Category Archives: Life

temari along?

Would anyone be interested in learning how to make a beginner ball? I’d be happy to post a series of tutorials on here if there were some who would like to learn. Please leave me a comment if you would … Continue reading

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Remembrance Day

  I spent most of yesterday thinking it was Remembrance Day. I wore my poppy and at 11:11 I had a quiet moment and thought of how lucky I was to live in Canada and have the freedom that I … Continue reading

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monday again

Yesterday was an extremely long day. We left around 8am and had a little tour of Times Square by car on our way to the Lincoln Tunnel. There was a bridge scheduled for demolition this weekend in the Niagara area … Continue reading

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early morning

This city can be overwhelming! For an introvert, a few days is plenty of time and I will be ready to go back to the relative quiet of my home city and dream of the silence of the island to come … Continue reading

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start spreading the news….

I seem to have Frank Sinatra singing in my ear all day long while I’m here. What a crazy, busy city! We walked down through Central park this morning to make our way to the American Museum of Natural History. … Continue reading

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change of location.

Well, 5am came early this morning and saw us packed and out the door. 2 hours later, we were at the border in Fort Erie exchanging our CDN rainbow money for the plain green US $ and ooogling the vats … Continue reading

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wet

Why is the really nice part of Fall always so blooming short? It feels perfect for about 5 minutes and then it feels like years of this: Wet, gross and cold. Eddie the beagle hates rain and refuses to stay … Continue reading

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back to normal

Our election is finally over and we have a new Liberal Prime Minister. No matter your politics, it was such a relief to have the wash of election signs gone from the landscape yesterday. A fresh start as it were. … Continue reading

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help in deciphering a pattern

Hello and Happy Monday! I had a question from Margo last week about an afghan that she had noticed in a photo. Sadly, I have no idea of the pattern and I was wondering if any of you may be … Continue reading

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an essay in captioned photos

“It wasn’t me.” “Honestly!! The bag just fell off the chair……” “Some lovely stuff fell out of the bag and I helped!! Really, I was trying to put it back!” “This cheap stuff squeaked and made my teeth hurt so … Continue reading

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