Author: VickyTH

athlete * powerlifter * photographer * gardener *

Pick-me-up, of sorts

Much thanks to the Guardian for publishing that today is the most depressing day of the year. Thanks also to Nancy Burden for dredging up the link – it was exactly what I needed today, and I say that completely without sarcasm. In a rather warped way it feels better on this cold, blustery, wintery day…

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Dear husband,…

…. what on earth would prompt you to stash one of the handsets for the portable phone IN THE DEEP FREEZER? Took me half an hour of incessant pager-beeping to find it. Works fine, btw….

Random collection of oddities

I have a whole passel of things which, individually, aren’t blog entries but are probably worthy of jotting down: This is our first real blast of winter in a month or so. High winds, -10 Celsius (before windchill). Not liking it. Please go away, weather…. At least it’s sunny today. Cold, but sunny. It’s election…

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I could get addicted to this….

I took another solo jaunt this weekend, this time sans kid, husband and dogs, and headed out to the Waterwitch section of the East Coast Trail between Cape St. Francis and Pouch Cove. I didn’t go all that far, not having really intended to go hiking and therefore not having on the proper footwear for…

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Recent experiments

The past few days have seen the following experiments (I’ve done others, but haven’t taken or posted photos of them yet as the USB ports on my desktop don’t work and I have to rely on the use of John’s laptop to get photos off the camera): acrylic medium transfers on fabric and on paper…

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