New Life!

What is it about tiny fresh flowers and tiny baby fingers that can grab at your heart strings? The flowers just came up in my back garden patch - and I sure wish I could smell those precious fingers of my beautiful new niece Sabrina who was born last Friday on the other side of the country...

Happy Mother's Day!

We have another mom in our workshop preparing her nest in time for Mother's Day... Wanted to share this quotation with you by Elizabeth Stone:

"Making the decision to have a child is momentous. It is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around outside your body."

Happy Easter!

Good thing mom is keeping super busy with all her colourful knitting yarns - outside the world is still presented in grey and beige shades... Sandi, I hope you love mom's latest creation pictured above, as it is especially created for your little precious bundle on the way!

Good health to you!

After spending a day at Emergency for my mom (all tests results ok!) and hearing my niece underwent dental surgery (she told me she's ok!) I am again reminded how our health is top priority. As I went downstairs to check on my seedlings, I noticed the cherry tomatoes are coming up; they will taste good in this avocado ceasar salad recipe I found in a magazine - to make it:
-place 8 cups coarsely chopped romaine lettuce on a platter,
-top with 4 sliced green onions, 1 cup halved cherry tomatoes, 1 sliced avocado and perhaps some sliced radishes, croutons and bacon bits/beans. Add 1/4 cup ceasar dressing - Avocadoes are a good fat, source of Vitamin C and excellent source of fibre. Wishing you a happy and healthy day!

Things to do in a small country town

Look what came through our small country town this morning - the torch is off to Beautiful British Columbia - perhaps my dad and sister will get to see it over there... Seeing all the young children made me think of other family wintry activities to do such as:
-watch birds at your birdfeeder,take photo's
-make a 'manifestation' poster for the new year,
-go snowshoeing, skiing, skating
-'force' amarylis bulbs, grow sprouts in a jar
-take a class on healthy eating (such as my Healthy Digestion class in Jan.)
-exchange a smile and open a door for a stranger!

'Star' of the Craft Show!

I want to start the week off with a note to say 'thanks' to those friendly people that stopped at my craft show booth yesterday to have a chat or a laugh. I was very proud of my mom who had unique seed bead jewelry for sale - I got the feeling that the 'Star' of the craft show was this beautiful necklace mom made with a ribbon closure in the back - a very happy young lady with pink boots purchased it for a night out on the town!

City of Art

We saw Art Galleries and artists working or selling their works on the street - from lithographs, coloured photographs to miniature paintings. The architecture was impressive with the height of the doors at the Court House and the numerous churches, especially the Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal. What an amazing city to share with family and friends!

Fabulous French friends

My wonderful friend Linda from Quebec played 'tour guide' for mom and I - she drove us to Montreal where we saw amazing homes with curvy staircases, pots of plants and bicycles everywhere...my mom said she thought she was in Amsterdam (both my mom and I are born there).

Above is a photo of a restaurant in Old Montreal - what a wonderful idea to present your pots!