Niagara Falls | summer fun

Water is definitely our element. wonder |wonder | women grew up on our little tropical island. Happy clams in our beautiful beaches, bountiful oceans, and warm seas.

In June we took a family vacation to Toronto, Canada where we had to visit the wonder that is Niagara Falls. This time last year Mahala and I were there to visit friends and family as well.

2019

2018

Niagara Falls. This name is Mohawk. It means, the neck - the term being first applied to the portage or neck of land, between lakes Erie and Ontario. Red Jacket pronounced the word Niagara to me, in the spring of 1820, as if written O-ne-au-ga-rah. ~ Henry Schoolcraft 

AGO mon amie

This June found the US part of wonder | wander | women back in Canada for a family vacation with our niece, nephew and their kids. 

AGO facade from their website

Warrior with Shield by Henry Moore

On our one day away from them the sisters walked over to the Art Gallery of Ontario which Mahala and I visited last year and where we fell in love with the Inuit art of Kenojuak Ashevak and her nephew Timootee (Tim) Pitsiulak.

wonder | wonder | women, 2018

Tunirrusiangit: Inuit artists sharing their gifts

Our identity as Filipinos who grew up on the islands is the bright, distinguishing thread through the creative life of wonder | wander | women - our blogs, our writing, and our art. Ethnicity is not something learned.

We learned to speak English, we learned the Catholic traditions and our history as colonials. We learned how to speak and read Filipino, but Filipino is who we are; that's why we sympathise so much with other indigenous artists of colonised countries.

From the AGO exhibition