Richard took photos of birds at my feeder. From top left clockwise: American goldfinch, already turning spring yellow; pine siskin; chicka...

It's been a warm winter to be sure but yesterday I heard a bird that sounded unlike the usual winter birds. I knew it was a robin. Co...

 It's not every day I make a cake for someone who is turning 103! This was for the lovely Elizabeth. Imagine all the things she...

My friend Maggie asked me to make a cake for her husband Donald's 70th birthday. What's he like? Well, he is a lumberjack and is ...

 Yippee, it's working! Two deer snacking in the woods.  I love these day photos.  Oooh and this nighttime snowstorm sho...

 Okay, so I know starlings are a non-native invasive species... But it always surprises me how their plumage is so beautifully vari...

 My favourite gift this Chanukah was a trail camera.  I've always wanted to see what was going on in the back woods.  Her...

  On New Year's Eve we ventured into the woods after a 20 cm snowfall.  The trees had a light coating of snow, almost like a l...

It was a perfect day to be in the woods for a picnic. December 24, 2015 and 17C. What?? First order of the day? Eggnog! W...

And here they are...this year's Christmas cookies.  Merry Christmas to ewe and ewe and ewe!

I did these fun cookies for a Christmas cookie exchange a few years back. They remind me of the old skit "Mr. Bill" on Saturday ...

 I love baking...mostly cakes but sometimes I make cookies too.  These are from my sister's famous whipped shortbread cookie recip...

My friend, and former next-door-neighbour Barb turned 80 today and we helped celebrate by joining her  husband and daughter from L.A. w...

 On Facebook, my sister challenged me to post a nature photo for seven days. No pets allowed. I have so many I didn't know where to sta...