Hi everyone, it's Monday night and I just drove into my dreary, rainy city of black forests and snow capped mountains, but my spirits are full of gold leaves and small towns, grasslands, rivers and lakes.
Stefanie says "cookie is a nice word, isn't it?" Oh it SO is! I've done so much of the painted cookies in the past, that I decided to do something completely different. So when is a cookie not a cookie, but still is?
This little urban park was such a welcome break in my rather full and hectic day. Clover and I walked around and thru it and noticed that the city really did plant an amazing assortment of trees here. This
It's been a quiet, low-key weekend round here. Nice for a change. But we did have Kerstie, Adam and our little girls come for supper. Mom came too, and we had a lovely visit. Jonathan was missed. He originally said he would love to
Well, hello autumn! Is everyone ready? Ready for the mountains of leaves and crisp apples and chrysanthemums? Bring it on! It's been a rainy week here on the West Coast, and just as well for me because I really needed to
Well, I must admit that this operation has knocked me on my butt! Here I was all lah-di-dah thinking, "right, op on Monday, yoga class on Wednesday." Well, not exactly what I managed. Actually, not even close to what I managed. I
That line is one of my favourite lines in fiction. For anyone who doesn't read Terry Pratchett's Discworld, this line is attributed to Granny Weatherwax, a witch, who lives outside the small village of Bad Ass, which incidentally is what my
Do you guys do this? Do you sometimes wish for things that aren't instead of feeling grateful for things that are? Yeah, I'm all over that these days. Simple things; like not revelling in these warm, late summer days and wishing for cooler
Apparently it's been a dry and lovely summer here on the West Coast and, while we can still believe that it's the height of summer, there are undeniable signs of autumn all around. But what do we care about that on
Days in Vancouver have taken on that golden Indian Summer warmth. It's nearly impossible to stay in the studio in the afternoon when any number of lovely beaches is just minuted away. So I grabbed a certain flaxen haired girl