Here I sit, at 4 a.m., when all other reasonable people and creatures (at least in my household) are sawing logs (rather loudly). This has been an extraordinary week at the ol’ day job, and as a result of the insane number of balls in the air, my brain just can’t let go. Even though…
Ginger
We had a really nice Easter last weekend with the family, including celebrating my parents’ 35th wedding anniversary. Lookit how red my niece’s hair is!
We have a new neighbour
For a while now I’ve noticed a couple birds of prey around our hood. A couple years ago I snapped a photo of one in the tree across the street, guessing that it was a Cooper’s Hawk, and earlier this spring I often saw a couple of them flying around within our block. About a…
Converting to the Church of Chad Robertson
On Monday I went to Kensington Market for my every three-month trip to the dentist, and took the opportunity to visit my favourite butcher in the city, Sanagan’s, as well as my favourite cook book store, Good Egg. Specifically I was on the hunt for a good bread book. I’ve been working with my sourdough…
Finally one for me
For my fourth quilt, I’ve finally made one for me! This one is designed to go with the colours of our living room. Our leather sofas are brown, the walls are red and beige, and the crown moulding is a dark brown. This is by far the biggest quilt I’ve made yet. All the others…
Hanging out with the owls
After a bit of a rough day yesterday, I sit here coming at you at 2:30 a.m. wide awake and yet sleep deprived. Have I mentioned before that I’m an occasional insomniac? The problem has improved since I started my treadmill routine last fall, and then added on the yoga once a week this year,…
Beer drinking socks
Is a smoking jacket really meant for smoking? I have no idea, but these socks are made for drinking. These were originally intended as a Christmas gift for Chris, and as you can likely guess, that didn’t work out so well. I posted here about my knitting fail when I finished the first of this…
Two years later, attempting sourdough again
Over the last couple of Christmases I’ve been gifted a couple books by Peter Reinhart, artisanal bread guru, that I had on my wish list on Amazon.ca. I finally got my act together this spring to try my hand once again at sourdough. I’ve had some success — and some fail — this time around….
Just in time for spring: mittens!
These babies are looooong overdue. I think I started them around this time last year. The hibernated for a while. And then when I picked up the torch this spring to finally get them done, I finished the left mitt, which fit perfectly, and then realized the right mitt was way, way too small. I…
What the boys were doing last week
So every year the boys go on a big ski trip. I don’t know how to downhill ski so I never get to go on these vacations. I should probably learn I guess! For this year’s trek, Chris and Cass decided to buy a pair of ski goggles with a camera built in. This was…