December 2018

2018…My Top 5

I’ve reached a marker of sorts. I’ve survived my first full calendar year as a blogger. Week in and week out I’ve sat down in my studio and come up with something to say and to share… Every Friday! Yay for me!! And thank you to you…for hanging in there with me. Those little thumbs […]

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Shhh! It’s a Secret

I’m just about to wrap a gift I made for my niece. She’s in Grade 10. She is learning to drive. She loves to read and draw. She enjoys skating and apparently is playing on a pretty good volleyball team. She is a magnet for animals. A real sweetheart. And yes, that is a Polly

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Feeling the Feels at Christmas

I cuddled in my favourite chair last night, looking at our tree, feeling all warm and fuzzy. It’s so nice when I get a chance to sit and just be. And as is bound to happen at moments of quiet contemplation, I started thinking about past Christmas’s. This time of year creates multiple triggers for

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I’d Like You to Meet Russel

A Christmas poem Hello, It’s nice to have you here today. It gives me a chance to introduce you to Russel. That’s him, in the bag. He’s a Christmas Elf.  He’s an Elf in a Bag ,not an Elf on the Shelf. You know that one? He wasn’t even on the radar when I found Russel. Here’s

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I Can’t Find My Reindeer Head and It’s Stressing Me Out!

Any chance you can relate to this? I see December looming on my horizon. For once, I feel calm. I feel in control.  I think to myself… “This year, I really have my poop together. I’m on top of the shopping, the decorating, the cleaning.  We don’t have a lot of commitments, and what we

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