eccentric aunt

Happy January!

2012-01-08T22:48:00.003-07:00

Happy January everybody!
To start the new year right, check out the DAB website and podcasts! www.dailyaudiobible.com.

Tis the Season

2011-12-20T15:10:00.004-07:00

Hello Everyone,
It has been a while. Tomorrow is my last day working for 'the man', and I will be concentrating my efforts on family life at home and building my business. What does this mean? I guess we will find out wont we!
I will be taking the VIA to the cabin for Christmas. I will meet my parents and son there. We will have a cozy time with the wood heat and 'mommy, nuggle?' times.
I anticipate taking advantage of being on the train by myself on the way there. Starting out with a blank memory card so I can take lots of photos. I haven't done that for a LONG time! I will have to post some upon my arrival back into the electric world.
I am sorry to be rambling... it's been too long since I've posted anything, and I think I've forgotten how...
Until the new year: Enjoy your Christmas - remember, the reason Jesus was born, was to die for us, and greater still to come back to life FOR US.
Love you.

Ducks & Puddles are Ltd.

2011-04-30T21:24:00.006-06:00

Hi All!
It's been a busy life, as you all know.
Here's a shot of a bit of my limited Ducks & Puddles line.
To see more, please visit my website at www.CopperTreeJewellery.com
The last photo is not a part of the D&P Ltd line, and can be reproduced.

Copper Tree Jewellery

2010-10-25T18:31:00.007-06:00

Hello to all who follow or stop by!
Ahhh, so much has happened this year...

Here are a few pictures to capture some work I've done since the last post.

You may notice that copper is my silver of choice.

My website is www.CopperTreeJewellery.com Check it out and let me know what you think!

Silver-me-Smith

2010-02-16T19:24:00.007-07:00

Some of you may know that I am taking up the art of being a silversmith. Now you all know.

It has been exciting, to say the least! I have always been interested in making jewelry, and have always been attracted to metal, so it is time I learned a bit more about it.

Here's a bit of what I've been working on... we'll see what else comes in the future...

2010-02-16T19:12:00.002-07:00

2009-11-02T21:24:00.003-07:00

These berries, commonly referred to as Mountain Ash berries, are not poisonous, and are actually packed with more vitamin C than lemons. Eat up me hearties! [best mixed with a less tart fruit and cooked into a preserve or syrup]

My loverly couch...

Sorry little lady bugs!

Live

Pretty.

More lady bugs or something...

Little sockies :)

Mountains and sunshine on a cold day...

Little MR's hand.

A finished gift.

Before the gift card.

Another gift.

um... art?

A little pillow explosion.

Lesson learned: Never put pillows in the same load as fuzzy socks. Or anything else for that matter.

laugh with the tickle monster

2009-08-24T16:51:00.002-06:00

early mornings

2009-08-22T10:47:00.003-06:00

Early mornings (08:00 A.M.) are great for taking pictures in the garden of all the little winged and 6-legged beings and dew drops. Bees flying in, and crawling out of Hawaiian Orchids and grasshoppers thinking they're unobserved until a camera lens finds them and then they twitch nervously.

The sun shining through a drop of dew and then going forth in multiple directions from there.

And I pick a pea and eat it. Sorry Magnus.

And speaking of peas, we saw the neighbor take a pea over the fence. It's quite funny to tell someone that, more than reading it, but you get the picture. I wonder, if the leeks were closer to his yard would he have taken a leek over the fence?

Grandpa's Chair

2009-08-08T10:03:00.003-06:00

Magnus sits in Grandpa's chair

Wishing that Grandpa was also there

Grandpa is on a boat at sea

Wishing that Magnus could also be

a few promised pictures

2009-06-20T22:13:00.011-06:00

Here are some new pictures; some promised, some not.

Enjoy.

I do not have words for this one

There is love in many unexpected places and many unexpected people.

People who you don't know, but they show the Creator's love towards you anyway

My star

Peek-a-boo

The end of a project

The beginning of a project

A promised picture of both blanket and feet

Waiting for play

His little finger wasn't even as long as the end section of my little finger...some day I'll wonder that it was ever that small. My little MR.

And to end this post, I have the lyrics to Adoration, by the Newsboys. One of the greatest Christmas songs I have ever heard.

Peace to all.

