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Braided Rug Growing Larger

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Frosty Friday

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

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Lovely Colour On Grey Days

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Another Puzzle Finished

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.

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Braiding A Rug – Sewing the Braids together

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.

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Witch Hazel is Blooming

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

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Braiding A Rug – Repurposing Old Clothes

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

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All Things Are Connected

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

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Mocha Loved Her Christmas Presents

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

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Covid Christmas Dinner

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

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Merry Covid Christmas

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

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Christmas Eve Covid Style

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

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Our Covid Tree

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

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Feeding the Birds

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Aliens In The Pumphouse

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