My Egret Escape

There are days during which I truly enjoy spending time with Katherine and genuinely delight in her abilities and personality. Yesterday was not one of those. John and I have a system for days like yesterday. It amounts to me sending him a warning email about the state of the universie into which he is…

Eagle Advisory Notice

They're hatching….. At least, it looks that way to me from the quick glimpse I had. Someone is pecking his/her way out of one of the eggs.

Lending a Hand

Tomorrow is the annual Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Seconds Sale. There will be all sorts of things, from materials used in making art and/or craft, to books and magazines, to tools and utensils used for craft and art, to actual finished products that, for whatever reason, weren't quite up to snuff or expectations….

Cool Camera Concept

With thanks to Sure B'y for digging up this fabulous idea and great links which I am shamelessly hustling, here's a link to World Pinhole Photography Day. Those interested still have around two weeks to make their cameras and get moving on taking pictures. Start now, as the exposure time for lens-less photos is often…

Our car philosophy

It's quite simple, really. Buy as little car as you can make do with under normal operating conditions, but buy the best you can afford without stretching. For many years, we did not own a car. We did not have to carve out chunks of our flesh to make ridiculous insurance payments and we did…