On Sunday, Richard and I headed up to Ottawa to the Jazz Festival to see  David Byrne & St. Vincent.  TD Bank was handing ou...

Saw a snapping turtle crossing the road this week. Very cool but I know they can really "snap" their jaws and their necks can c...

 In June 2010, Richard and I landed in Chicago right after the Hawks had won the Stanley Cup. The town was painted red. And they di...

On a recent trip to Carleton Place we headed to a little town next door called Ashton where they have an old fashioned general store. ...

As an addendum to my post The End of an Era , here's the stove's replacement. It's fun to learn how to use this new stove...a...

When I'm making floral cakes, I generally make lots of fondant flowers and usually have some leftover. Instead of turfing them, I pac...

 It was time to bid adieu to Richard's old Focus.  And to say hello to a bright blue Toyota Matrix. I'm looking forwa...

My parents got this Jenn-Air stove in 1978 and it has cooked many a meal! My mother loved the cook top that allowed you to grill indoors (...

After spending all winter and most of spring in my barn, I decided to adopt Red Boy.  I called him Matzah Man because he had matz...

   I love lupins! I got two packets of them in Oregon about 10 years ago and made myself a wild garden in the middle of the field. ...

Being a cake baker, people seemed really concerned that I would have to bake my own cake. Guess what? I didn't have to! My friend Nat...

 For my birthday we headed to  Mariposa Farm  in Plantagenet. Sweet that the salt and pepper shakers were kitties! Loved ...