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Ivy Rose Storms Sick Kids Hospital
I almost love everything about this photo. This is beautiful Ivy Rose marching into The Hospital for Sick Children for round three of chemo.I love this photo because it is just so Ivy Rose. Her stance says, let’s do this! I love that her doll is always with her and I love that she loves…
From Sandwich Wraps to Glamping Hats
Today’s blog is brought to you by a block of bees wax. This hat, modeled by Pam, comes later in the tale. The story begins with these bees wax fabric food wraps. I got them from my friend, Elisabeth Bailey, the locally famous cook book author. If, like me, you lose sleep over plastic in…
Hats, Rainbows, Sunsets and Breaking up with Facebook
What a week it’s been. I made hats, I sold hats, I received heartwarming messages from happy customers, gardened, walked my dog, talked to the man and the boy and, oh yeah…I broke up with Facebook. After years of screaming at my screen, I decided to take control. I’m tired of a world that steals…
Learning from Maud Lewis
Yesterday Tony and I went to see the movie, Maudie, about Maud Lewis’ life. For those of you who are not familiar with Maud Lewis, she was a very well known Folk Artist who worked from her tiny home in Nova Scotia before tiny homes were trendy and before folk art was cool. This morning…
Heidi Jirotka, BP (Brilliant Photographer)
Every year or two I get together with my favourite photographer, Heidi Jirotka, and we spend the day frolicking. It has been a time honoured ritual since 2012. Heidi’s website is being updated right now, but you can find her on Facebook by clicking HERE. The photo below is from our very first photo shoot.…
Mom’s Buy and Sell in Lunenburg
Nova Scotia is a bit of a snowy place right now and what with endless school cancellations and general shack wackiness, you might be looking to hop on a plane and head south. But if that option is not available to you, there is another cure. Come take a day trip to Lunenburg. I’d be…
Lunenburg Winter
Lunenburg in the winter is really a pretty good place to be. When the leaves and flowers are gone, the sky and the colourful buildings will sustain you until spring. Pretty much every morning starts with a walk through the cemetary. I love these two trees. I think of them as an old married couple.…
Sewing with a Syrian Refugee
Oh, I just can’t help myself. I’ve got to tell you a bit about my few hours sewing with Rezan, one third of Mahone Bay’s Syrian refugee family. I was a little worried about communication because they just arrived here in September and they are just beginning to learn English. But it really wasn’t a…
You Drive Me Crazy. Happy 14th Anniversary.
“You drive me crazy, with all the things you do and do not do. But, I love you so much, Baby, I’m going to drive you crazy, too.” Greg Brown This photo is from mine and Tony’s wedding day, August 23rd. 2002. Yes, we also have photos of adoring stares and passionate kisses, but this…
Littlest Flower Farm
It was many moons ago when I first discovered that farmers markets were my favourite places to be. It’s not just that they are filled with local produce, baked goods and crafts, but, when done well, they are the hub of a community. They are also hot beds of entrepreneurship and local business. As much…