Greetings everyone!   I've been sitting around here for

the past week since my last post waiting for something 

exciting to happen around here so that I might have 

something interesting to blog about ... but so far ...

nothing!!!  Nadda!!   Zilch!!   

So I went through my picture files to find something

pretty to feature at the beginning of my post and I

came across this lovely little lady.  I'd found her 

during one of my walks last summer, perched on 

her rock in someone's front garden and she was 

nice enough to pose for me while I took her 

picture ... and her little dog too!!

Ok, that takes care of my intro.  Now what??  

Well, how about another chapter of Wildlife in

Georgetown???   Specifically this tiny fellow

hiding in our garden underneath the flowering

dog wood bushes.   DH spotted him in the

yard from an upstairs window and I immediately

grabbed my camera and rushed out to take a 

picture.

Bunny was camera shy and as soon as he 

heard me clomping down the stairs of the

deck he ducked into the bushes and froze.

I went in after him ... well, kind of.

Didn't want to scare him any more then

he already was so I just knelt outside of

the bushes and put my hand holding the

camera in for a few quick pictures.  

I have no idea how one goes about judging

a rabbits age but this guy was pretty darn

small ... and stinkin' cute to boot.  Didn't

see any other bunnies around so he must 

be old enough to be on his own.   Hope so

anyways. 

 A sure sign that summer is here is the opening of

the local Farmer's Market.   Everything from 

locally grown produce to incredible baked 

goods and hand made crafts plus booths 

selling real maple syrup, soap, cheese, pottery

and kittens (!). 

Okay, the kittens were in the window of

the pet supply store Creature Comforts and

were from Cats Anonymous, a no kill shelter

but still ... there were kittens!  

Whenever I go out for my 10k walk on Saturday 

mornings while the market is running I 

always stop there on my way back home for

whatever tickles my fancy ... or for a treat

for DH to have with his morning tea.

Since last February we've been in renovation 

mode here in our humble little home.   It had

been many, many moons since we'd last done

any decorating or updating of the main floor

of our house,  and most of our furniture was

at least 25 years old and/or hand-me-downs.

We've been in this house for 20 years and 

my taste has changed in those years ... quite

a bit.   We've been dithering around for the 

past few years about doing some reno work

for this area and this year turned out to be the

year.   Finally!!!

Above is the living room as it was.  Ignore

the floor stand in the middle of the picture

please.    Flipping through my iPhotos this

was the best "before" picture of that section

of the living room that I could find.

And after ... everything new (or in the case of the

pictures on the walls ... reframed to suit the decor).

More pictures to come in future posts.  

P.S.  the picture over the couch is of my 

grandmother.  It was made in Belgium and is

 done in pastels.   My grandfather had it drawn 

from a picture that he had with him of my 

grandmother while he served there during 

the first world war.   A week after he picked

 up the finished picture the shop was bombed 

out!!

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Let's see ... what else to write about??

DH was kind enough to take me to 

Michaels on Saturday to let me do a 

bit of shopping.  I had a gift certificate

from my birthday that I wanted to use.

I didn't buy any stitching supplies though.

Instead I bought stuff for my journaling

and paper crafting hobby ... my other

obsession.   

I gathered up a jumble of paints,

papers, embellishments, glue gun,

ink pad etc, etc.  while DH patiently

sat on a bench out side the store and

waited for me.  

My free time these days is split 

(not often evenly) between stitching

and scraping.  I've been making

Junk Journals / Junque Journals /

Scrapbooks / Smash books out of

all kinds of things.  And having a

blast doing it.

This was an existing book with lined

pages that I stuck fancy papers and

cards and stuff into.  I used glitter,

stickers and gems on the cover

which already had the flowers on it.

The pages fanned out (actually the book

won't close flat ... it stands by itself like

this all the time) so you can kind of

see inside.  It's very three dimensional

which I love!

A few of the pages.  I've put everything from

photos to movie tickets to magazine clippings

and all kinds of other stuff inside these books.  

Sometimes I put cards in whole, sometimes I 

just use pieces of the cards.  We've got lots of

cards for all kinds of occasions that we've

received over the years that have been 

sitting in boxes neglected and, well, 

forgotten.  So I decided to use them in my

paper crafting ... sort of recycling them.

Another page spread.  The book mark is a

treasure that I received from Barbara (Mainely 

Stitching).  The note that she sent with it is on

the next page over.

This is a page spread from a much larger scrap

book that I'm working on now.  My godson

Ian played Richard the Lion Heart in this

production last winter.  I stole the poster

on the left from my Curves workout centre

when the production was over.  Sshhhhh.

Don't tell!

I've got a huge .... no make that HUGE

.... bin full of all kinds of stuff that I've 

saved over the years and I'm now working

to put as much of it as I can into these 

large and small journals/scrapbooks. 

Long way to go ... but I'm having so 

much fun doing it.   I love making a 

mess in my craft room!!

And will you look at that!  I full blog post

after all.  Not bad for someone who had

little or nothing to say, eh?

Thanks for dropping by.  

Cheers!

P.S.   evidently Blogger made some

changes to their site and the way that

posts are created during the year

that I was away.   I don't like it!!

Now I've got to try and figure things

out again!!