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I really haven't been up to a whole lot but the days just seem to whiz by. I am spending my time trying to keep warm, bake and run a few errands. We have another snowfall warning for tonight but I think most of it will fall overnight so I don't have an updated photo of what it looks like.  The photo below is one taken after yesterday's snowfall. You can see the sky is quite gray.   Here's me all bundled in my Russian hat and my down parka. I don't have much opportunity to wear the hat. In fact it was the first time during this year. I got several compliments on it as I did errands at the post office and delivered a book to the neighbourhood library.  In this photo my hat looks like a bushy hairdo, lol.   On my way, I stopped off at the health food store to purchase a new bottle of Aloe Vera gel. I stopped taking it for some time while I have been taking some heavy duty vitamins.  However I found that Aloe Vera gel seems to help some small rashes that a

It snowed two nights ago and it also got very cold.  After running errands on Sunday I didn't venture too far today. In fact I feel very tired and quite cold.  I've got  the heat turned up high and am just taking things easy. I even cancelled a hair appointment for tomorrow but hope to run a few errands later this week and possibly  take in a workshop on Friday. It really depends on  how much snow we get because more snow is forecast for a few more times this week.  It's highly unusual for us at this time of the year.  In the meantime, I'm cocooning by reading cosy books, making slow dinners, watching small apartment decor videos and organizing videos, watching movies and once again making some bread.  I seldom really learn anything from the You Tube videos where everyone seems to want to show how they have decorated and show you ever single thing they own and where they put it. I do love to see how others live in their spaces but I do not like hearing the wo

Hi friends, I've had a busy few days. Not a lot of exciting things as such but I'm very happy.  It's because after a long period of time I'm finally making progress on a number of outstanding "to dos".  I'm also making progress on a few new things. First up are my new projects.  Some of you will know that I started off the new year making crocheted afghans.  I had a long standing cold (which is still not fully gone!) so I had a lot of indoor time. I made two afghans in a new to me pattern in the month of January. The first one is a combination of colours (ivory, gray, gold) that is much more subdued than I usually gravitate towards. I enjoyed making the afghan and wanted to make another one so I could hopefully remember the pattern better.  for the second one I decided on a very bright combination of colours (burgundy, teal blue, mustard yellow, gray and orange).  These yarns are made by Caron in a variety of variegated colourways and I'm not too f

Gift from a friend.  A blue glass bird. I love it! A friendly old dog patiently waiting for his master at the Park's canteen. A small ant working hard to climb to the top. An energetic dog fetching ball. A black fly enjoying the pretty petals.  I don't know if black flies eat nectar like bees do. (It will be easier to see the ant and the fly if you click on the photos to enlarge them). I've been busy crocheting another afghan. My cousin who lives in Edmonton will visit briefly in about 2 weeks.  I want to gift her with an afghan for her 60th birthday. I will unveil new afghans soon. I also have to get started on making some clothing. I began cutting out the fabric a few weeks ago but have much more to do. I also need to return some clothing I bought without trying them on. The store is not so far away so that will be good exercise. I'm hoping to do a little reading, cleaning, etc. I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes. Ralph Waldo Emerson The sky was blue today, I wanted to go out and play I took my good camera with me but forgot the memory card in my computer! Thank goodness for phone cameras. I snapped these few pics on the way to meet a friend I haven't seen for long. We exchanged Christmas gifts. Yes, you read that right. We don't get together so often but we pray for one another a lot. She gave me a wonderful book on alternative health remedies.  She also gave me a pretty glass bird which had a mottled blue colour inside. I will try to take a picture and add it here later. The gifts were perfect. I gave her a few hand knitted dishcloths in her favourite colour (variegated yarn in red) and a personal alarm device.  The latter she can can use when she is travelling alone at night from her ministry at the old folks home. Linking with Skywatch Friday and Friday Foto Friends

Hi friends, I hope you've all had a wonderful weekend. I had a mostly indoors weekend though I did get out for a short time on Saturday mostly to post mail and pick up some milk.  I also spent a lot of time online pricing and looking for various light bulbs. It seems all of a sudden my hallway lights, oven light, dining room lights and bathroom lights, including a heat lamp bulb, all needed replacing. Most of the bulbs I needed were found at Walmart but they had an even better selection at Canadian Tire. My oh my, bulbs can certainly be expensive. I haven't had to buy any for awhile because I usually buy ahead and store some but needed to replenish my stock. Personally I've found that even if I buy more expensive bulbs they don't seem to last any longer so I'd rather buy less expensive ones. About one third of the bulbs purchased. Now I know energy consumption and conservation are issues and I do take them seriously. I minimize the power usage as best

Happy February everyone!  I hope this new month finds you well. I think I am finally over the bug I've had but am still trying to take it easy. Last weekend we had another dusting of snow on the mountains.  I thought it looked very pretty despite the heavy cloud cover.   We've had a  lot of rain over this winter and it seems few sunny days but if we can have at least a break in the rain and one or two days of sunshine every few weeks I can handle it. That is part of the price of living on the beautiful west coast and in these days of unpredictable weather you never know what you are going to get. I love the mountains when they are outlined in snow. I also don't mind the high rise to the right I think it helps me that there are green trees planted at the top. Can you see the bird flying high in the air (you might need to click the photo to enlarge) ? If you will notice my header doesn't feature the high rise. That's because the header was