In December 2013 freezing rain over Southern Ontario brought lots of worries to Toronto. Some areas are still out of power, public transit doesn't work and there are some local streets closures due to fallen trees. Ice is everywhere. We took cameras and went outside to see ourselves what's going on. It was very slippery and rain still drizzled while I was taking most of the pictures. Hands got cold very fast when exposed to the wind.

Room decoration with art prints is an interesting exercise! You can approach color selection from complimentary side or play along with established accent color. But how to deal with difference in light? Let’s set a design experiment: medium size room with normal 9 feet high ceiling. There is a bed in the middle and a large window looking out South-West. There is an empty wall between two doors. I want to put my art prints there :) Despite light color of the wall paint rear wall looks dark in afternoon or even most of the day if windows have shades or covered with drapes. Light and small art will be lost out there. Here is an example of a dark and high contrast print with very bright expressive light strokes. Red and orange continue general wall color hue and violet and pink work as a color accent. These prints can...