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Brier Island

This past weekend Tony and I ran away to Brier Island.  I have always had a long list of reasons as to why I can’t go anywhere, not least of which is a sense of needing to be open in case someone comes to visit my studio.  But Robin, who runs the Chester Bay Chalet,…

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Fifty Years

I had big plans for my fiftieth birthday.  I was going to get in the car and drive an hour an a half to Wolfville and take a lone adventure to Gaspereau Valley Fibers.  I have been thinking about how I used to be so adventurous.  I was the twenty year old that just left…

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Time Out for Gratitude

Some chores, like washing dishes,  bring out the nihilistic, end of days, depressive side of me. While other chores, like hanging laundry, fill me with peace and gratitude.  So, as it is Canadian Thanksgiving, I thought I’d hang the laundry.  And wouldn’t you know it, a wave of  thoughts bright and beautiful blew in with…

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A Hat Junkie Hat and Nova Scotia License Plates

Funny title, eh? There really is a connection, though. This is Janis Campbell.  I met her a week ago at the Lunenburg Farmers market.  She picked up this hat and fell in love. Then she looked at the price.  She was totally sweet about it and I never take offense when someone can’t afford one…

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From Sandwich Wraps to Glamping Hats

Today’s blog is brought to you by a block of bees wax. This hat, modeled by Pam, comes later in the tale. The story begins with these bees wax fabric food wraps.  I got them from my friend, Elisabeth Bailey, the locally famous cook book author.  If, like me, you lose sleep over plastic in…

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Mom’s Buy and Sell in Lunenburg

Nova Scotia is a bit of a snowy place right now and what with endless school cancellations and general shack wackiness, you might be looking to hop on a plane and head south.  But if that option is not available to you, there is another cure.  Come take a day trip to Lunenburg. I’d be…

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A Breath of Fresh Air

When I most need to look at and experience beauty it walks in my door.  This is Donna.  She came to visit a couple of weeks back from the Annapolis Valley and walked away with a new garden hat, but she also ordered a hand dyed, organic jersey cloche from me.  My challenge was to…

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Just Another Lunenburg Morning

Honest to God…No camera filter. I don’t think I could ever live anywhere flat.  Takes a bit of training to walk up these hills, but it keeps you young. I took this photo from my studio window.  I’d be rich by now if it weren’t for the time I waste just staring. O.K., This photo…

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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…

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For 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…

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