I was most excited when a package of Christmas cards arrived from Linda, who has a lovely blog at Abby Creek Art. Linda’s blog is a treat to visit, because she paints wonderful animal portraits as well as abstracts. Just last week, Linda became a new mum of a lovely dog named Maisie Rose. Recently,…

It was another day of knitting since there was a football game on. And an exciting game it was – the western CFL semi-finals pitting the Saskatchewan Roughriders against the BC Lions. The Roughriders were the underdogs going into the game, but they came out the winners. I spent the entire game knitting a scarf…

I wish I had a picture of the simple dessert that I made for my son and I today. We are both feeling under-the-weather and in need of a treat. I pulled out my favourite cookbook, The 1978 Kids’ Cooking Contest Cookbook, published by the Regina Public Library. This cookbook contains simple, but delicious recipes.…

My head felt as if it was spinning for much of today, just like in this picture. When I signed up to post every day during National Blogging Posting Month (NabloPoMo), I didn’t realise what a commitment it is. Can it only be Day 16? I feel as if I’m coming down with a cold…

Tonight I went to my first meeting of the Regina Calligraphy and Paper Group. We spent part of the meeting working on weathergrams. Here is some information on what a weathergram is. We wrote Haiku poems, or lines of about ten words, and then printed them on brown kraft paper. After we finished writing, we…

It is rather late because I was editing my story for the new blog, The Created Wor(l)d, that I mentioned in my post yesterday. I have titled the story, ‘Hummingbirds’, but that will likely change. Most of today, I read about the Kootenay Lake area of British Columbia because that’s where I decided I wanted…

As the snow flies, I’m glad to be bundled up in a cozy down comforter and dreaming of flowers. I have spent the evening working on a story that hopefully I’ll finish in the next day or so for a new writing blog, TheCreatedWor(l)d . I am excited to be part of this collaborative effort…

Pressing flowers has been one of my favourite things this past summer and fall. There are still pansies blooming in the garden and so I’ve continued on my pressing frenzy … Usually my flowers end up in books carefully preserved. I love opening up books and finding flowers that I remember from my garden. This…

Oh my, such excitement here since I won a bouquet of flowers today. It was a big day in Regina. The Saskatchewan Roughriders hosted the Western semi-final football game against the Calgary Stampeders. My son is an avid football fan and so I’ve learned way more than I ever, ever wanted to about football. On…

Rarely a day goes by without my thoughts turning to Hazel. Even though she died in the spring of 2006, I often feel her presence. This is a picture of her at age 16, just before she became ill. She was a feisty spirit and I often draw on my memories of her when facing…