tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2079676140284366072024-03-05T19:16:17.814-05:00I want to be an Arts and Scientist.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.comBlogger291125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-84045759099322340992011-04-26T18:14:00.003-04:002011-04-26T18:18:12.191-04:00Challenge fail.Back in March, I said I'd try to post every day for 30 days. That didn't happen. I posted a total of 18 times during that time period. That's a pass at some schools. I just don't have much going on other than a lot of hard work to try to get something going on. And I've been all over southern Ontario.Hopefully, fingers crossed, I'll soon have a new adventure to photograph and write about! Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-53836770409250240352011-04-26T17:51:00.006-04:002011-04-26T18:13:12.992-04:00Sunday afternoon firemaking.When the clan gets together it's always a good time. This long weekend, after our late Easter lunch feast, we decided to try to set our grandparent's front lawn on fire without the use of any matches or lighters.The boys gathered sticks, lumber, cedar logs, birch bark, axes, knives, rope, string, dried grass, old saw handles, tins, and rubber bits from around the house. Apparently, these are Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-48728023333314119742011-04-26T17:43:00.005-04:002011-04-26T17:50:50.088-04:00Easter time = mini time.The little bunnies I knit following a free pattern from Mochimochi Land. I've added noses. There are a whole lot or variations on Ravelry.Delicious mini Cadbury creme eggs. Much more appropriately sized then their regular-sized counterparts. And served up in this egg carton packaging.Little jelly beans again from one of my favourite blogs, Mochimochi Land!Teeny tiny cream egg from i'm so tiny!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-32808600650001161612011-04-22T16:58:00.004-04:002011-04-26T18:18:53.490-04:00Happy Earth Day!Google main page with super cute panadas!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-43015548098331049042011-04-14T10:12:00.002-04:002011-04-14T10:17:10.092-04:00Canadian Pan.Found in the sculpture garden at the Haliburton School of the Arts.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-91031465254295828842011-04-13T22:26:00.004-04:002011-04-13T22:28:26.840-04:00Astounding Knits!I need and want this book about knitting. It's the kind of knitting I want to look at and read about. And then be inspired to make something cool. On Amazon you can look inside!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-59158098199719891212011-04-11T10:09:00.003-04:002011-04-11T11:04:52.803-04:00Drop Spindling.One of the women in my Wednesday night knitting group makes drop spindles. Last week she gave one to me. I had always thought drop spinning was just a craft I could not catch on to, but it turns out that the spindle I had been using was really unbalanced and difficult to spin with. Since trying out the one she made, I've spun all this.This was my first 50 g. It's Fleece Artist hand-dyed Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-91846833144819460192011-04-08T22:09:00.005-04:002011-04-08T23:18:08.617-04:00A lot of treasures.Today, during spring cleaning, I found a small box in my apartment that I must have missed unpacking. This was a great find because inside were a bunch of little things I'd had while traveling in Australia and New Zealand, including my 4 GB SD card that I've been looking for all year.Other than that, the rest of the items were mainly souvenirs and trinkets. This is inspiring me to finish Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-42653153381977267582011-04-07T22:18:00.002-04:002011-04-07T22:21:54.458-04:00Cheese update!Today I fixed the over-salted cheese. I poured out all of the salt brine, washed off each of the cheese twists, and refilled the jar with garlic, dill, pickling spices, a normal amount of salt, vinegar, and water. I just tried a little sample and it tastes really good already. I am really happy that I didn't waste $14 on a jar of salt cheese that burns my mouth.Also, tomorrow in my kitchen I'mAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-4992541467414304852011-04-05T23:12:00.004-04:002011-04-05T23:18:15.539-04:00Mini mug rug!!One of the woman in my knitting group is the fastest crocheter in the east. She produces clever, detailed items constantly. Last week at knitting group she brought me a gift! She had made these little mini mug rugs to give to all of the members at Christmastime. Unfortunately, I was out of town and missed the party, but she brought some for me last week.The mug rugs are based on a rug design Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-13020238009505240212011-04-05T22:24:00.003-04:002011-04-05T23:11:59.162-04:00A local delicacy.Awhile ago I noticed an interesting new food product in my local grocery store. It's a twisted cheese preserved in brine. Now, generally when I find something like this, I don't hold back. I just pick it up and put it in my basket and take it home to give it a try. This time, though, I've been fairly intimidated by the size and appearance of this product, so even though I've noticed it on Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-69573383308475731982011-03-30T23:01:00.001-04:002011-03-30T23:02:59.114-04:00Old times.p.s. sorry about the tacky lime green superimposed lyrics.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-70181121673940442362011-03-27T17:44:00.003-04:002011-03-27T17:47:22.126-04:00And then I organized a bookshelf by colour.This is surprisingly easy to do when you have so few books. Since I really consider this collection to be an item of furniture in my sparsely decorated living space, it also makes things look neater and more organized. Generally, I would only organize books by topic, but this is so much nicer to look at.