……..this iconic cottage chair was originally known as the Westport plank chair and was designed by Thomas Lee in 1903. As the story goes, Lee showed the design to a local carpenter, Harry Bunnell, who in need of some winter revenue, secured a patent for the chair and started manufacturing it, en masse in 1905. […]
I have to catch up on a few posts in the blog-a-day challenge for 2013, so I hope that you don’t mind the travelogue. Yesterday I posted about starting a two-day mini vacation in Muskoka, a cottage area about 2+ hours’ drive from Toronto. We decided on this “impromptu” weekend away mainly, because our bathroom was
I have to catch up on a few posts in the blog-a-day challenge for 2013, so I hope that you don’t mind the travelogue. Yesterday I posted about starting a two-day mini vacation in Muskoka, a cottage area about 2+ hours’ drive from Toronto. We decided on this “impromptu” weekend away mainly, because our bathroom was
I haven’t posted in a a few days because my husband and I went away for the weekend. Since we weren’t going to have a functioning bathroom until Monday, we decided that we had to make other plans. This all began last January, well before the tiles started to fall off the wall in the
I haven’t posted in a a few days because my husband and I went away for the weekend. Since we weren’t going to have a functioning bathroom until Monday, we decided that we had to make other plans. This all began last January, well before the tiles started to fall off the wall in the
I always like those crazy celebration days and I think that the site Holidayinsights.com has one of the best lists. According to the site, September 28 is “ask a stupid question day.” Now I have asked many stupid questions over the years and some of the greatest thinkers in the world have asked what seemed like
I have to believe that you may be defined by the fairy tales that you have read, either to yourself or to your children. I always read “The Little Red Hen” to my kids. It’s a story of Russian origin with strong entrepreneurial, even capitalist overtones. I’m not really the “Donald Trump” of mothers, but
I have to believe that you may be defined by the fairy tales that you have read, either to yourself or to your children. I always read “The Little Red Hen” to my kids. It’s a story of Russian origin with strong entrepreneurial, even capitalist overtones. I’m not really the “Donald Trump” of mothers, but
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