Finished off the repairs on the baby quilt last night. The quilt as it was initially presented to me is below and below that is a photo of the repaired quilt. I added a new binding (over the old – nothing was removed), stiched down the sashing, repaired a couple of major tears in the…
Author: VickyTH
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Pointless research
Generally I am all for finding out what makes people tick and why we humans do the weird and wacky things that we do. I'm a little more conservative when it comes to medical research and testing, though, as usually results of medical testing entail choosing a course of action. Take, for instance, prenatal screening…
Movie: The da Vinci Code
John and I snuck out to a movie last night to round out the long weekend and saw The da Vinci Code. We both have read and enjoyed Dan Brown's novels and thought that it might be interesting to see what was done with this one cinematographically. The book is fast-paced, fairly systematic and lends…
The Scoop on the Dirt
The dirt party went well, I think. Heather seems to have had a good time, too. Thankfully this year her knees weren't sabotaged by too much kneeling. I didn't actually explain the dirt party concept in my first post, so here's what it was all about. When we bought this house almost two years ago,…
Duck Rescue, MacGyver Style
I just got an email from a friend and thought that a feel-good post was in order. Recently, a duck hatched out nine ducklings up around the Memorial University of Newfoundland, near the Business School. Everything was going fine, until one day they wandered over a storm sewer. Suddenly, Momma Duck was left with only…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 