I'm here with the others

Who saw the heavens testify

Now I hang back in the shadows

I wanna come close

I wanna know

She sees me shivering here

She smiles and with a nod

I walk through the mud and straw to the newborn Son of God

Come let us adore Him

He has come down to this barren land

Where we live

And all I have to give Him

Is adoration

He raises a wrinkled hand through the dust and the flies

Wrapped in rags like we are

And with barely opened eyes

He takes my finger

And He won't let go

It's nothing like I knew before

And it's all I need to know

Come let us adore Him

He has come down to the world we live in

And all I have to give Him

Is Adoration

God is with us here

Our Emmanuel

God is with us here

Our Emmanuel

Oh come let us adore Him

Jesus our Emmanuel

Is with us here and He won't let go

Hello Again!

2009-05-28T17:55:00.002-06:00

Hello All!!

I am writing from another computer, and therefor, cannot upload any pictures to show you of my baby blanket which is now finished. Thanks to all the wonderful Indian fabric stores, I was able to find appropriate edging. Fabricland was absolutely no help. (They told me to go online to look for the fabric I wanted - wow!)

I also have some pictures of the most wonderful part of my life!

Magnus Ransom.

He is amazing! I'm happy God is such a good knitter (knitist?), Psalm 139:13, because MR turned out perfect.

Take care,

Miss Woodcutter ;)

2009-04-03T09:47:00.003-06:00

As you can probably guess by the infrequency of this blog, my life has been a little busy lately. I am busy wrapping things up at work, as I'll be taking time off to have my little baby, and getting ready for his arrival has been interesting thus far.

In some ways May 20th (or whichever day he arrives) cannot come fast enough. I haven't reached the uncomfortable, swollen feet, sore back, 'can you help me up' stages yet, but I am curious. What does he look like? Will he really be a boy like they suppose, or are we all going to be surprised by a sweet little girl? Will I actually be able to find the blanket edging in the right color anywhere so I can finish his blanket or will I have to make my own edge? Will he get on a good schedule soon, or will he be colic? (Oh I hope not)!!

I am looking forward to canning baby food this year. And in preparation for that, I am actually going to plant a spot in Mum's garden. (Thank you Mum)! I think mainly carrots for baby food. I plan on planting peas as well, but I'm sure I'll eat them all fresh-who can resist them when they're fresh?

This summer is going to be good. I have a stroller with a car seat attachment, and we'll be going for walks, and visiting Grandma & Grandpa and all the Aunties and Uncles and cousins.

I hope all of you are doing well, and keeping creative and sunny! God bless.

the snowman goes into hibernation for the summer once again

2009-03-18T15:54:00.002-06:00

enjoy the white, cold, refreshing snow while you still may.

Old Man Winter

2009-03-05T13:11:00.002-07:00

Yesterday was like spring.

Today Old Man Winter reminded us all that he has not died yet.

And I would like to sleep.

It's good to have friends

2009-02-21T20:43:00.001-07:00

The Bachelor(ette) who Couldn't Pee

2009-01-30T12:38:00.005-07:00

So....the other day I decided that I should get my blood work done at the lab-I had four requests from various doctors for various reasons (all related to being a pregnant diabetic on Synthroid). They needed 4 tubes of blood.

...and a bottle of pee...

After sitting in the bathroom for way longer that normal, I concluded that there was no way I could give the required amount.

Without embarrassment, because it was a fact I couldn't change, I proceeded to put the bottle in the through-cupboard, washed up, and announced to the nurse (and all within earshot) that I couldn't pee more than a tablespoon.

I went home to conquer my fridge.

*a fact about me maybe a few of you know: If something goes bad in my fridge, I leave it in it's refrigerated container in the fridge until I am ready to deal with it and wash the container etc.*

So....I pulled out about 5 containers with contents now unknown. Took a spoon from the one kitchen drawer and headed to my little bathroom. I also took the precaution of the fact that the mystery contents may now have an unpleasant odor.

With whetted facecloth over my nose and mouth, I emptied 3 of the containers into the toilet, closed the lid and flushed. Went gasping back to the kitchen, dropped the empty containers into hot soapy water, and lit as many candles as I could readily find-about 5 in the kitchen, and 2 in the bathroom.

