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…

Out and about

The weather has been halfways decent lately (it only rains about 40% of the time), so Katherine and I have been able to meander about Torbay and explore a bit. We walked down to a place called "The Meadows" the other day for an amble. Took Wikket along, at Katherine's insistence. She really likes walking…

This morning….

…there were butterflies outside in our garden. Maybe summer really will come, after all.

Diem well carped. Sans fish. Some photos.

It rained for a week or more. The ground was soggy. The air moist and we were going stark raving mad with cabin fever. So we decided to go swimming this morning. Apparently, while a good IDEA, swimming is a scary, miserable, rotten and angst-inspiring REALITY for Katherine. She went to bed talking about going…

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….