My nasturtium is still going out on the deck, a little beacon in the fog.
I’m finishing up classes this week. Then its time to start on a series of holiday events. I’m also needing to do some sewing. I got Amy Karol’s Bend the Rules Sewing from the library and have been browsing through it [...]

Tilt your head to to the left (or your display to the right) to get an idea what these curtains look like. I have finally finished the oh-so-classy Trillium Trailer curtains. Only the best; I got the fabric with a store credit at Chintz & Co. I do love their home dec fabric department. Have [...]

Morning! Is it rude to be cheerful about baseball the day after the Canucks last game of the season, and possibly Trevor Linden’s last game ever? I’m sorry.
But its coffee and Red Sox baseball this weekend, with the Sox in Toronto for a weekend series. Better yet, next weekend its a Yankees home series. [...]

My only sunshine of the entire week is pictured here, casting a weak ray on the sewing table (aka the dining table). It’s been all kinds of blustery and wet this week. This morning looked promising, but by 2 o’clock there were biblical torrents of rain streaking the windows. Sam and I went for our [...]

Sometimes its good to make things without a set goal. Just go by instinct and your emotional response. I was pretty stressed out during September. I think its the long days of running around trying to meet deadlines. By the time I get out of there I’m way more wound up than I should be. [...]

Right now, it’s a lot more like spring here in our corner of British Columbia than it is in my home state of Massachusetts. This is my first B.C. spring, and our first spring in the little house by the sea that we rented when we moved out here last summer. Our yard is the [...]