Rain Drops
I just love how the water beads up on these Nasturtium leaves.
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Garden Clean-up and Seed Saving
Bee is suffering from a cold today, so we stayed home from our regular Friday activities this afternoon. I used the unexpected free time to do some clean-up in the garden. I collected seeds from the various nasturtium plants (I love nasturtiums and have them …
Things I Love – Grocery Delivery
I have a confession to make – I do my weekly grocery shopping at 11:00 in the evening, and I do it while wearing my pajamas.Don’t worry, I’m not the eccentric woman that haunts your local store in her bathrobe and curlers, I do my …
Happy Thanksgiving!
Today was Thanksgiving for those of us here in Canada, and I had grand plans of posting photos of our scrumptious meal (which we actually had yesterday), but unfortunately it didn’t survive long enough for that to happen. Instead, I’ll post some photos of what …
Local Lovelies – Bagels
What could be better on a lazy Saturday morning than zipping down to the local bakery and grabbing something yummy to go with your morning coffee? A big bag of Montreal style bagels still warm from the wood-fired oven is about as good as it …
Native Plants
The kids and I took part in a program about native plants at a nearby park today. It’s a beautiful place for a walk on a sunny fall day, and the women hosting the program were very knowledgeable and lots of fun. Here are some …
Things I Love – My Clothesline
I don’t think there are many things that can beat the smell of laundry fresh off the line. When we were looking at buying this house, one of the things that sold me on it was its incredibly sturdy laundry line (I think it would …
Tag, you’re it!
Phelan tagged me with this book meme yesterday. I’ve never done one before, so here goes: 1. One book that changed your life – hardest question first.Inventing the Future by David Suzuki. Read this as a teen. It was one of the first books that …
Creamy Orzo
This fall weather really seems to make my family crave comfort foods, and I can’t imagine anything more comforting than a steaming dish of creamy pasta. This recipe for orzo (a rice-shaped pasta) really fits the bill and is my kids’ current favorite meal. I …
