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A bright pretty little quilt
Another from the WIP list (#4 in my original post) I made this for my coworker's second baby daughter. She came a little early, so this one was an 'after her arrival' gift. Which turned out well as I...
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Project Life: my title page
Project life is a 'memory keeping system' (so says the promotional material), but really, it's a scrapbook with pockets that are supposed to make recording your life easier. I was pretty excited about...
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Camping on the beach
We enjoyed a quick weekend getaway in our new-to-us tent trailer, staying at Golden Lake campground, in a site right on the water.The weather was decent, the lake was lovely, the campground was, well,...
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Double digits
His birthday fell during a sleepaway Cub camp. His birthday cake was delayed, which lead to sad boy, which lead to sad mama. This sweet, oh so sensitive boy, he's so much like me, that makes it awfully...
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Happy Canada Day?
We attempted to do Canada Day on the Hill (not the whole day, just the early part, there was a concert by Carly Rae Jepsen (who the kids love) and an appearance by Commander Hadfield (who I love!). It...
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In a jam
For once we managed to get a couple of buckets of cherries from our sour cherry tree before the birds got to them (is it all the rain that delayed their cherry feast?)I decided to make cherry jam. I've...
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Opening Night
A rather large part of our summer has been occupied by twice weekly (plus) rehearsals for the Dundas County Players' youth summer workshop production of Alice in Wonderland. Tonight, finally, was...
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NYSF 2013
In what has become an annual tradition, we again spent a week of summer vacation in the Syracuse area, camping, shopping and visiting the New York State Fair.As always the trip wasn't without its, uh,...
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Extreme Makeover: J-man's room edition
A very very very very very long awaited redecoration of J-man's room commences. He's chosen a brilliant smurf blue (officially called 'Wind Tick', who names these things???) for the bottom, white for...
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Hello Fall
A quiet stroll through Mer Bleue, all by myself, to enjoy the peace and quiet, and spectacular fall colours.
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Thanksgiving camping
A return trip to Cedar Point Park in New York state to camp for Thanksgiving weekend. In contrast to last year, the weather was absolutely spectacular, warm and sunny (except for a little rain...
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In the big house...
The United Way was selling tours of the recently decommissioned Kingston Penitentiary. C lived down the street from KP briefly as a child and has been curious about it ever since. We were incredibly...
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Raking
C and little J and I spent about 4 hours raking leaves today (and that didn't cover half of our yard). 18 well compacted giant bags of leaves later, every part of my body hurts. Oh man am I out of...
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2014
2014? Wasn't it 1999 just yesterday?One Little Word - concept that Ali Edwards has been promoting for years; one word that influences and guides your year. I wanted to play along this year, and I've...
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The Happiest Place on Earth
Disney - it's been on the bucket list for years, and this year we finally made it happen. We drove out, road trip adventures are something we both enjoyed as kids and were excited to share with the...
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Camping in the Adirondacks
A Canadian Thanksgiving getaway to Lake Eaton in the Adirondacks, all 5 of us.It was phenomenally beautiful there, the fall leaves were at peak colour, the campground was mostly empty so it was super...
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Christmas Lights Across Canada
All across Canada government buildings turn on their Christmas lights for the first time each year together, at the same time. In Ottawa it's, of course, a big old ceremony (ANY excuse for a ceremony...
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A hockey icon retires
Daniel Alfredsson was the captain of the Ottawa Senators for 14 years, by all accounts a truly amazing guy. I'll never know what happened to make him leave Ottawa and play his last season in Detroit,...
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Christmas quilting
So I managed to make and gift two quilts this Christmas, both are ones that I started eons ago and both started as Flickr quilting bee projects.The first is an orange and grey free-form version of...
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Pink and Grey Heart Quilt
Ever since I saw this tutorial I have been looking for a project to make with it. C's coworker's pregnancy was the perfect excuse :) He gave me free reign, any design, any colours. Since baby-to-be is...
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I kind of thought I was done with blogging, but then I realized that I missed having my pictures and stories together in one place. So, over the next little while, I'm going to try to backfill this...
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Another New Wave baby quilt
I'm getting my money's worth from the acrylic template I bought for this pattern.My cousin is pregnant with her first baby (a boy) and her mom (my aunt) hosted a shower this weekend. I didn't take a...
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Watkins Glen
This year we spent Canadian Thanksgiving at Watkins Glen, in NY state.It was insanely beautiful.We spent a day walking the gorge, and wandering the town (and joy oh bliss, there was a Ben and...
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Sandbanks Provincial Park
It's been two decades (TWO DECADES!) since the last time I camped at Sandbanks. I honestly don't remember it being soooo crowded then, but I guess the world has changed a lot.Beach was just as gorgeous...
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