Few things brighten a January day in Toronto. However, today …. 1. The sun was shinning. 2. There was no line-up at the bank. 3. I found a legal parking spot. and…. 4. A red fox crossed my path!! Well, it wasn’t just my path there were, obviously, several other pedestrians, a dozen cars, maybe […]
I’m cheating. This is repost from a page I wrote for a knitting retreat that I attend in the Spring – Yarnover Sleepover. This year it’s April 20-22 At The Fern Resort, Orillia ON. I hope you enjoy it. Many of us knit or crochet for charity. There is a wonderful feeling about being able
…..warmer weather is always worth writing about. We have moved from daily highs of -20ºC to +10ºC in just a few days. However, it will move back down to -10ºC in just a few hours – sigh! Anyway, warm weather thaws the brain and gets the creative juices working. At the beginning of the thaw, I
A few years ago I changed the window dressings of the upper front rooms in the house – these rooms would be the bathroom and the front (our) bedroom. Actually, if the truth were known, I would gladly have left the windows bare – all the better to see you with – no wait –
……I know the book is “Chicken Soup for the Soul,” but our area of Toronto has not, as yet, been designated a “live chicken” area, so I didn’t have any chickens alive or dead to make chicken soup. However, I did have lots of tomatoes!! I have become increasingly wary of mass produced food, delicious,
Door knobs to doughnuts….or something like that. In a previous post, I mentioned that I was thrilled to solve, what I thought was the mysterious shifting of the house, with the simple answer that my son had oiled all the hinges in the home. As a result, doors stood awkwardly open or closed inappropriately, when
…… the other day my husband and I had one of those “wait a minute, what’s happening moments.” Somehow, most, if not all of the doors in our house had somehow repositioned themselves. That is: the doors that never closed were now tilting significantly towards their jambs and the doors that never stayed open, were
…… the other day my husband and I had one of those “wait a minute, what’s happening moments.” Somehow, most, if not all of the doors in our house had somehow repositioned themselves. That is: the doors that never closed were now tilting significantly towards their jambs and the doors that never stayed open, were
One of my favourite poets is T.S. Eliot and one of my favourite books is Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. I love, love, love everyone one of the poems in the book and yes, I am a cat person!! Ironically, this weekend one of those magical poems came to mind. It was Gus –
I just received, with my papers – we still subscribe to both Toronto newspapers – the Lee Valley flier. Now, most fliers come in the front door and go out the back!! I know I don’t need more clothes, or shoes, or furniture etc..etc.. However, I “brake” for gadgets. I don’t actually buy them, but