OK-back to the bathroom with the last container. This one was really a mystery. It was multi-colored and multi-textured. It plopped into the toilet with a solid thump as it rebounded off the bottom. 'Oh crap!' I thought, 'this is never gonna go down!' I closed the lid and flushed, wishing with all of my little brain cells that it would magically crumble, somehow, apart and go down without ever coming back to haunt me.

It didn't.

It didn't go down at all.

It's hard to break up a chunk of gross growing mass when you have one hand holding a facecloth (that's not quite working to keep the smell away) to your face. But break it up I did.

Close the lid. Flush. Swirl, swoosh, gurgle, bubble, choke, bubble...'it's not going down is it?!' I opened the lid once the noise stopped. There was everything, just as before, but in smaller chunks than the one solid piece of the first attempt.

One more try at breaking it up smaller. 'If this doesn't go down this time-I do not even want to think about how I'm going to have to get this out and throw it away....' *gag*

Smaller pieces successfully made, I hold the lid slightly closed so I can keep an eye on it this time - to monitor progress...

To my relief it went down without a problem.

'Why did I save this job for when I'm pregnant??' I go away breathing clean air.

So the next time I need to pee for the lab, I will drink water first.
The next time something goes bad in my fridge, I will deal with it like a girl should.

Oh-PS:
I thought pictures were inappropriate for this blog. I didn't want to make anyone puke. Besides, imagination serves a little too well most days anyway.

cuppa nice stuff

2009-01-27T16:03:00.003-07:00

Hello all out there who take the time to stop by :)

Something nice in a mug or two or ten for the cold/cough season is this:
1 TBSP fresh ginger root, washed, peeled, finely chopped
2 wedges of fresh lemon, peeled and sliced
1 TBSP honey
3 cups water
simmer all together for 10-15 minutes so the flavors come out.
pour into your mug and enjoy! You gotta eat the ginger pieces too-they're good for you!

club cards, saving cards, credit cards...

2009-01-14T17:29:00.002-07:00

This is a great idea that my Aunty shared with me about a year or so ago. It works so well, that I thought I'd share it with you.

Punch a hole in your club cards, gas cards, grocery cards, credit cards (not your debit, because it has to go inside the ABM), health care cards, gift cards, etc.
Make sure that the holes will line up when all the cards are stacked.
Do not punch over the magnetic strip or the bar codes.
Organize them in the order you want.
Place on key ring.

Makes it really easy to find the card you are looking for, and easy to find in your bag or purse because they're all clumped together :)

growing

2009-01-13T11:03:00.000-07:00

little baby is growing :o)

circumcision

2009-01-09T12:06:00.001-07:00

In 2004, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia released a policy noting infant circumcision “is particularly difficult in regards to human rights.”

Please, yet we can kill our boys a month or two earlier and it's ok?

more room please!

2009-01-08T14:51:00.002-07:00

So what do you do when you get home from the grocery store and after putting away your groceries you find that you're out of valuable cupboard space and there's still more to put away?

What I did, was promptly go to all of the second hand stores in town, and searched for a small, sturdy, little shelf. No luck.

For those of you who have not seen my place, I live beneath a store. My landlord has one little storage room beneath that store, and she has to go through my little kitchen in order to get to this little storage room. So it's important to have groceries put out of the way, not just so my landlord doesn't trip over them, but for sanity's sake as well!

So for about 2 weeks, we've tripped over, gone insane, and looked in vane for a little shelf.

Thank you to a wonderful Sister who came to my rescue with her small, sturdy, unwanted little shelf! It's perfect.

in the kitchen again : )

2009-01-06T18:12:00.000-07:00

winter train to winter mountains

2009-01-06T16:51:00.003-07:00

On the VIA

Red Mountain

The ol' cook-stove

a touch of Jack Frost

memories of a warmer day...

2009-01-05T17:22:00.008-07:00

the coolest flush lever

2009-01-05T17:17:00.002-07:00

Wouldn't we all like a flush lever like this one?

the cruise

2008-12-22T15:52:00.014-07:00

My room was 2331

Duet

Two brothers

Reflections of thirst

As opposed to....?

Not much left

This guy was happy all the time

My attempt at modesty

Silhouettes

A bit Narnian eh?

The fortress

The boats in the bay

Little guy was timid

Finding the problem

If we had weather like that here, we'd use motorbikes as our main

source of transportation too! At least I would.