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-78939254394115862092011-03-27T17:35:00.005-04:002011-03-27T18:11:31.275-04:00Paint a Painting.Last July, I took an art course at the Haliburton School of the Fine Arts. It was a week long course in impasto watercolour printmaking. Bronwen was also at school that week, taking a book-binding course. We stayed at a cottage and had a great time. I'm going to apply for another course for this summer, but I can't commit to anything yet since I don't know where I'll be.My favourite Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-19434059319645049972011-03-27T17:23:00.005-04:002011-03-27T17:32:36.757-04:00Record Player.For my birthday this year, I received this cute little record player. I love it a lot and I listen to one of my 8 records pretty much every day. I can't have a lot of records yet because they are heavy to move and I'm trying to not bring any more objects into my little house right now.My favourites albums are: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours, Winter Gloves - All Red, and The Tallest Man on Earth - The Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-1917830833136991102011-03-27T16:13:00.004-04:002011-03-27T16:37:35.355-04:00Small baby puppy.Today I saved a small, white baby puppy that looked like this, only a bit dirtier:We were driving to the Sugar Bush to get some maple syrup and go for a wagon ride and on the way there the little puppy was standing in the middle of the highway. Luckily, my friend saw it in time and managed to stop. I was on the road-side of the car, so I checked for cars (there were several stopped in both Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-90782028980897586752011-03-27T11:35:00.002-04:002011-03-27T15:45:07.297-04:00National Parks Project - KluaneOkay, so I was away Friday and I didn't have much to say yesterday.Then this happened. And once again that Canadian gemstone (thanks Gord Downie), the land of the midnight sun, the coldest, brightest, most terrifying place I've ever been, turns dark to light and magics everything there is from bad to good.The film itself is incredible, but the extra footage, especially the part filmed at Silver Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-10053434536612680642011-03-24T23:23:00.002-04:002011-03-24T23:30:33.090-04:00One of the nicest gifts i have ever received.On Mondays, Res Con at Parks Canada gets together to Stitch'n'Bitch. We all knit or crochet and chat about what's been going on.Tomorrow, one of our members is moving to a new job, so we had a little going away lunch celebration. Two of the members made us all matching angry knitting beaver t-shirts. They are completely beautiful. My new favourite t-shirt:Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-66705843785315509442011-03-23T20:41:00.002-04:002011-03-23T20:43:42.982-04:00The first bit of Hillside 2011.The Hillside crew has been releasing little tiny snapshots of this poster over the past few weeks. Today they unveiled the entire thing. I really like the bee a lot and I think this is a cool style.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-41916292817353299432011-03-22T21:07:00.004-04:002011-03-22T22:33:24.194-04:00Overexcited!Today I have something to post about that is even blog-theme related! And it's something that I am very excited - overexcited, even - about.This past Saturday, March 19 the National Parks Project went live with the release of their interactive website and first two films: Looking Around Without Blinking (Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site on the Pacific Ocean) and Wapusk Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-26020817879427961622011-03-21T23:28:00.002-04:002011-03-21T23:36:40.599-04:00Annnd,,,,I almost forgot...to post on the second day of my self-inflicted posting challenge. I actually just woke up and got out of bed to post this because I wasn't going to be able to fall asleep thinking about my Day 2 Fail.Luckily, there are still a few minutes to midnight.Tomorrow, the staff at my workplace are throwing me and my coworker a going-away potluck lunchtime party. I'm pretty nervous about feeling sad at Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-78633203284437558482011-03-20T19:49:00.006-04:002011-03-20T20:08:23.332-04:00Posted 1.Here goes. A blog post every day for 30 days. May 20 - April 18. Content to be determined. Length of posts to be determined.Latest inspirations:cool indie-art stores in downtown Toronto,hip, Canadian graphic novels about hockey and rural-Ontario living,long-term photo-art projects, like Back to the Future by Irina Werning,and everything the Born Ruffians have ever done.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-44605558776148227122011-02-12T19:04:00.004-05:002011-02-12T19:17:38.048-05:00Our love shines.The Stanley Cup has returned to Whitehorse YT for this year's Hockey Day in Canada.I've been watching the festivities and highlights have included:- A special feature about two girls from Haines Junction YT, the little town I lived near when I was up north. There were shots of the place I had soup each Friday, the place where we took hot showers, the junction where the Alaska Highway splits. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-76239699376615187742011-02-05T17:05:00.004-05:002011-02-06T13:03:37.850-05:00Blogging about La Blogotheque.In the spirit of new blog posts, I bring you this:Go here and waste the rest of your time reading about interesting bands and watching impromptu music videos filmed throughout Paris and New York. Et, pour mes amis bilinguale, allez ici. (I'm not sure if that was correct, I just made it up from what I've been picking up lately in Corntown).#64.1 - Beirut - NantesUploaded by lablogotheque. - Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207967614028436607.post-38538286098997558672010-11-25T23:56:00.005-05:002011-02-05T17:05:22.266-05:00Happy 125 years of National Parks in Canada.Today is the 125th birthday of big old Banff National Park. One of our most well known and loved mountain parks was created on this day back in 1885.“National parks are maintained for all the people – for the ill, thatthey may be restored, for the well that they may be fortified andinspired by the sunshine, the fresh air, the beauty, and all the otherhealing, ennobling, and inspiring agencies of Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17686838325706158436noreply@blogger.com0