Hello!! From a very snow blown island. The west facing side of our house is freezing cold and of course that's where I find myself. My small little work room is probably the coldest room in our house, with huge gaps between the old wooden floor boards and a large window facing the westerly … Continue reading Canadiana Toque and Snow Fall Warnings
"Come, ye cold winds, at January's call, On whistling wings, and with white flakes bestrew The earth." - John Ruskin January! One of my beloved months. For its stillness, thick blankets of snow, snow storms, crystal clear night skies and lengthening days. January exists in my memory as a dream, shrouded in a haze once … Continue reading January’s Beginning
Hello Friends! The year’s end! A new decade stands before us. I am so excited to start afresh – I really have always felt a symbolic restart with each new year. I devote some time to making a big cup of herbal tea, sitting with my journal and tarot cards in order to both reflect … Continue reading Decade’s End
The word Solstice comes from the Latin solstitium, which translates roughly into "still sun." On December 21st/22nd the sun reaches it's lowest point in our sky and marks the shortest day of the year and the longest night. For approximately 3 days the sun seems to "stand still" in our sky, after which it rises a … Continue reading Winter Solstice in the East of Canada
Beautiful Sunday to you! The wind and rain is relentless out there today! This wooden house is occasionally shaken with such force by the driving wind off the Atlantic. All of the snow and ice is gone, replaced by a fog that looks like steam curling and rising from the earth and waterways. I'll be … Continue reading Léttlopi BlackBerry Mittens
Hiya! Hope all is well and happy in your realm Fae-folk and Creatives! If you're feeling down, that things will turn around soon. It's been a messy Fall and a mid-January kind of December. One of those, I blinked and it's almost gone kind of times. On the cusp of new ideas and new promise … Continue reading Blackberry Mittens & Mid Winter
Good Sunday Afternoon to you all! The leaves are almost gone! Bare limbs flirt with the cold air and I am left feeling the anticipation for long nights feeding the hissing fire, a mountain of old paperbacks to be devoured and knitting projects upon projects. Let's see how many of my old designs I can … Continue reading Flora Cowl Pattern & Fall Knits
" I'm so glad that I live in a world where there are Octobers." Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, 1908. Sometimes I feel so honoured and lucky that I live on the island that inspired L.M. Montgomery. Reading through her journals, she is the essence of Anne: highly spirited, optimistic, in love with nature … Continue reading Forage and Forest
Hello!! Autumn! September's End! We just got back from camping on the Fundy Shore and it was beautiful! On Friday night, we drove over the bridge to Nova Scotia and set up our tent overlooking the Minas Basin (i.e. mud during low tide), multiple islands in the mud (the tide also rises!) and the quickly … Continue reading Elf Pine Socks & Autumn
For years, I have heard of a place in Northern Cape Breton Island that is home to wild horses along with moose, seals, bears and coywolves. When I turned 20, my mom and sisters and I drove up to Meat Cove - the most Northern tip of Nova Scotia to spend time with the cliffs … Continue reading Hiking Pollett’s Cove, Cape Breton Island
