Winter always makes a very credible attempt to kick me in the arse. I am not a creature of snow and ice. I am also not a creature of darkness. I am a spring and fall sort of person; one who loves daylight in all its manifestations and one who has to struggle to survive…
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Geocaching Adventure: Bay Roberts
Outhouse (red) and cemetery (white fence) As always seems to happen to me in February, I’ve been dreaming of summer. This past summer was particularly idyllic, as we spent a fair chunk of it wandering around the Avalon Peninsula, looking for camouflaged feral containers. Yes, we’re geocachers and have been for several years. As the…
Catching up on paperwork
While I take a bit of time to catch up on report writing, report reading, text revisions, prep for tax time and a myriad of other mundane details, I leave you with some eye candy and a splash of colour for this wintry day. Once I get through the paperwork, I’ll be hitting the spinning…
Walk in the White Hills
Yesterday the sun came out on a lovely snowy day; the White Hills were finally white and, with a dusting of snow and a glistening of silver thaw, more than a little magical.John, Katherine, Rowan and I took a short wander along the road, met a dozen other dogs and enjoyed the day’s dying light….
Fiddling around with colour
I’ve been playing with colour schemes for yarns and fibres and am trying to avoid replicating other folks’ ideas. While it ought to be easily done (figure out idea, check and see if anyone else is doing something uncannily similar, nix or continue based on results), it’s harder than it looks. (Here’s a fun linky-dink…
Raising the Bar Strength & Conditioning 