Richard and I went for a snowshoe adventure on the weekend.  There were tracks everywhere! The woods are a busy place when you...

 Bright sun and cold days bring many visitors to my bird feeders, including this red squirrel... ...and this hairy woodpecker, chec...

With the weather going into its second day of close to -30C, this cat has got it right. I'm so ready for spring!

Happy National Pie Day everyone.

 My friend Claire invited me over for a sushi lesson.  She had cooked some sticky rice and placed it on a piece of dry seaweed. ...

 The chickadees were making quite a fuss this morning and I wondered why.  It seems a Cooper's Hawk decided to hang around the ...

I made this cake for Wendy who is an animal lover and has always dreamed about having a red barn to house them all in .

I need your help to win a cupcake contest! If you are a Facebook person, click here , which will take you to the National Cupcake Day cont...

My latest barn cat is a calico. Isn't she sweet? She's terribly shy but knows me and meows when I call her. This sweet ca...

 It's been snowing like crazy around here. Richard got on the roof to alleviate some of that snow's weight. It took him a couple ...

  My cousin Jane has collected vintage tomato-ware for some twenty or so years. When we both lived in Toronto, we'd spend time on the ...

 I made a cake for a friend whose Mum had a birthday just after Christmas.  She decided to celebrate! (The only place where I could get...

 This year I hosted a New Year's Even dinner which had a Southern theme. Living in cold Canada and having tons of snow this year, I tho...