Monthly Archives: March 2014

Finished…..

OK – only the applique, not a whole quilt top. But I began this hand applique project while I was still in Oman, and needed something to take with me when we went back to Canada for summer holidays….. that … Continue reading

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Here We Go Froggy Loo……

I think I must be dyslexic after all.  Not in reading – I can keep the letters from dancing before my eyes most of the time, but give me a quilt setting diagram, and I seem unable to keep the … Continue reading

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Sometimes….

it isn’t easy being lazy.  Take this morning, for example. – I need a few groceries – the kind I can usually get from the local shop which                 opens at 9 am.   … Continue reading

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Ice Age 2014

Saturday brought us the long awaited and formerly postponed ice show performances at City Arena. The company, “Ice Symphony”, is much like ‘Icecapades” in North America.   Ice Symphony is now 10 years old, and features a troupe of former … Continue reading

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Back In The Deep Freeze

Saturday dawned clear and sunny – and cold.  The 3-4 inches of new snow tried valiantly to cover the shame of several days of the unseasonable melting the past week – but didn’t quite make it.  Friends had been ready … Continue reading

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