Dog-Lover's Yarn

I've been struggling with whether this is the best way to preserve memories for Berlyn in the future.  A good friend pointed out that t...

It's been a long while since I've had fodder for kid bits.  If you want to see some of the previous kid-bits click  here ,  here , ...

It seems that I haven't gotten back into the writing routine but, to be fair, my spinning/knitting/everything else mojo also vanished f...

We've had steady soft snow for the last day and a bit so it will certainly be a white Christmas here in our little corner of the Cana...

One of the core philosophies that guided my life as a teacher is that learners must see themselves as learners.  To that end, a child must ...

Of course the extremely mild fall temperatures couldn't last here north of the 49th parallel.  We haven't had deep freeze weather y...

Our fibre community suffered a huge blow yesterday with the loss of friend and mentor, Deb Behm.  She was a gifted fibre artist, teacher, w...

This special little girl is so excited!  December is a big month for her because she has a birthday and Christmas two weeks apart.  It...

So here we are in December and we're still having October weather. This afternoon was 7C (45F)!  To put that in perspective...

Thoughts about sock heels, specifically.   My go to sock is a top down sock.  I can knit it without paying particular attention.  It fi...

It's a rare year when we don't have snow on the ground in mid-November.  October was mild most days and downright balmy a few of th...

My neighbour took her two granddaughters, ages three and four, to see The Wiggles in concert a couple of weeks ago.  During intermission, s...

The first flakes of snow blew around in the gusty wind today.  It was cold enough that I wore my winter parka in the backyard with the dogs...

1.  Answer call from a credit card call centre with the usual, "I'm fine, thanks" while toddler grandchild chants, "I wa...

So, I'm back after an unplanned year and a half absence.  I don't know why I stopped writing this blog.  It just happened.  Maybe I...

We had more than six months of long cold winter, about a week of spring, and now it's summer!  It was 29C (84F) this afternoon.  No co...

The rhubarb patch of the garden that looked like this two weeks ago now looks like this. The rosy rhubarb shoots have finally m...

Our everlasting winter continues.  Spring is sending hints that she may arrive one day after all but she sure can't be accused of being...

So here it is, more than a month after my last post.  Dan and I went to Puerto Vallarta for two weeks and I will have pictures to share wit...

Dan's sister Jill and the kids were visiting from Calgary this weekend.  You can see that Berlyn and Auntie Jill had a lovely chat! ...