If we had some ham….

Caroline (our car, so-named by Katherine during her Thomas the Tank Engine phase) is in the shop today getting her spring servicing. She’s a great little car, very obliging, and I don’t in the least begrudge her a day at the auto-spa. Of course, as always happens at such times, I realized that I needed…

Crafted

This video highlights crafts in Newfoundland and Labrador and does a wonderful job of connecting the people and their talents to the history and landscape. Fabulous job! Just marvellous!

Back from the islands

We’ve just returned from a sojourn on Exploits Islands and it proved to be an interesting trip on many fronts. To start with, though, a few black and white photos I took while there. I found myself shooting in black and white quite a bit and it occurred to me afterwards that I’m grasping to…

Scapegoat

This morning I am engaged, in part, in spring cleaning. One of the things that has been on my list for some time and to which I almost got yesterday was the putting away of winter clothes. I was just about to start packing away the snow suits, boots and heavy coats when I chanced…

Bypass the drones

Last summer (sometime in July 2006) I completed the forms required to re-register for our provincial MCP (medical care plan). At that time, I couldn’t find Katherine’s MCP card. In fact, I’m not sure she ever actually had one. I know she had a hospital card (got one when she was born) and was registered…