The weather guess-timators are promising a week of  lovely warmth and mostly sunshine, which means I get to spend most of today in clothing purgatory otherwise known as the seasonal clothing switch.  Clothes that were put into plastic bins months ago and stuck into dark awkward places are wrestled, dragged, and cursed out of hiding….

It appears that what I imagined to be a roller coaster quest to find the perfect dog was just a gentle meander with a couple of stumbles.  The newest edition to our clan joined us today.  She is cute, dark and has been dubbed Olive.  Although with one light and one dark dog no article…

I was talking to a neighbour the other day and she was telling me a story about her son and giving him a pep talk.  He had been crying and she said to him that he was crying like a little baby girl and needed to man up.   I wasn’t about to get into…

Sunsets are beautiful. (I, once again, demonstrate my special skill of stating the obvious.)  What captured me tonight was the darkening sky; the moment after the sun descends below the horizon taking its fiery colours with it, when the sky becomes dark and darker blue. The silhouettes of the trees and houses are gradually absorbed…

…or not to believe, sometimes that is the question.  Borrowing from Shakespeare the body but not the essence of the question. People lie, tell truths, half truths, and leave things out.  I could riddle my existence with attempting to decipher what is being said, what is not being said, is what being said the truth….

I have just started the journey of looking for a puppy/dog for my daughter for her birthday.  Something tells me it might not be an easy one.  I have sent out three inquiries so far.  One dog was already adopted, which lead to a bout of tears from aforementioned daughter.  For the second dog I…

It is easy to get lost in my head when I am doing something routine, like walking the dog.  I walk the dog every morning.  I don’t always follow the same route, but I travel the same area because I know the length of time it takes and the distance.  Sometimes it takes a concerted…

I love naps.  Actually, I love the idea of naps.  I am not a very good napper, I take too long to unwind for a short nap and there is never enough uninterrupted time for a long nap.  Still, when the need arises I will make an attempt.  This afternoon I came home from a…

Today, I made a spring hat for my kitchen goose.  My kitchen goose resides on a shelf above my stove, surveying all that happens around it.  It became part of my kitchen five years ago.  My husband and I bought it while we were visiting Quebec City from the gift shop in the Chateau Frontinac….

I love watching how little kids move.  Small children almost never seem to just walk.  They run, skip, hop, meander, dance.  There is joy and celebration in their locomotion.  When I walk with my children there are twirls, balancing, silly walks, and pretend bicycles.  Watching them makes me smile.  Sometimes their careening around makes me…