Crafts: A Bit of Flag Whimsy
Even though I haven’t been posting much I’m always busy creating crafty things for the garden. Awhile ago I made a Canadian flag using odd bits of material and a coat hanger. I love it when a project comes … Continued
Home & Garden: Started out Rainy
This week we had some much needed rain for 2 days. The first day of rain measured about 7 cm or 70 mm. The gardens loved it. The second day of rain wasn’t so heavy. On Friday we had a … Continued
Crafts: Making Bigger Snowflakes
What better time than than the first snowfall (in my part of Ontario) of the season to share my pattern for making bigger snowflakes from plastic canvas and yarn. Feelings about snow change through the years, from exciting when young, … Continued
Home & Garden: A Poor Air Quality Week
We have had poor air quality for most of the past week. Fires in Northern Ontario and Quebec have filled our air with smoke and a smokey smell. If it has been bad here I hate to think what those … Continued
Home & Garden: Beginning of June
June arrived with a few really hot and humid days and even severe thunder storm warnings, but we didn’t get any. One of the first things we did when going out the back door was look over to the baker’s … Continued
Books: All That Glitters
My collection of books by Mike Martin grew to one more recently with the addition of the book All That Glitters, the 13th book in the mystery series about Sgt. Winston Windflower. I always eagerly await to arrival of the … Continued