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  • Celebrating good times – a contest!

    Lots going on, much to celebrate. In weeks past I've had my tenth anniversary at work, my fifth as a blogger, and very soon someone will leave my 6,000th comment. Perfect timing for a blog contest. Tell me if you prefer lace, sock, midweight or chunky knitting, or even if you're not a knitter at…

  • Pinecones or rosebuds?

    Pattern: Hattie's Rose Garden, but I call it my Pinecone Scarf as it reminds me of the tiny pinecones in my garden. If you would like a copy of this free pattern, request it by sending an e-mail to: chris at briarrosefibers dot net. Yarn: Valley Yarns Franklin in the Pinecone colourway. Shades of spruce,…

  • Sad dog, happy cat

    Skunked!The picture of misery:   Gracee Mae bit the butt of a skunk and this is what she got in return. A direct hit to the face. If anything positive can come from this experience, it's the opportunity to share our recipe for the definitive skunk smell neutralizer: Forget the tomato juice and expensive enzyme…

  • Gone North

    When we moved to Canada people asked why we wanted to live in a place so cold. We left Omaha for a more temperate climate. The warm Pacific currents give Vancouver its mild weather with an average January high temperature of 43F. Hardly anything to shovel in an typical winter and no need for summer…

  • Saturday Sky

    Sandy is the inventor of the Saturday Sky post. OK, Sandy, how's this one?  I think it's pretty spectacular, but truthfully, I missed it. I was in Washington having a good time. Full credit goes to the boy, now 19, who has gotten the hang of the manual setting on the SLR. 

  • Cue the locusts

    I work for a social service agency located in a shopping mall. It's good for the clients, accessibility-wise and bad for the employees spending-wise. A mall is like a little city and all that comes with it. Monday there was a fire, necessitating a two hour evacuation. Tuesday there was a flood. We were betting…

  • I can make your dreams come true, baby.

    Chuck woke up and told me his dream: “I was travelling on public transit. Worried about getting off at the correct stop. Got off at the next stop, not sure which direction to go. First downhill then uphill. (Hold on knitters, this is where it gets exciting.) As I was going uphill I was retrieving…

  • Maybe it’s because it took four and a half years

    Blogless Marsha inspired me. You see, over four years ago I was travelling for work. It was that infamous trip, unfortunately timed with my birthday, where I broke my leg. But that's another story, already told. On the way to my destination I stopped to visit my daughter in Edmonton for a couple of days,…

  • Does a bear sh*t in the woods?

    This post rated Y for yukk. I warned you. The Urban Dictionary defines the meaning of the title sentence: "Phrase employed to sarcastically imply that the answer to the question being posed is indubitably 'yes'." Someone needs to tell the bear because for the past three weeks our front yard is home to the bear's…

  • The cat’s out of the bag

    Finally! Do you ever have a project you're dying to share on the knitting blog, but if you do you risk wrecking a surprise? The recipient of my project received her package in the mail today, so the cat's officially out of the bag. My niece in Wisconsin had baby girl a while back. Dad,…