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I will admit that I have a weakness for cover tunes. I can appreciate ones that pay homage to the original, but my favourites are usually the ones that take a big leap away. I laughed so hard the first time I heard ‘Amazing Grace‘ as done by the Dropkick Murphys, it is awesome, and…
I love fresh fruit. I don’t mean the beautifully displayed, sort of minimally processed selection in the produce area of the grocery store. I mean when you grab baskets and haul yourself out to pick what you want right from the source. I am old enough to remember pick-your-own where the orchard/patch/farm owner pointed you…
We are very fortunate to own an old VW camper van. It is fun, funny, and quirky. I often say that it is like driving in a parade float. People smile at it or point and children wave. One of the joys of having an older vehicle is that sometimes bits of it wear out,…
I am liking taking pictures this year. Maybe it is because it has been a day or many since I have created any images, maybe I needed to embrace some colour after the gray-ness of winter, maybe…whatever… flowers seem to be the focus.
I love the way the blue from my truck (I love my truck) limns the petals. (limns- depict or describe in painting or words. • suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright colour or light) – definition from my desktop dictionary, though there was an addendum about ‘limn’ being a pretentious way of saying ‘describe’…
I love poppies. When I first started replacing lawn with garden, I had grand ideas of going completely native species. I did put many native-to-the-area plants in, but I couldn’t not have poppies. I have Oriental, Shirley, California, and Woodland poppies. I love all my poppies, but the Oriental poppies are the ones that have…
I used to be a ‘get up and get moving’ morning person. Early to bed, early to rise was a good thing to me. Then I had children. At first it was the being awake every couple of hours during the night that made mornings start to lag. We eventually got through that, but being…
Why are bathing suits so incredibly ugly? I went shopping with my kids. Shopping is never a happy occurance, but I have had recent success, so there wasn’t as much oppressive dread. My youngest needed a bathing suit and my second youngest thought the same. It didn’t matter whether we were in the women’s or…
I took my crew to the ROM to see the tattoo exhibition. The information, history, and art presented were fascinating. It very much felt like the tip of an ice-burg of information. One of the things that caught my eye was the tattoo art on silicon body casts. I took down the name of one…
Mother’s day is coming up and now that I am once again working in the food service industry I am remembering the busyness that happens. Today, answering the phone at my place of employment, I was asked many times about making reservations for lunch on Sunday. When I communicated that we were not open for…