaking of which, is 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 not resolved).

Seeing soo many of my wonderful family members, and those who haven't been home or together in the same room for years, was so heartwarming and needed! Endless yarning, laughter, shared memories, and new ones made. It's one of those feelings that you don't realize how much you need it, until you get it. 🙏🏻

It always gets people thinking you know, how it's usually a funeral and/or celebration of a life that brings everyone back around to each other again. It does the heart so good to reunite, but also makes me kind of sad that it’s such a rare occasion.

Lessons?
Appreciate your time here on Earth, and those you love that are here with you! Everything can change in an instant. Make your feelings clear and known.
Never hesitate to tell someone how much they mean to you, because knowing and hearing that can be all a family member or friend needs to hear to feel connected and close.
Show up when you can. Send a message if you can’t commit. Reaching out doesn’t need overthinking.

Life is hard enough, so spending time and staying in touch with those you love can help with that. I know I’d be nowhere good without my family, friends, and supports.

I’ve just been an emotional wreck this month, which is why I haven’t been so active here. It breaks my heart that my Grandmothers are no longer Earth-side with me, and I never got to know my two Grandfathers. They’re all together now and I keep picturing the four of them at a table, having tea and sharing their life stories. And their smiling faces when Nan Dominie reunited with them. For whatever reason that’s the visual my mind has drawn up. I’ll keep holding onto that for as long as it lasts. ☕️🫖🕊️

Justin didn’t get to come home to Ramea with me the other week, because his job is very unique and it wasn’t possible. But, Ramea is in the plans this coming weekend again, so we can both spend some time there together. My head and heart has been through it more than normal this month, so I’m very happy we can have a little “bay vacay” together to home. 🩵

(Hopefully new art to come soon. Xx 🥹)

07/22/2026

My cousin-but-more-like-sister, Megan, has begun to share her incredible craft and artworks through Cove Crafted, her new official page...and believe me, her work is totally worth adding to your feed (and to your home!!)!! 😍

Please show her support and encouragement by liking/following Cove Crafted!! 🩷⚓️🩷🥂
👍🏻: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61591710625838

Inspired by home, crafted by hand ✨🌊
Handcrafted bags•Artwork•Laser creations

Instagram: .crafted

07/10/2026

If you want a bouquet of wildflowers, this is absolutely the time to get ‘em. 😍🪻 And this batch is directly behind our garage, omggg.

Which colour do you love best? I can’t get over the bright pinks! 🩷

07/06/2026

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06/25/2026

Did you get a chance to see any icebergs this season? 🤍
It never gets old to me! Thousands of years old chunks of ice, flowing by our coasts…what a privilege to witness!

📸 June 13, 2026
📍 Twillingate, 🇨🇦
🚢 Iceberg Quest Ocean Tours

06/25/2026

A few weeks ago, Mom and Dad were telling me about the random pieces of paper they found in their old church books, along with the old books my Grandmother had.

Things like service sheets, prayer readings, and Dad’s guitar chord notes for hymns.

Every piece had tons of doodles and little drawings on them in nearly every open space from yours truly, when I was a very young girl in the 90s.

I remember sitting between Mom and Nan R. in the wooden pew. Like many young kids, I found some parts of a church service boring! I always brought my little tote bag with markers and stickers with me, just for the hope that there were new pieces of papers I could collect and use. And sure ya knows, that was probably while I was supposed to be listening to a sermon!

Mom recently mailed me all of the little pieces of paper. One drawing really stood out to me, and I still can’t stop glancing at it;
a little ripped note sheet that was in a hymn book, of an orca swimming in the ocean, paired up with a colourful nature scene. 🥹

It’s no wonder I decided on an orca as my main artwork symbol. I’ve loved them forever, and it was clearly a symbol of dreamy creativity then, as it is to me now.

When we grow from a child to an adult, we find ourselves living under silly little societal ‘rules’ that tell you who you’re expected to be.

I think healing as an adult means remembering who you were before that nonsense. Maybe the kid we used to be holds onto all the things that make us feel most like ourselves, but you just have to remember to visit younger you.

With any luck, you'll find a trail of breadcrumbs your childhood self left along the way, back to who we really are. 🫍

🩷 H

06/18/2026

I finally got around to adding some bright colours to our front door. 😍 Every front door deserves a little dress up time! Colourful faux flowers (so there are no real flowers harmed in the making of things 😆) always have a home here lolol.

Oh yeah, and i added rhinestones. Because of course I wanted random leaves and petals to shimmer in the light…why the frig not?! ✨🌺

The “before” wreath is in the comments.