I am sure that this was an Ent

The sign

Private Eye (or just li'l Miss Woodcutter on 'formal night')

A picture happening

Blue feather

nice

Red shutters

Green posts and green grass and green trees

A seat on a bus

Waiting for 3 hours for WestJet to open, then another hour or two 'til flight time.
And it's home again, home again.

love

2008-12-16T11:08:00.001-07:00

I love my family. They mean, in all undiscribableness, everything to me.
Thank you.

another mention:

2008-12-02T18:20:00.002-07:00

The baby blanket I am working on is for my baby :) Due end of May with a splash of sun through dewdrops.

ahh the warm sunshine, soon to kiss my face

2008-12-02T18:13:00.004-07:00

I will soon be basking in the warm sunshine. Then we will know why my middle name is Rae.

These are a few pictures I took when I was in Barbados in August. They are a reminder of what will be by this time next week!

El Sueno means The Dream in Spanish. I am sure I will have dulces suenos while I am aboard the cruise ship by the end of this chilly week!

The tropics! Wonderful tropics!

ahhhh!

2008-11-21T13:09:00.003-07:00

Hi all! I'm sorry I haven't posted anything for ages! It's gotten a little busy with life and work, but I'm still here! I'll try and get a post up one of the evenings next week. I'll be in Regina for a trade show, so it'll be a long week, but it should be good.
Until then...

waiting

2008-11-12T11:09:00.002-07:00

Mother dear,

I'm waiting for your blog!!!
Love you.

your Little Bear

Regal Little Blanket

2008-11-06T19:45:00.003-07:00

I am making a baby blanket.

It's velvet.

It's green. (picture the 60's green)

It's orange. (picture the 60's orange)

It's red. (picture the, well, you get it)

It's more orange.

It's got a square in the middle that has lots of beautiful colors, and of course the square is velvet too.

It has an embroidered design (machined, not hand).

And I will post a picture when it's complete!

And I will post a picture of the little baby's foot to post when I give the blanket :)

Love to all!

Entered November 12th, 2008:

Obviously the blanket is not done yet. The bottom picture has the green with orange embroidery on it, which will be the back of the blanket.

Will post the finished project when it's done!

self portrait

2008-10-30T10:49:00.000-06:00

I can see clearly, a muddy picture of me.

Wonder

2008-10-29T11:02:00.002-06:00

IN WONDER

So much wonder
Carved in your coral seas
So much wonder
Shaded by ancient trees
I consider all that your hands have made
Every newborn’s eyes, every new sunrise
No power can tame your presence
No light can match your radiance

LET ALL CREATION SING IN WONDER
EVERY SEA, EVERY CREATURE, EVERY STAR
YOU OPENED UP MY EYES TO WONDER
WHAT A VISION, WHAT A WONDER YOU ARE

Such a wonder
Ordering time and tide
Such a wonder
Bridging the great divide
I consider all that you had, all you gave
And all that you endured
From this rebel world
What a wondrous cross you chose to bear
What a wonder you would even care

LET ALL CREATION SING IN WONDER
EVERY SEA, EVERY CREATURE, EVERY STAR
YOU OPENED UP MY EYES TO WONDER
WHAT A VISION, WHAT A WONDER YOU ARE
LET EVERY ROCK CRY OUT
LET EVERY KNEE BOW DOWN
YOU OPENED UP MY HEART TO WONDER
WHAT LOVE, WHAT A WONDER YOU ARE

No power can tame your presence
No light can match your radiance
Such a wonder...Such a wonder...

LET ALL CREATION SING IN WONDER
EVERY SEA, EVERY CREATURE, EVERY STAR
YOU OPENED UP MY EYES TO WONDER
WHAT A VISION, WHAT A WONDER YOU ARE
LET EVERY ROCK CRY OUT
LET EVERY KNEE BOW DOWN
YOU OPENED UP MY HEART TO WONDER
WHAT LOVE, WHAT A WONDER YOU ARE

Words: Newsboys; Title: In Wonder; Album: Go

good morning!

2008-10-19T09:34:00.003-06:00

I'm sitting here on the couch, enjoying a few moments before heading off to church.

Have a great day everyone!

