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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…
Read MoreThe Happiest Hat
Life is filled with moments worth celebrating. I have just had the unique privilege of understanding that joy reaches new heights when followed by an extended period of sadness.Since receiving THIS happy news, I find myself dancing around the house and my son begs me repeatedly to please stop singing.Sorry kid, Mama’s happy. Whenever I…
Read MoreI Love My Job
There are days when I just can’t believe how lucky I am to get to make hats for beautiful ladies. This Is Kelly. I don’t think she will mind me telling you that she has just gone through some aggressive cancer treatment. She is a local mom and some friends of hers from The South…
Read MoreOnce Upon a Time
–> Tomorrow I will be the guest of honour at The Bozzy Book club at The Boscawen Inn here in Lunenburg. It is hat day. So very exciting. This means I get to hang out with many children, read one of my favourite stories, Caps For Sale, make paper hats and tell a little tale…
Read MoreThe Living in Lunenburg top 10
Today is my birthday. Thank you, thank you. It’s been a verbal year for me, to put it mildly. I’m just a woman filled with opinions, but there is one opinion that has never wavered and that is that I am very lucky to live in Lunenburg. There is not a day that goes by…
Read MoreThe Ethics of Polka Dots
I believe we have a moral and ethical responsibility to wear polka dots in the winter. Add a big dangling flower and you can really feel good about yourself. We may have no control over the temperature outside, but we can certainly warm hearts. (and your ears)
Read MoreI Just Can’t Quit You, Rain Hats
Sometimes hat making is a smooth and easy process, where I contentedly whistle while I create. The customer then picks up the hat, realizes she can’t live without it., money exchanges hands, I feed the kid, pay the bills and a happy lady walks away with a new hat. And then there are the Rain…
Read MoreAmelia Earhart, Eat Your Heart Out
If Amelia Earhart was still around, I feel certain that she would have commissioned me to felt her a hat like this. I also feel certain that she would have loved Linda Ruth, who did commission me to make this hat. I met Linda Ruth a few weeks back at the Lunenburg Farmers Market and…
Read MorePuppy Photo Bomb
Some dogs just need to steal the show. Photo by www.heidijirotka.ca
Read MoreThe Lady’s got Style
I was selling my wares at our Lunenburg Farmer’s Market today, when this beautiful woman walked by. The coat, the boots, the scarf, her hair, her face, absolute perfection. The only thing missing was…. The headand, of course. I was so relieved that she agreed with me. Her name is Margaret, which is perfect because…
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