I’ve finally begun disseminating the tomato and chile seedlings. I just repotted a second batch of seedlings because I had run out of room earlier with the first batch. They’ll take a week or two to catch up but the ones I repotted about three weeks ago are huge and need to go in the…
Category: Odds & Sods
Neighbourhood celebrity
I know I’m only perpetuating this, but I finally got a super shot of the little winged terror this morning. CityTV did show the clip again last night but didn’t include Chris’s interview. But my neighbours made it on. Guess they made for a more interesting interview. Oh and it’s posted as a “top story”…
Robin makes Breakfast Television
I’m not sure if they’ll post the video on the BT website, but this morning our neighbourhood Kamikaze Robin made it on TV! Breakfast Television’s producers contacted me yesterday about my post, and this morning they sent a camera guy. He came by super early, before we were even out of bed (thank God, because…
Keg fridges: not just for frat boys
Last weekend we had a group of friends up to the cottage to welcome the first weekend of spring. No cottage weekend is complete without beer, and Chris used the opportunity to do a little upgrading. A couple of years ago we came into possession of a keg fridge for our home. Cass, one of…
One of my biggest fans
The Queen of Green, Adria Vasil, has given me way too much credit in her latest podcast, coinciding with this week’s NOW magazine cover article “Home grown”. Although the part about wanting the chickens is totally true. My Mom even had a plan all worked out for me to borrow some hens from my Aunt…
Oh sweet baby jebus
Saturday night was the long awaited, usually annual, traditional clothing swap. It’s an excuse for all us girls to get together and be girly, but at the same time, to do some serious spring closet cleaning, and I mean serious. Some of the ladies at Saturday’s gathering hadn’t been to one before, and it was…
Blissful beats, courtesy of Thievery Corporation
Last night a few friends and I got together and had a fabulous dinner of butternut squash ravioli that I made and froze earlier this week (recipe to come). Then we put on our dancin’ shoes (winter boots actually, given the crazy snowfall) and headed to the Koolhaus for the much-anticipated Thievery show. Anyone that…
Toronto Craft Alert says “Get Er Done”
We all have them. Those half-done crafty bits. Singleton socks. Lonely mittens. Half-done scarfs. I have the following abandoned lonely sock: Well the good people at Toronto Craft Alert have a give-away contest underway right now to help inspire you to GET ER DONE! There are a multitude of ways to enter, including not only…
Valentine lovin’ at the cottage
We’re at the cottage this weekend, taking advantage of the new Family Day holiday Monday to enjoy the calm, relaxing settings on a thawing Gull River. It is super sunny this weekend so after I change out of my jammies I just might have to go for a walk. Zeus and I were already out…
Significant additions to my library
The Christmas book haul was extraordinary!! I received several books I had been hinting oh-so-tactfully that I wanted, as well as a few others which, while I didn’t really know much about them before, make great additions to my library! Out of the books I received, Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, with Recipes…