Fall(ing asleep)

2008-10-15T16:28:00.003-06:00

I am going to go see if apples are on sale still, and if they are, I'm going to buy some more. They make good apple-sauce :)

And then I'm going to fall asleep...good time of year to be falling for anything...

piture poetry

2008-10-08T10:39:00.001-06:00

last sunday

2008-10-07T20:29:00.003-06:00

Sunday morning was great. Corie, Ian and I went out for breakfast at the corner coffee/bakery shop. It felt so good to be out in the early morning drinking hot drinks and eating yummy baking.

Then Corie and Ian proceeded to OSV for set up and practice. I stayed behind and did a little reading facing the window and of course occasionally looking up to people watch as they went by on the sidewalk outside.

Then it was time for me to go to OSV. It was misting out. Not enough liquid to drop, but definitely not dry. A crispness in the air made me walk a little faster than usual.

It was a beautiful day.

new October, new things to do

2008-10-02T13:24:00.003-06:00

Good October day to everyone, with a high of +20 degrees out there, we're sitting 11 degrees below the current temperature in Barbados...ohh that would be nice to be there again!

So with this October day comes a new routine for a little while: BOWLING! We'll see if I'm allowed to walk down to where the pins are and take a picture-promise I won't go on that nice hardwood! We shall see. If I am successful, then I'll be posting them up some day.

In the mean time, I've made these...I'm a little nerdy aren't I?!?

Something new and exciting for me is this: At the trade shows with my job, I can make up my copper trees and sell them! 'Tis all right with my boss so, should be good :) They'll probably go over well at the Log & Cottage shows I think. And with the offer of custom work....hmmm

I need to go buy more copper wire!

beetles and fall

2008-09-30T16:01:00.000-06:00

wow! 2 posts in one day! That's pretty crazy, and probably won't happen too often either! But on my way to the post office, I saw this huge beetle (actually not as big as I have seen in this little town, but big enough) it was about 1 1/4" long, so I whipped out my camera and took a little video.

Speaking of Beatles, I found this picture somewhere on this world-wide-web and thought it was pretty cool. Hope I'm not infringing on anyone's copyrights by using it!

And last of all, some random fall pictures taken this year.

This is a little copper tree I made for my sister and her family. She always sets up beautiful fall displays in her house.

Flexing the brain playing a game of Master Mind

It feels good to get home after a day of work in these things! It's always an interesting day when I decide to wear heels: that's the day someone shows up and wants a good demo of the firewood processor!

Have a happy Tuesday everyone!!!

1 SUN TO 9 JUST FINE!

2008-09-30T09:06:00.000-06:00

Ok, so here are the pictures and the story to go along with them.

As children we lived in Wetaskiwin, but would often travel to Camrose to visit cousins and aunts and uncles. To make the trip fun and 'quick', Mum made up this landmark game for us to play.

We started out with Wetaskiwin being 1, Sun.

Then next was Gwynne Valley, which we called 2 Zoo. As we entered the valley, we'd be shouting and pointing at all the animals "Look at the monkeys! -Oh! there's a giraffe!" We had great imaginations. (The monkeys and giraffes must of been tough little creatures, because they'd be there in the winter too)!

Next was 3 Tree, which was a little gravel road called Roseland Road. We imagined that down that road was a place with roses everywhere, and that was where Rosepetal lived. (Rosepetal was a doll that my sister owned, and that was the name that came with it).

Then 4 Door. This was a place just off the highway called Alley Archery. It was a business that sold archery things and they would custom make arrows and such. (It's no longer there as a business) I remember there were a million rabbits that would run around the yard and into the trees. It was on a little hill with a pond at the bottom.

5 Hive was next. It was a hill at a curve in the road, and in the fall time there would be hay bales all over it making it look like a busy bee-hive. After the bales had been removed we'd say that the bees were hibernating or else out looking for flowers.

6 Sticks was also at a curve in the road, it was an 'S' curve with a slough on either side of it and all these fence posts sticking out along the edge. The ducks and geese liked this spot.

Then there was 7 Heaven: Bittern Lake. Positioned at the top of the hill, it was close to heaven :)

#8 was 8 Gate. The junction of highway 13 and 21 with a truck stop restaurant on the corner. I can remember eating there and watching the clock that would flip advertisements around. Back then, it was a busy intersection, but there were no lights, now due to so many accidents, they have put in lights.

