I was  at the dentist today in Montreal and decided to pop in on my old next-door neighbour. She's so great. We had a great visit an...

 I just love wisteria and had only seen it in the States and never around here... ...but last weekend we visited Richard's sis ...

I made this cake for a young man who is graduating from an architectural technology program. The blueprint on the right is his great-grand...

I made this cake for a young man who was celebrating his bar mitzvah with a paintball party with his friends at night.  He loved his...

  There are a million places to eat in Toronto but Queen Margherita Pizza  was highly recommended and so we headed over to the one at Baby...

We're lucky to live near the Glengarry Trails which includes a walk around a small lake called the Garry Fen. It was quite m...

My parents have had these Adirondack chairs for 15+ years. They were always dark blue. A few years ago I got the idea to paint them light...

Nothing' better than the NY Times Sunday crossword puzzle, fresh coffee and just baked cinnamon buns enjoyed outside in the cool air o...

Gardening guru Mark Cullen was in our little town over the weekend for a Q and A session. He gave Richard some great tips on keeping cats ...

 After four months my red boy barn cat is quite tame and I can pick him up!  But life got complicated when this little-ish raccoon ...

Saw this on the shelf the other day and wondered what it was like. I'm not a big fan of canned meat at the best of time...but mutton? ...

 I made this crazy flowered cake -- chocolate with chocolate chips inside -- and donated it to the annual Madagascar School Fundraiser wh...

 A couple of improvements this winter/spring have proved fortuitous for a local raccoon. A hanging peanut feeder and a new flat bird shelf...

A friend of mine is moving out west, to Red Deer, Alberta to live closer to his family. There was a potluck in his honour yesterday, and I...