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Braided Rug Growing Larger

Posted on January 25, 2021 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, braided rug, crafts, happy place, home, inspiration, photograph, rug making, upcycle | 6 Comments

Frosty Friday yesterday, hibernating for today. Time to curl up by the fire, wrapped in woolly warm attire, work a puzzle, read a book, be a baker or a cook, sip on steaming homemade soup, refuse to let my spirit droop, … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, cold, forest, freedom, Friday, frost, happy place, hibernating, home, hope, inspiration, Life, memories, nature, photograph, poem, remember, seeing, survival, thoughts, winter, woods | 4 Comments

Lovely Colour On Grey Days

Posted on January 18, 2021 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, flowers, garden, home, inspiration, Life, nature, photograph, seeing, winter, witch hazel | 1 Comment

Another Puzzle Finished

Posted on January 17, 2021 by hernibs

I remember typing on an old Remington portable typewriter many, many moons ago. I still have an old Underwood sitting on my studio cupboard. It reminds me of my dad who repaired and cleaned typewriters to put himself through college.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged creative, finished, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, photograph, puzzle, share, typewriter | 4 Comments

Braiding A Rug – Sewing the Braids together

Posted on January 10, 2021 by hernibs

The long strips of braided fabric are now sewn together into a rug, around and around, adding more strips until the rug is the size you want it to be.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged art, Beauty, braids, clothes, crafts, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, photograph, recycle, repurpose, rug, sewing | 4 Comments

Witch Hazel is Blooming

Posted on January 7, 2021 by hernibs

A winter gift, Witch Hazel blossoms scent the yard with a sweet, healing aroma. I had to bring some inside and arrange in this unique vase sent to me by my cousin for Christmas. Witch Hazel Hamamelis virginiana Deciduous large … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, flowers, garden, gift, healing, home, inspiration, Life, nature, photograph, silicone vase, winter, witch hazel, yellow | 2 Comments

Braiding A Rug – Repurposing Old Clothes

Posted on January 4, 2021 by hernibs

Old shirts, jammy pants and leftover fabric are cut into strips, the strips are folded in half with the edges folded inside and ironed flat. The strips are then sewn together end to end to make longer strips. Those strips … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged braiding, covid projects, craft, creative, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, old clothes, photograph, repurpose, rug making, sewing, share, survival | 2 Comments

All Things Are Connected

Posted on January 3, 2021 by hernibs

If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit, for whatever happens to the beasts also happens to the man. All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth befalls the sons of the Earth. … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, Chief Seattle, connectedness, forest, frog, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, loneliness, nature, photograph, Quote, remember, seeing, survival, thoughts, winter, woods | 4 Comments

Mocha Loved Her Christmas Presents

Posted on December 27, 2020 by hernibs

Her favourite were the little sparkly mice, she threw then all over the house and ‘chased’ them.

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged cat, Christmas, happy place, home, inspiration, Life, mice, Mocha, photograph, presents, toys | 2 Comments

Covid Christmas Dinner

Posted on December 26, 2020 by hernibs

We each contributed something for our turkey dinner, set it up buffet style in eldest daughter’s tiny house, then we took turns going in, filling our plates and headed out onto the deck to eat safely. (Scroll down) Eating Christmas … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged Christmas, Covid, dinner, food, happy place, home, Life, memories, nature, photograph, survival, turkey, winter | 4 Comments

Merry Covid Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2020 by hernibs

I wish you a safe, healthy, happy, blessed Christmas there in your bubble. Stay there until the danger has passed when we will all be free at last and all our joys will double. 2020©Sharron R. McMillan

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bubble, Christmas, Covid, flowers, happy place, home, hope, inspiration, Life, nature, Peace, photograph, poem, survival, thoughts, winter | 2 Comments

Christmas Eve Covid Style

Posted on December 24, 2020 by hernibs

We’ll have a covid Christmas Eve alone, spending the day in our own home, hanging the stockings out in the shop, sharing the love that no virus can stop, as we open our gifts in our own living room watching … Continue reading →

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged Christmas, freedom, happy place, heart, home, hope, inspiration, Life, light, love, memory, Peace, photograph, poem, share, survival, winter | 6 Comments

Our Covid Tree

Posted on December 21, 2020 by hernibs

We weren’t in the mood to go out and get a Christmas tree but I still wanted to decorate something. I snipped the tips off the spruce my best friend brought us one year when she flew here from Saskatchewan. … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Living Simply | Tagged Beauty, Christmas, Covid, happy place, home, hope, inspiration, Life, light, love, memories, nature, nostalgia, photograph, spruce, survival, thoughts, tree, winter | 2 Comments

Feeding the Birds

Posted on December 20, 2020 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged bc, Beauty, bird, deer, feeder, garden, happy place, home, Life, nature, photograph, seeds, seeing, winter | 3 Comments

Aliens In The Pumphouse

Posted on December 19, 2020 by hernibs

Posted in Living Simply, Simplicity | Tagged freedom, funny, google eyes, happy place, home, inspiration, laugh, Life, photograph, pressure tank, seeing, thanks | 2 Comments