A Few Changes

This summer I scooped up a cute little mid-century modern cupboard at a garage sale for a few bucks.  It was perfect as a place to drop keys when we came in the door.  However, it was only a couple of days into its new life when Wallace chewed up an edge and an entire [...]

Wallace Joins the Family

Last weekend we adopted a new puppy.  She is a 3-month-old sharpei mastiff cross.  Her name is Wallace and she is very sweet!  She went to school with me this morning, soaked up a lot of love – and gave many kisses with her polka-dot tongue!  She even enjoyed badminton practice at lunch.

Saskatoon Pies!

Yesterday was a pie marathon!  We started early in the morning, picking saskatoon berries at an orchard about 5 minutes outside of town.  While plums, cherries, and raspberries are also grown there, only the haskap and saskatoon berries were ready for picking yesterday.  The haskap berries are very close to the ground and more difficult [...]

Pattern for Charlotte

The 3rd pattern in the 2011 Free Redwork Series:  Away We Go! is now ready – finally!  I drew this pattern last April, in memory of our beloved dog, Charlotte.  She was only 3 1/2 years old when she died very suddenly of a heart attack.  We knew something was wrong and had taken her [...]