As a graphic artist I've always loved patterns. And colour combinations.  Ten or more years ago, my brother told me he had lin...

 I had a very cool Mum. Yesterday would have been her 89th birthday. That's her on the left in the shades with her sister Sylvia in S...

So proud of our Canadian men and women's hockey teams for taking home the gold in Socchi, Russia at the Winter Olympics!  Way to go,...

  Monday is  National Cupcake Day for SPCAs & Humane Societies  to raise funds for homeless animals. Here are my donations to be sold ...

 On Sunday we were invited to a meal along with 20 or so other folks.  Grilled asparagus and homemade chocolate  and red pepper bre...

Every year I make a valentine for Richard that I frame. Here's this year's offering. Meow!

 Over the years, I've made hundreds upon hundreds of buttercream roses. They look so nice and they taste great too! I was making...

 The weather was perfect this weekend and so we spent most of it outside in the woods.  We wore our snowshoes and so did this rabbi...

 I made this cake for friends Gordon and Natalie who share January birthdays. I especially wanted to immortalize Kartini, the gecko, who p...

It was darn cold today! A high of -20C with -30C over night. Time to dig around in the freezer and cook up my garden's squash from las...

  My late father's picnic table finally gave up the ghost. It's been out in the bush for about 20 years and the site of our annual...

 In 2004, Jack and his little sister Jill showed up at my place. Luckily my friends in Montreal adopted them. Sadly, Jill died a few year...

 Walking in the woods we can upon a series of deer beds under the cedars. You could see the outline of the deer's body where the snow...

I love making cupcakes for a bird lover. Particularly when it's -27C outside and these lemony goodies remind me of spring!