Who says dogs don't smile? Really, take a closer look. Click on that picture and tell me she's not smiling. That's Gracee's new favourite game – Bocce Ball. We play by Gracee's rules, wherever she moves the ball, that's where we leave it for scoring. She's part of the family after all. Father's Day, plus…

What do these have in common? A couple of ducks in sheep's clothing. Another sheep, this time in wood. Sterling silver and genuine amber. I like. These are the spoils of nearby Geocache hunts, where you use a GPS to find hidden treasure. Don't now why it appeals to me so. Is it a genetic…

Here it is, the Pavlova recipe that goes along with my previous post: We have a local bakery that specializes in Pavlova, our favourite celebration wheat free “cake.” It is an expensive, but special treat. Although not quite as pretty as theirs, we were pleasantly surprised that this recipe resulted in an as good, if…

Rowan Kidsilk Haze, Malabrigo Lace, Pavlova. I'm mixing knitting with food, two of my favourite things. No shame in that.  Do you know Pavlova? The Aussie dessert named in honour of ballerina, Anna Pavlova, light as a feather. It looks like a giant meringue, however it's soft on the inside, not crunchy all the way…

In my dating years I used to say you could tell a lot by a guy by the books he kept at eye level on his bookshelf. What does a ring tone tell you about a person? We went around a table the other night, filled mostly with younger folk, each announcing their ring tone:…

The closer to the equator the larger the creatures. A hitchhiker from our recent Panama trip: I remember, as a kid, returning home from Puerto Rico with fabric luggage covered in ticks. I discovered it when I woke up in the middle of the night, a crawling sensation on my neck, my suitcase next to…

Scanning the blogs, there's some sentiment that there's not much knitting happening. Time to refocus. Easy enough, I had a dental appointment requiring some prophylactic stress treatment. It's not that I don't like my dentist, we have a 25 year relationship and he's an admired professional. Believe it or not I used to look forward…

Additions to my quirky sign collection:   How do you like your lite men? Rare? Well done? This is the place for you if you like yours with potatoes.   I know, it's in French, but it struck me funny that you could get pain in the spa buffet, but not in the general dining…

…a child's pronunciation of the very appropriate book series. I know, I know, it appears I've been ignoring my blog. It's just that I've been wracking my computer abilities trying to compose an animated GIF in honour of C's 60th big birthday, to no avail. Wanted to let you know we're still here. Three days…

Sounds so restful, that engineering term. The angle of repose: is the minimum angle made by an inclined plane with a horizontal surface such that the body lying on the inclined plane is just at the verge of sliding down along the inclined plane. So relaxed is that body, it's teetering on slippage. Just so long…