‘Soup’er Recipe: Green Pea Soup
I’m a slow food lover and have been making different soups and stocking up the freezer. This recipe comes out just like a certain condensed pea soup and it was delicious but the best part is it doesn’t have … Continued
Beauty at Season End
~ On October 23 in the morning we woke up to a red sky. Take warning says the old weather saying. We knew that rain was heading our way in the next day or so. The leaves are coming down … Continued
‘Soup’er Recipe: Leek & Potato Soup
Leek and potato soup has to be one of my all time favourites. The ingredients in this recipe are naturally gluten free. I stopped using ready made veggie and chicken stocks as they have so much salt in them, plus … Continued
Mermaid and Shark Tails
~ I recently finished a couple of fun crochet projects, one for each of our grandkids out west. These were both Yarnspiration free patterns. The mermaid tail was made using Impeccable yarn in the variegated colours of mauves, purples and … Continued
Getting More Seasonal
~ The weather is getting more seasonal as we move into October. The Fall colours haven’t been as spectacular this year and the past few days have been rainy and windy causing the leaves to flutter to the ground. We … Continued
Books: A Tangled Web
Recently I finished the latest Mike Martin book, A Tangled Web, which was the 6th in the Sgt Windflower mystery series. Mike is a Canadian author, born in Newfoundland and now living in Ottawa. Sgt. Winston Windflower, a Cree from … Continued
Shawls: Life Way
I recently completed a test pattern of the Life Way Shawl by Amy of lovemademyhome.. This was a nice pattern to follow and repeated the same rows, so once I had figured out how to do the different squares … Continued
Shawls: Summer Flies
How summer flies? It just seems like the season started and now we are into Fall, and the beginning of October. This summer was hot, humid and extremely dry. The gardens didn’t do as well and the grass dried up very … Continued
Fall-ing into October
We are into a new season now. September finished off with a really hot spell, in fact some of the days were hotter than the in July and August. A quick rain storm abruptly brought that weather to an end … Continued
Butterflies: Fluttering Wings
Butterflies are delicate critters that flit from flower to flower in the garden. Capturing them with the camera can be a challenge. The swallowtail enjoys the echinacea blooms The black swallowtail was seen in the spring when the lilacs were … Continued
Scarves: Stacked Squares
I recently tested a pattern for Amy of lovemademyhome. It was a great little pattern to crochet and consisted of two rows, so once you remembered that you could crochet away while watching tv and not have to keep referring … Continued
Sightings Down by the Bay
The bird sightings continue on our walks down by the bay. Last week we spotted the lesser yellowlegs. Here is another photo of one of them stretching its wing and balancing on one leg. A couple of days later we … Continued
Down by the Bay
While walking down by the bay we spotted a pair of lesser yellowlegs shorebirds. These were most likely migrant birds passing through. We had seen the greater yellowlegs while in British Columbia last year. These were feeding in a muddy … Continued
Drink Cozies
When working I used these cozies all the time for my water containers. I used to partially freeze the water in the container and then top with cold water. As the day went on the frozen part melted and kept … Continued
Keep Track of Your Keys
Don’t lose those keys! This is an idea that I have come up with to stop your keys from getting lost in the bottom of your purse or bag. I’ve had an empty key ring on my work bag for … Continued