Then it was 9 Just Fine! Camrose at last. There used to be this old red barn right next to Zellers, and it leaned to the side. We'd always mention it or say "hi Barny Barn!" I was hoping to get a picture of it, but now there's other buildings where it once was. So I took a picture of Mirror Lake right in the middle of Camrose. In the summer time there are white swans that grace the lake. It's beautiful.

And I added this one just for fun. When I was about 3 years old we went on a field trip to the Sunny Boy Factory. I still remember it, climbing up the grated stairs inside the building (I believe the man giving us the tour carried me up the stairs, because I didn't like being able to look through the stairs and down *millions* of feet to the floor below), and at the end we got to go home with a little box of Sunny Boy Cereal. (Really good with a tablespoon of crunchy peanut butter melted into it)!

coming soon: a memory ;)

2008-09-29T18:17:00.000-06:00

I have recently drove down a road that I have not been on for quite a few years. I have taken up the habit of bringing my camera with me, so I have documented the short, memory-filled trip on 'film'. Unfortunately, I am pressed for time today, so I will be posting the pictures and story behind it soon!

Thanks for having patience with me!!!

Little Miss Woodcutter

2008-09-23T08:57:00.000-06:00

This is why I am the Little Miss Woodcutter.

I love my job!

Me + Caring = Hurting

2008-09-22T16:16:00.000-06:00

Today’s post is on a blue note. Blue like a million tears all combined in a big jar way up on a cloud near Jesus.

This is all I have to say today:

Lost

Where are you?
Where are you?
I looked for you but I couldn’t find you
Where are you?

Where are you?
I called your name
But you didn’t answer…
Where are you?

There’s nothing more that I can do.
I go to the King, ‘cause He knows where to find you.
He’ll send His angels to guide you home
He’ll send His angels to bring you home!
…Please come back with them…
…Please come back with them…

Where are you?
Where are you?
I looked for you but I couldn’t find you
Where are you?

Where are you?
I called your name
But you didn’t answer…
Where are you?

I like to think that I know the answers
I like to wish that I’ll see you again
I like to hope that you’ll be back (one day)
I’d like to see you live again
….Please live again…
….Please breathe in again….

So I will pray
I will pray for you
I will hope
I will hope for you

©OldCanadianMelody

a quick dinner-time post :)

2008-09-19T12:30:00.000-06:00

It is Friday, 12:48, and for once I'm not quite ready for the weekend.

I have Remington's birthday party on Saturday (need to finish his little monster!!!) and pick up vegetables for a tray. Then on Sunday it's Theodore's dedication at church (he's one of my nephews) and a little party afterward (which I need to bring fruit to), and I need to wrap his gift.
Then it's Jeremy's birthday party Sunday evening from 19:00-23:00 and in between the dedication and the bd party, I might be meeting Anna from Finland!

To top it off, my little House Under the Store is quite a disaster and I am hosting a 5th ave. party on Mundae night.

hmmmm.

But one thing I've realised in this past week is that when you are forced to live on a 'shoe-string', you do find the best deals.

For example:
[picture coming soon! for now, imagine a 6.5' tall pantry with two little doors on the top, and two tall doors below, brown trimmed with off-black centers and only 3 handles. The 4th is gone, off to oblivion]

This is my new pantry. It has secret (and now not-so-secret) compartments! Just picked it up last night after work. I scrubbed it up with lots of love and happiness. Mum was over for a bit last night and I think she heard me say I was so happy at least 20 times! But it's true, I'm happy.

I am happy because I really needed more cupboard/storage space (living in rubber-maid containers is not fun...been doing it for over a year), and I got it for a fair price. I could've gone to IKEA or Wal-Mart *gags* and got 1/2 the size for double the price and it would fall apart in the next move. No, not the next from 'this house to that house' move, I mean the next move from 'this corner of the room to that corner of the room' move. So I am happy. But to keep this short and simple, and because I must, off to work again :)

He's Here!

2008-09-16T10:02:00.000-06:00

He was born this morning. Little Mr. Ezra Shawnski Adam. I got the call this morning just after 07:00. So I made this little fox bead/button for him.

Aunt in Autumn

2008-09-15T16:22:00.001-06:00

Today, I think, I am having another niece/nephew :) My sister-in-law is at the hospital as I type. This will be # 4 in all, her 2nd. My sister has 2 as well, the youngest is just over 1 month old. I love being an aunt.

