Month: June 2025
School’s Out for Summer!
Having spent much of my adult life as a teacher (and all of my childhood as a student), I tend to measure time in school-years. And here we are, at the culmination of yet another year of growth, embarking on the season of rest, freedom and general wilding-out: SUMMER BREAK. I had the amazing privilege
Protein Cottage Cheese Waffles
These waffles are filled with goodness and SO delicious. They are a VERY healthy start to your day. 4 eggs1 cup of cottage cheese1 14tablespoon of olive oil1 tablespoon of honey 3 tablespoons of psyllium husk1/4 cup oat milk1 teaspoon baking powder1/2 cup of coconut flour or regular flour (coconut flour is high fibre)1 tablespoon
Making Dishcloths in Summer Heat is a Treat
No matter how hot it is, you can always knit or crochet something…as long as it is small. Knitting or crocheting a blanket in the heat is terrible. The blanket is draped across your legs and it is HOT! So, stick to dishcloths, socks and granny squares in the summer.
Easy Crustless Rhubarb Custard Pie
All the deliciousness of a creamy rhubarb custard pie without any crust-fussing. This simple blender recipe forms its own crust – a layer of cream over the crust and rhubarb on top. You can use fresh or frozen rhubarb (thawed and drained) and you just need to add a little whip cream or ice cream
Summer Blooms
Tomorrow is the first day of summer. The garden is taking shape and the weather is getting warm. Tomorrow will be the longest day of the year. I put together two new Adirondack rocking chairs for our front porch. We have tried wooden rockers on our front porch and they do not last. So, we
Fiber Beauty
I continue to create dishcloths from cotton fiber. Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber, composed of many individual fibers that vary in length. It’s a natural, renewable resource, biodegradable and recyclable. Cotton is a completely natural fiber, meaning it’s derived from a plant, not synthetically created. Cotton has been used by humans for over 8,000
Almond Joy Cookies
These cookies are easy and delicious! I baked them for our house and for friends and for a celebration of our neighbour who is celebrating Father’s Day this weekend. I would highly recommend these and they took me about 15 minutes to mix together. I doubled the patch and the worked out perfectly. As a
Flourless Coconut Greek Yogurt Cake
You will love this cake because it is flourless and gluten free – perfect for sensitive diets. It is a high-protein dessert. The Greek yogurt adds creaminess and nutrition. It has a tropical flavour, the coconut flavour is refreshing and fun. It is a moist and tender crumb. It does not taste dry at all,
Giving the Blog a Facelift…
We are working our way through the pages of our blog to update and expand our reach. When you start looking at the physical blog, you start thinking about your “why”, so I though I would share some of the “whys” with you. 1. We are bombarded with information through various formats that make their
May 2025 Reading List
I would highly recommend any of the 15 books that I read this month. Summer is here (or around the corner) and so the days of sitting on the front porch or in the backyard gazebo or by the pool have arrived. Expose yourself to different perspectives – either in fiction or non-fiction and you
Ode to My Socks by Pablo Neruda
Maru Mori brought mea pairof sockswhich she knitted herselfwith her sheepherder’s hands,two socks as softas rabbits.I slipped my feetinto themas though intotwocasesknittedwith threads oftwilightand goatskin.Violent socks,my feet weretwo fish madeof wool,two long sharkssea-blue, shotthroughby one golden thread,two immense blackbirds,two cannons:my feetwere honoredin this waybytheseheavenlysocks.They wereso handsomefor the first timemy feet seemed to meunacceptablelike two decrepitfiremen,
Crochet Dishcloths…Relaxing and Being Active…
What does relaxing mean to you? Is it reading a book, or riding a bike or “vegging” out in front of the TV? For me, being outside is the most relaxing thing for me to be doing. I like to keep moving OR keep my mind active. So, in the evening, when I have crossed
Experimenting With Vertical Gardening
Vertical gardening is basically growing plants upwards instead of allowing them to ramble around on the ground. While there are a lot of different vertical gardening systems out there, all of them reduce the footprint of the plants and expand the number of plants that can be grown in a particularly small space.I found my