Lunenburg
Blue Rocks? I have no idea what you are talking about.
If you come to Lunenburg, don’t bother crossing over the town line and driving an extra ten minutes along highway 332. There’s really nothing to see. If you are looking for untouched beauty then I suggest…….. Peggy’s Cove. Spectacular biking and kayaking? Ummm…Cabot trail. Ya, that’s it. I hear the Cabot trail is incredible. Folk…
Read MoreMy Touchy Feely Christmas Message
The following blog is brought to you by a little extra something that I poured into my coffee.Was just thinking back to an Ideas on CBC episode that I heard over a year ago. Whoever was speaking was talking about how every major religion begins with the welcoming of a stranger. That’s it. When I…
Read MoreI Cried on Columbus
This little sad tale is the prelude to a happy announcement about a beautiful little craft show that I will be doing this coming Sunday, right here in lovely Lunenburg, NS.Every year at this time I am asked if I will be doing any big craft shows and my answer is always the same. Uhhh,…
Read MoreFor The Love of Colour
I have a little obsession with colour. If I look back on my life I can see that it’s always been this way. I remember sitting on a subway in New York City and using all my powers of restraint to not take a little cutting from the skirt of the woman standing in front…
Read MoreLet’s Talk About……HATS!
Today I would like to talk about something that I feel really strongly about. Hats. Polka dot hand felted hats…. Hats in alley ways modeled by bag lady wanna bes….. Hats in fields of flowers……. Hats for singing in the rain……. Hats designed on beautiful summer days…………. Hats designed on desperate snowy April days…….. Hats…
Read MoreKinda Cute, Don’t You Think?
We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog post to bring you a rather adorable sign. (If I may say so myself) There’s your close up. And now a little bit about the dream team that brought me this sign.It was designed by my friend Andrea Dixon who is quite the famous accessory designer in Toronto. www.pompandceremony.ca…
Read MoreI Just Can’t Quit You, Rain Hats
Sometimes hat making is a smooth and easy process, where I contentedly whistle while I create. The customer then picks up the hat, realizes she can’t live without it., money exchanges hands, I feed the kid, pay the bills and a happy lady walks away with a new hat. And then there are the Rain…
Read MoreNova Scotia’s Slow Change Movement
You may have heard of the Slow Food movement or the Slow Fashion movement, Slow Living, Slow Farming…. These are all movements that embrace the concept that anything worth doing is worth doing well. Fast doesn’t last. The joy is in the journey. You get the point, right? Nova Scotia has…
Read MoreSpring is Possible
It looks like spring just might actually happen. I’ll come out from my hiding place now.
Read MoreMy All Time Favourite Comment – Daffodowndilly
I love all the kind comments that people leave on my facebook page, but the following comment left in response to my new Daffodil hat is really my all time favourite. It is a poem by A.A. Milne Daffodowndilly She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind…
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