We had our Craft Council Annual General Meeting over the weekend and I’m just plain tired. Today is a day for puttering around the house, doing a myriad of odd jobs and playing a bit with some new ideas in the studio. It’s also Monday, with a capital “M”. I was cutting a piece of…
Category: Garden
Still reeling
In Newfoundland, the May 24th weekend is the stuff of legends.It is the first long weekend of the summer (a term used loosely here) and people haul out the RVs, dig out their tents, stock up on booze, break out the barbeques and some (cough) “put in” their gardens. Victoria Day or “the two-four”, as…
Growth
Tis the season for chaos, if you’re a craftsperson, mother and gardener. I’ve been juggling a myriad of meetings, trying to churn out some stock for orders and coming to grips with the fact that the weeds are currently winning the war in the garden. This blog has been a casualty of increasingly frenetic activity…
It wouldn’t be April….
On April 24th, Katherine and I saw our first butterfly of the season. I forgot to blog it, as other things leapt into my path and track-sided me, but I’m writing it now. Coincidentally, we saw our first butterfly last year on April 24th as well; the same sort on the same heather plant. I…
April, come she will
I have just either jinxed us for the next two months or provided a catalyst for spring’s arrival, as this morning I ordered the seeds for our veggie garden from Vesey’s. Which way my luck swings should be evident in the coming weeks. Last year’s food garden worked out pretty well on a limited scale,…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 