Sewing: Christmas Tea
Crafty is being craf-tea. When it comes time to mail out your Christmas cards, why not include a cup of Christmas tea to share with your family and friends that are far away. This is a simple, sewing craft to send … Continued
Shady Pines Wildlife Centre
Not that far from us is an amazing wildlife rescue centre that helps orphaned and injured animals. The Shady Pines Wildlife Centre is in Napanee and takes in all critters and creatures and helps them on the way to recovery. At the time … Continued
French Breakfast Radish
This was my first year growing radishes for a very long time. I was prompted to grow them because our grandson loves to munch on them. I tried a variety called French Breakfast, listed as ideal for container growing.
Remembrance
November 11th is the time for Remembrance.On this day we remember the men and women who served and continue to serve our country during war and during peace keeping missions.
Cornstalk Horses
One of our local farms, Willow Creek Farms, sells veggies and more at their roadside stand at the bottom of our road and they also sell in front of their farm which is one concession over from us. They … Continued
Plant Profile: Painter’s Palette
I chose some new plants for the garden this past spring, ones with interesting foliage and ones that wouldn’t require a lot of maintenance. Painter’s palette was one of the plants with cream and green leaves and a v shaped … Continued
The Kid in Me Loves Colouring
I’ve always loved colouring and working with children through my career gave me lots of opportunities to colour. But now the latest trend is for adult colouring books and I can legitimately colour once again.
Wonderful Weather for Walking
We have been having some wonderful weather for the end of September, which has out outside as much as possible, so any postings to my site have been put aside. Last Wednesday morning we walked down by the bay.
Garden Printables – Weather Poems
printable labels for the weather forecasters [printfriendly] With the print friendly option you can choose how many of these images you want to print, just mouse over for the option to delete.
Shawls: Summer Flies to Fall
Summer has come to an end and the Fall season is starting. I started this knitting project shortly after returning from British Columbia but as it was so hot I didn’t have the incentive to get it finished. But now … Continued
Shore Birds at Whiffin Spit
We loved taking a lot of different walks on our trip to British Columbia this past July. We are always on the lookout for birds that we don’t see here in Ontario. This time we spotted a couple of different … Continued
Making Small Garden Flags
I’ve got two more garden flags to add to the collection. While the grandkids were here on Friday they each made a small one. For those that visit my site on a regular basis you will remember the big ones … Continued
This is the New Home
After just a day or two the bottle tree has a new home. Remember that it came down on the weekend and I found a temporary place for the bottles? The vines got cleared away and the trunk with branches … Continued
Getting Some New ‘Purse’onality
As September starts the garden is beginning to wind down … lots of veggies picked and eaten, lots of blooms finished and some seeds collected and plans for moving some plants to other spots for next year are in the … Continued
Visiting Ottawa
One of our favourite cities to visit is Ottawa, the capital city of Canada. We just got back from a week there seeing the sights, visiting the museums, shopping in the Byword Market and of course visiting the Parliament … Continued