So while both of my siblings were in their pregnancy stages, I wrote a song for all of my nieces and nephews now and to come. I thought that today would be a fitting day to post the lyrics.

When everyone's gone

I sit at the back door

The moon comes out now

To be by my side

And I start to sing

Sing on and on

And I'll sing some more

I'll sing til the dawn

And the sun wakes up

To put me to bed

I fly through the sky

Orion takes my hand

We waltz through out space

Now it's time to land

And I start to sing

I'll sing while it's light

And I'll sing some more

I'll sing til twilight

And the moon wakes up

To put me to bed

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder what you are

And I start to sing

Sing on and on

And I'll sing some more
Sing til the dawn

And I start to sing

Sing while it's light

And I'll sing some more

Sing til twilight...

And the moon wakes up

To put me to bed

(c)OldCanadianMelody2008

And that is my song.

I picked up some knitting needles a few weeks ago. I don't have a clue how they work. Some people use them to make things like sweaters and scarfs and other fall things. I don't know how to do that. So I made them into accessories.

There's some pretty cool colors too.

I made a little monster the week before last. It was for my friend's little boy. However, I visited my sister and showed her the monster first. Her little girl really liked it, so how could I go and not leave it behind?

I will make more...

Here's some random pictures I thought I'd throw in for fun.

My little gnome. I made him and was getting annoyed that it wasn't working out the way I wanted, so I threw him back into the slip bucket. I gave up. My Mum asked me if I was sure I wanted to do that, and that's when I decided somewhere in my heart, that I actually did want him. She rescued him for me, and though lots of the details were forever lost in the slip bucket, my little wizard-gnome now resides on top of Mum's roll-top desk in her family room.

I found this wonderful teapot (with teacups, bowls and spoons) at a garage sale down the street one hot sunny day. It was $4.00. Hmmm, seems like the best things are always $4.00 (like the beads I mentioned in the last post). I wasn't sure if I should buy the set, since I really don't have room for anything in my house. I walked away, leaving it all behind. I ended up going back, couldn't resist. I use it regularly.

Fluffy sentinels. Don't try to break in, who knows how sharp their teeth are!

Always lock your trees up. It's for their own safety.

Yummy brownies. Nothing like Mum baking brownies in the wood cook-stove at the cabin!

My little iron.

Incredible Find

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Ok, so recently, I’ve been pulled in a tonne of different directions. So far, the strongest tugs have been from my little home-made shrinky-dinks. That and paper. I have been working on various simple drawings that I can transfer over to the plastic, shrink down and ‘vwalah!’ they are little transparent pieces of art.

I was in the thrift store about a week ago and I found the most amazing thing. I quickly looked around to see if any other artsy-types were stampeding towards my find. I wiped the sweat off my brow and then snatched up my prize. A huge Zip-Lock bag full of various sized beads. $4.00 for this marvellous catch! The biggest ones are about a 2” diameter! Further more, the dark blue/light blue swirly ones brought back memories of a childhood toy. It was an elastic band strung with different beads and plastic canvas blocks with jingle bells inside which was meant to be strung across the top of the crib. This toy had the same beads as my Incredible Find, except they were about 1” diameter.

I have not decided what I will do with these amazing beads. They might just be put in my ‘enjoy-as-is’ pile…a clear glass mason jar perhaps…

Something else that has been pulling in the tug-o-war for my limited time is wire art.

The first time that I can recall playing with, and falling in love with wire was when I was about 9 years old. Mum had found the coolest store called Imagination Market, in Edmonton. (It no longer exists unfortunately). This store took ‘scraps’ from businesses and resold them. Besides vinyl labels of various colors (metallic included), film, document tubes, coil bindings and core plast, there was telephone wire. Wonderful, colorful, telephone wire.

That was the start of my relationship with wire. Since then, I have claimed the left over copper pig-tails from building projects, making little guitarists and fishermen out of them. I have about ¼ mile of galvanized electric-fence wire, bailing wire, copper wire, garden wire, a few rolls of craft wire (I tend not to buy the craft wire so much, because they are over-priced), wire from old motors, and silver wire. I don’t think there will ever be a time when I’m not drawn to the wire and pliers section of a store.

I will die a contented old lady who never missed an opportunity to bend a piece of wire and make something beautiful out of it.