Walking downtown, on my way for a consultation with a hand surgeon, the result of my Maui Owie, I noticed the telephone poles paper bombed: A hour later, after my appointment, there had been some takers: I took one. Can you guess? Courage. Primarily for wrist/arm surgery scheduled for the end of June. Right side.…

Better late than never. Some favourite Palm Springs vacation pictures from February. Lynn at Lake Cahuilla: Chuck at the wine tasting fund raiser at the Empire Polo Club, deeply discounted because the polo ponies were quarantined for Equine Herpes. A case of the truth being stranger than fiction. After a few more tastes of wine: Another…

I felt like I was being watched. Way way up in the trees in the corner of our lot, something caught my eye: Zooming in we see the culprit: The dilemma: Twice before, our electricity has gone out because the raccoons nest near the power lines for warmth. Somehow they chew through the wires without…

Indulge me…I'm the grandmother. Besides, there's knitting content:

Here we are the day before, in a nearby national park, doing some Canadian winter walking to encourage my daughter's labour to start: I think that baby's dropped: It worked! Next day we were off to the hospital, and dear baby Rye Christian made his debut 11 mintues late. 12:11 a.m. March 10, 2011, 8…

I had occasion to call my adult children recently. We had been away quite a bit this fall and there were many comings and goings of said children and acquaintances in our house during our absence. Finally tackling the laundry basket of clean linens that had lived at the foot of our bed for months,…

It was something I was saving for retirement, one of the items on my very long list, but I got spooked hearing of your many tales of data loss woe. Three full weekends, four old hard drives, and 14,000 pictures later, the task is nearly finished. Backed up in duplicate on DVD's stored offsite, and on a…

Cursed by the same affliction, my daughter and I. Just as a product fits comfortably into our life, be it hand cream or breakfast cereal, poof (!) it's no longer available. It first happened many years ago for me, with Chap-ans, a chapstick product for hands. Best hand cream ever. Shortly after its demise, there…

Dear Blog, with a twinge of guilt this week I admit to cheating on you, sort of. Embarking on an adventure, one they tell you not to do, C and I with other friends, have bought into a condo unit near Palm Springs. Sight unseen. I've seen it now, but the actual purchase was an…

As if Wollmesie wasn't enough.   I'll fess up. I first saw this merino/slk in Denmark, however the price was too high even for souvenir yarn, about $32 for 100 gms. Regretting my decision, after returning home I found it online for half the price. Hmmmm, I thought, must be the difference without the VAT.…