Guess who turned 1 year old last week?
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Guess who turned 1 year old last week?
The negligent blogger
I’m still here! Really! Just super crazy insanely busy. Have I mentioned before November is my busiest work month? Throw in the Christmas shopping, home renos and a holiday knitting project list, and well, I’m either running around like a soccer mom or parking my ass in front of the TV with some knitting. I…
Christmas knitting
So far I’m on pretty good track with my Christmas knitting. I think Chris’s Socks with Pints On will be late but he’s cool with that. I haven’t started those yet, but soon. I’m currently working on a beret and possibly a matching scarf for my Grama, and I just finished two stockings for April…
Dia de los muertos altar
On Halloween we checked out Wychwood Barns for a small Dia de los muertos celebration (Day of the Dead). There was all kinds of Mexican food being prepared, crafts for sale, performances and an altar being built. There was a wide range of people there, and they were burning a smudge incense in the altar….
I really need to play with this lens more often
The light was just perfect this weekend so I pulled out the 50 mm lens yesterday, for the first time in ages, possibly since we got the camera. I know, sad. I’m pretty stuck on using the 18-200 mm, which is just so versatile. But maybe not anymore… I just love how you can get…
They need to do this at every school
The Toronto Star published a story this week about Scarborough’s Bendale Business and Technical Institute’s market garden, believed to be the first of it’s kind in Canada. This high school garden is a partnership with FoodShare, and was started with an 11-month, $65,000 Ontario Community Go Green Fund grant. The garden has a whopping 26…
Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Cheese
Well, there is no mistaking it. There is definitely a chill in the air and the weather has turned positively frosty. I’m on the hunt for a better coat. Every third farm you drive by has pumpkins for sale. It’s a week until November. That means that brussels sprouts are in season in Ontario! A…
Makes my blood boil!
An article appeared in the Toronto Star today about the City of Toronto Transportation department squashing a family’s front-yard veggie garden. A garden where they were growing food to teach their four young children about urban agriculture. Because of “encroachment on city property.” Instead, Allan Smithies, Manager, Traffic Planning/Right-of-Way Management at City of Toronto thinks…
Right before she tried to eat it
It’s nearly Halloween! And Luna is ready.
Moving up in the world
So… after trying half a dozen contractors over the spring and summer to give us quotes, and only a couple of them actually showing up to give a quote, and both of those coming in at figures hovering around $8,000 to $9,000, we finally found a reliable contractor who came in at a very reasonable…