Category: apropos of nothing

Oh Canada!

July 1st is Canada Day and one of Katherine’s favourite days of the year. Since she was a very little girl, she has always loved the celebrations, fireworks, cheesy tattoos, flags flying everywhere and cake (there are cakes at just about each venue on Canada Day here). Tomorrow we will have a family day of…

Read More

Sun-starved

Everything in the garden is doing as well as can honestly be expected. This has been the coldest and wettest June here in the St. John’s region since 1982 (and if anyone remembers the joy that was the summer of 1992, that’s saying something). We will not hit 20 degrees Celsius during this month of…

Read More

Shimmers and reflections

Shimmers and reflections, originally uploaded by VickyTH. No “craft of the day” today, folks. It’s Discovery Day, which is a provincial holiday here in Newfoundland (which means that some folks get it and others don’t). John has the day off, so we’re relaxing, having a family day and hanging out. The capelin are rolling at…

Read More